Cortes, 28, makes his Zuffa Boxing debut after leaving Top Rank, bringing an unbeaten record and rankings across three sanctioning bodies into the promotion’s lightweight division. The Las Vegas native is currently ranked fifth by the WBC and fourth by the WBO at 130 pounds, though the bout will be contested at 135 under Zuffa’s streamlined eight-division structure. He is a sharp, combination-oriented fighter with enough pop to stop opponents when he sits down on his punches, as evidenced by his fourth-round TKO of Derlyn Hernandez Gerarldo in October 2025 and his earlier knockout of former world title challenger Genesis Servania.