Director Landon Dyksterhouse seemed adamant in the artistic value of the shot in his documentary ‘Warrior Spirit,’ of ex-UFC champ Nicco Montaño stripped nude, trying to make weight ahead of her planned UFC 228 bout against Valentina Shevchenko—a process that left Montaño hospitalized and resulted in the cancellation of the fight and the stripping of her title. But, it seems a little more time (and perhaps some bad press) has caused him to reconsider.
“To say it doesn’t connect with the narrative, I think that’s not true,” Dyksterhouse initially told Miesha Tate on her Throwing Down podcast, in response to an interview where Montaño told MMA Fighting that she felt exploited by the scene.