DALLAS – The UFC 228 weigh-ins drama was supposed to be about the main event, but instead we got a curveball. Women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is out of her co-main event title fight against challenger Valentina Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC). Montano had to be hospitalized this morning after a weight cut gone awry, and officials from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, as well as UFC officials, pulled the fight. “As a precautionary measure, UFC flyweight Nicco Montano was transported to a medical facility Friday morning due to health concerns,” a UFC statement reads. “The scheduled flyweight championship bout between Montano and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 has been canceled.” Montano never made it to the scale at the UFC 228 official weigh-ins today at the host hotel in Dallas. Shevchenko stepped on the scale inside the first 30 minutes of the two-hour window and was on weight at 124.5 pounds
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Nicco Montano out of UFC 228 flyweight title fight vs. Valentina Shevchenko – MMA Junkie