Nicco Montano is glad she went to the hospital when she did.
The now-former UFC women’s flyweight champion was hospitalized Friday morning due to health concerns, and that led to her title defense against Valentina Shevchenko on Saturday at UFC 228 being cancelled — and her being stripped of the 125-pound belt.
According to a Montano representative, she was dealing with kidney issues, which is seemingly related to a weight cut gone wrong. Montano went to the hospital prior to the UFC 228 official weigh-ins on Friday morning.
Montano provided TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter an update on her health Saturday morning, and according to her, things could have been much worse had she not gone to the hospital when she did.