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Fightweets: Was UFC right to strip Nicco Montaño of her title?

So, we had a UFC 228 title fight drop out on weigh-in day. Just not the one most of us expected.

After weeks of speculation, and with a backup in place in Kamaru Usman, Darren Till came in a pound under the welterweight limit for his Saturday matchup with champion Tyron Woodley in Dallas.

But Nicco Montaño had to pull out of her bout with Valentina Shevchenko, as she was hospitalized due to the affects of her weight cut. Then later in the day, she found out she was stripped of the championship by the UFC.