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UFC 228 co-main event is in jeopardy with reports of the UFC flyweight champion, Nicco Montano being transported to the hospital in Dallas early this morning. Montano is scheduled to face Valentina Shevchenko Saturday night and is reported to be in the…
UFC 228 co-main event is in jeopardy with reports of the UFC flyweight champion, Nicco Montano being transported to the hospital in Dallas early this morning. Montano is scheduled to face Valentina Shevchenko Saturday night and is reported to be in the emergency room but the promotion has not yet officially canceled the event. Ariel […]
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Nicco Montano has been pulled from her scheduled title defense.
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Nicco Montano has been pulled from the upcoming UFC 228 pay-per-view event where she was supposed to fight Valentina Shevchenko.
Montano is slated to make her first title defense as the UFC women’s flyweight champion against the former women’s bantamweight title contender in the co-main event. However, that is now up in the air after it was reported that Montano was transported to a local hospital prior to the weigh-ins.
Fighters were supposed to weigh-in on Friday morning. As a result, her status for the title fight was up in the air. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news by posting the following:
“Nicco Montano, the UFC women’s flyweight champion, has been transported to a local hospital, according to multiple sources. There is serious concern about the status of her title fight against Valentina Shevchenko at this time.”
Nicco Montaño, the UFC women’s flyweight champion, has been transported to a local hospital, according to multiple sources. There is serious concern about the status of her title fight against Valentina Shevchenko at this time.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 7, 2018
It was then reported that Montano had been pulled from the card and the fight is off.
Nicco Montaño will not fight at UFC 228 tomorrow, after being hospitalized this morning. Valentina Shevchenko just made weight in Dallas, but I’m told the co-main event is off.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 7, 2018
The UFC then issued the following statement on the bout being nixed:
“As a precautionary measure, UFC flyweight Nicco Montaño was transported to a medical facility Friday morning due to health concerns. The scheduled flyweight championship bout between Montaño and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 has been cancelled.”
Montano won the inaugural flyweight title when she beat Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale in December. However, she has not been seen in the Octagon since as she suffered a broken foot in that fight, which is the reason she has been kept out of action once she decided to undergo the knife and get surgery.
The UFC 228 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FX at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET. Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till in a welterweight title fight will headline this show. Here is how the current card looks like:
MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)
Welterweight Title Fight: Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Darren Till
Featherweight Bout: Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Brandon Davis
Women’s Strawweight Bout: Jéssica Andrade vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Welterweight Bout: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Niko Price
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX/8 p.m. ET)
Women’s Strawweight Bout: Carla Esparza vs. Tatiana Suarez
Bantamweight Bout: Aljamain Sterling vs. Cody Stamann
Middleweight Bout: Charles Byrd vs. Darren Stewart
Bantamweight Bout: Jimmie Rivera vs. John Dodson
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6 p.m. ET)
Welterweight Bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Craig White
Lightweight Bout: Jim Miller vs. Alex White
Women’s Bantamweight Irene Aldana vs. Lucie Pudilova
Flyweight Bout: Jarred Brooks vs. Roberto Sanchez
Welterweight Bout: Geoff Neal vs. Frank Camacho
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Tyron Woodley thinks Darren Till must KO him to win at UFC 228.
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Welterweight champ Tyron Woodley claims Darren Till must knock him out in order to beat him and capture UFC gold.
Woodley will defend the welterweight title for the fourth time come UFC 228. The challenger, Liverpool’s Till is the front-runner for fighter of the year thus far. At just 26 years old, Till has one of the highest ceilings of any young fighter in the entire UFC. His stand up is deadly accurate and he himself has said that he is a light heavyweight fighting in the welterweight division given his large frame for a 170-pound fighter.
Woodley is perhaps the most cerebral champion in the UFC. He carefully and meticulously plans his camps around what he knows works best for him and plans for every possible scenario regarding his opponent. All Woodley does is beat specialists, and that’s exactly what the “Chosen One” believes Till is – one dimensional. And the only chance Till has to become the new welterweight king is to KO Woodley.
“He’s still a specialist,” Woodley told MMA Fighting. He still has one way to win a fight. He can only win by knocking me out. He’s not going to beat me in five rounds, he’s not going to outpoint me, he’s not going to out-wrestle me, grapple me. He’s not going to throw punch-for-punch with me and win (with) a one-punch KO or any of that. He has to knock me out to win. So he’s still a specialist.”
Woodley admits the challenger has great striking skills but insists that he cannot go toe to toe with him the entire five-round affair. Moreover, the champion believes that his well-rounded skill set will be the deciding factor.
Listen To Tyron Woodley’s UFC 228 media day interview here:
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UFC 228 is two days away and the fourth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley embraces a fight with another feared striker – this time, undefeated Darren Till. Featherweight Brandon Davis zones out with video games, while former strawweight champion Carla Esparza unplugs for fight […]
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UFC 228 is two days away and the fourth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.
In the episode, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley embraces a fight with another feared striker – this time, undefeated Darren Till. Featherweight Brandon Davis zones out with video games, while former strawweight champion Carla Esparza unplugs for fight week.
Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz shows off her dogs’ new Halloween costumes and plans to show off her ground game on Saturday against Jessica Andrade. Flyweight champion Nicco Montano and challenger Valentina Shevchenko join Woodley and Till at open workouts. And strawweight Tatiana Suarez pushes through her last tough training session before fight night.
You can watch it here:
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Stephen Thompson has challenged for the UFC welterweight championship on two separate occasions and has come up short of his goal both times. Receiving two title shots against the same champion makes getting another opportunity at the world title a bit…
Stephen Thompson has challenged for the UFC welterweight championship on two separate occasions and has come up short of his goal both times. Receiving two title shots against the same champion makes getting another opportunity at the world title a bit tricky. Thompson does, however see a path to a third crack at it in […]
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By now, it is widely known just how heavily favored Valentina Shevchenko is to become the second flyweight champion in UFC history. She is, in fact, the heaviest favorite to be the challenger in a championship fight in the history of the promotion. She…
By now, it is widely known just how heavily favored Valentina Shevchenko is to become the second flyweight champion in UFC history. She is, in fact, the heaviest favorite to be the challenger in a championship fight in the history of the promotion. Shevchenko has never been one to trash talk, though, or spout overconfidence. […]
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