​Women’s flyweight Tracy Cortez suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in her career last Saturday on the UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 early preliminary card. She was defeated by rising Chinese star Wang Cong via unanimous decision. For Cortez, it was her third loss in her last four outings.On Monday, Cortez released a statement via social media addressing the loss and embracing the process of self growth.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Some days you’ll win, some days you’ll lose. But that’s the price of ambition! Transformation, expanding into your potential, is painful. You have to tear down the walls of comfort, break the chains of what holds you back and bet on your self. It’s brutal. It’s violent. But it’s f*cking glorious and it’s worth it,” Cortez wrote on Instagram.”Because on the other side of that death of the old you… is who you could be.You think becoming your best self will feel powerful. It won’t. It’ll feel like dying! Growth isn’t pretty. It’s not smooth. It’s a constant breakdown. It’s the death of your old self, on repeat..”Just when you think you’ve gotten to where you want to be, you realise you still have so much further to go. You’ll feel lost. You’ll question everything. Growth rarely feels graceful while it’s happening. It feels like confusion. It feels like loss. It feels like the ground shifting under your feet!! Every lesson stretched your capacity. Every fracture widened your heart. Every time you chose to keep going, something stronger in you took shape. So, Stop labeling your story as good or bad. It was necessary. It was forming you.”I’m choosing to trust the unfolding. To trust the timing,” said the 32 year-old. “I’m learning life is not happening against me. It is happening for me & im becoming exactly who you were meant to be.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Grateful for this journey, to share the octagon with such a talented & down to earth person like Wang! Grateful for the highs & lows this sport brings! Grateful God has never let me go not just in this journey but in life. Grateful for the heart he’s blessed me with.”