At UFC Sacramento, the inaugural UFC flyweight champion, Nicco Montano will make her bantamweight debut. It will also be her first fight since winning the title back in The Ultimate Fighter. She then had weight issues and was stripped of the belt.
Now, at bantamweight, Montano says she feels much better and is excited to prove it.
“I’m comfortable at bantamweight,” Montano said to MMA Fighting. “I’ve taken all my amateur fights at bantamweight, probably half of my pro fights at bantamweight. I feel comfortable there. I don’t feel like I need to be as crazy with my diet and weight cutting as I am at 125 [pounds].
“I did 125 when my body was walking around close to that weight for sure but the closest I ever was during the [The Ultimate Fighter] show was 138 [pounds]. So walking around for a bantamweight fight is more comfortable for me.”
Although this fight is at bantamweight, she is not ruling out a return to flyweight where she was the Queen of the division. She says there is unfinished business there, but a return is not 100 percent finalized.
“I’ll do this fight at 135 and then see how comfortable I can get and see how my body reacts. 125 isn’t completely out of the picture but I’m going to take it step by step,” Montano explained.
“125 is something that I’m going to keep in the back of my mind. It’s not something I’m going to get my hopes up about but it’s something I’m going to work towards and be patient about. There is definitely some unfinished business at 125.”
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