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Nicco Montano releases statement on UFC title stripping, ‘lying bully’ Valentina Shevchenko

Stripped of her title and being run down in the public by a rival, Nicco Montano is going on the attack.

It has been a disastrous couple of days for the UFC’s inaugural women’s flyweight champion who began the week preparing for the biggest fight of her life and ended it in the hospital on Friday with her title being stripped from her waist later that evening. Montano required major medical attention after a disastrous weight cut led to issues with her kidneys, resulting in the cancelation of her co-main event bout against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 Saturday in Dallas.