UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano has been bombarded with criticisms since May. During that time, she was involved in a rift with journalist Ariel Helwani.
It all began when Helwani put out a tweet stating that the UFC is “losing patience” with Montano for being non-committal about her first title defense. In response, Montano posted a rather fiery response via Instagram, going as far as saying that the current ESPN reporter “sucks at his job.”
During a media scrum at UFC 227 in Los Angeles over the weekend, Montano defended her response to Helwani as an act of standing up for herself.