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Nicco Montano is the UFC women’s flyweight champion. She earned that distinction with a December decision defeat of Roxanne Modafferi.\u00a0While Montano is the champion, however, many fans seem to consider flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko<\/a> the division’s best fighter. There are even some fans who believe Montano is avoiding Shevchenko.<\/p>\n

Speaking to KRQE<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month, Montano explained that this simply isn’t the case. She’s currently doing her best to heal up from a nasty foot injury, and his happy to defend against Shevchenko when she’s fighting fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Shevchenko wants to hold off until I\u2019m ready, why not?\u201d Montano said (h\/t MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cAt this weight, 125, it\u2019s hard to get scared. I was a 135er, and I was fighting girls way stronger than me at one point in some aspects. At 125 I don\u2019t really feel like I get overpowered as easily. Even though [Shevchenko] has been fighting for her whole life and I\u2019ve been fighting for under a decade, I\u2019m just going to go have to go to my headquarters and rely on my strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Valentina<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shooting for this summer,\u201d Montano continued, giving a timeframe for her anticipated return to the cage. \u201cI\u2019m really hoping to get on that Vegas card [at UFC 226]. I had to fight through this injury the last time too, and the [UFC Performance Institute] helped me out a bunch. I think that it could have turned out a different way without that support, so I\u2019m really hoping for that July card in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

If this women’s flyweight title fight occurs at UFC 226 this July 7, it’ll join a heavyweight superfight between divisional champ Stipe Miocic and beefed-up light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier. The card could also include a men’s flyweight title fight between dominant champ Demetrious Johnson<\/a> and slimmed down bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw.<\/p>\n

Do you think Nicco Montano can prove her doubters wrong and defeat Valentina Shevchenko?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/20\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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