{"id":400684,"date":"2021-12-02T10:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=400684"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:04:40","slug":"justin-watson-responds-to-assault-allegations-from-former-ufc-champion-nicco-montano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-watson-responds-to-assault-allegations-from-former-ufc-champion-nicco-montano\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Watson responds to assault allegations from former UFC champion Nicco Montano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Watson has responded after being accused of assaulting former UFC champion Nicco Montano.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday afternoon Montano took to Instagram where she accused Watson of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nicco-montano\/former-ufc-flyweight-champ-nicco-montano-hospitalized-following-attack\/\">committing acts of violence<\/a> which included stomping and kicking.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTonight Justin Watson stood on my neck and stomped my face in then kept kicking me and shoving my hair into his fist and the corner of the bed frame. I got away for a second to run down the hall (naked) screaming for my life as he tried to drag me back by my hair. Luckily someone from the hotel heard my screams and came to my rescue. I\u2019m stuck in Texas, not knowing where he is and scared.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nicco Montano continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m in the hospital and I\u2019m sooooo lucky to have the technique and strength that I have to have defended myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284424\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nicco-Montano-4.png\" alt=\"Nicco Montano, Nicco Monta\u00f1o\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nicco-Montano-4.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nicco-Montano-4-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning Nicco Montano returned to social media where she provided the following update for her fans:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m doing ok everyone. Thanks for the love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter the accused, Justin Watson, replied to a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> \u00a0insinuating that Montano had been hospitalized as a result of his attack.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAlways two sides to a story y&#8217;all and trust me Nicco and the rest of the world should probably sober up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nicco Montano (4-3 MMA) was released by the UFC back in August, this after she missed weight for her scheduled fight with Wu Yanan on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old had recently revealed her plans of making a return to combat sports in the featherweight division (see that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nicco-montano\/nicco-montano-not-ruling-out-ufc-return-targets-four-fight-contract-at-145-pounds-in-2022\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Justin Watson\u2019s response to the assault accusations from Nicco Montano? 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Yesterday afternoon Montano took to Instagram where she accused Watson of committing acts of violence which included stomping and kicking. \u201cTonight Justin Watson stood on my neck and stomped my face in then kept kicking me and shoving my hair into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54491,"featured_media":284457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39409,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justin Watson responds to assault allegations from former UFC champion Nicco Montano | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justin Watson has responded after being accused of assaulting former UFC women\u2019s flyweight champion Nicco Montano.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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