Former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano will move to bantamweight this weekend for a fight against Julianna Pena at UFC Fight Night from Sacramento.
The shift to 135 pounds came after Montano was the inaugural flyweight champion in the women’s division following a successful run through “The Ultimate Fighter”. Unfortunately in the aftermath of that win, Montano dealt with a lingering foot injury and then when she tried to make her return this past September, her body shut down during the weight cut to get down to 125 pounds.
Montano ended up in the hospital and she was later stripped of her title because she failed to weigh-in for her bout against Valentina Shevchenko last September.