Nicco Montano Hoping for a July Octagon Return

MMA Weekly recently spoke to UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano, who addressed her foot injury and hopes for a July return to the Octagon. Below are some highlights from the interview.

Montano on her foot injury: “It’s never going to be fully healed because my original injury was that my tendon broke off my sesamoid bone, my sesamoid bone was fractured, and now I’m left with no cartilage. The sesamoid bone is healed. I’m assuming the tendon is re-attached or somewhat. I’ll never have the cartilage back and it’s arthritic, so it’s painful sometimes, but not as much as it once was. If I keep up with my physical therapy, it’s not going to get any worse.”

Montano on wanting to fight in July: “I’ve got to take my battles one step at a time and, right now, it’s my foot healing. So when I say I want to fight in July, that’s absolutely when I want to fight next. I love to fight, that’s what I do or obviously I’d be doing something different. But I want to say July for sure.”