‘Down but never out’ - Nicco Montaño releases statement after UFC release

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Nicco Montano with the UFC flyweight title back in 2018.After badly missing weight for UFC Vegas 33 Nicco Montaño saw her fight with Wu Yanan called off. It was the latest in a long string of cancelled fights for the UFC’s inaugural women’s flyweight champion.

Following that incident, UFC President Dana White publicly questioned whether Montaño was cut out for MMA. Soon after that Montaño was released from the UFC.

Montaño released a statement on her Instagram about her departure from the company.

Down but never out… Seems to be the story of my career but for better or for worse I’m in the thicc of it and MMA is how I started my…