It’s why so many people in the Native American community idolize her. She has the belt, she has her health, she’s at her very best. “Because in the beginning, Nicco had everything. “To say it doesn’t connect with the narrative, I think that’s not true,” Dyksterhouse explained. He said that the scene in question was captured in a hotel room during Montano’s weight cut ahead of UFC 228 and permission was granted for him continue filming while she was attempting to get down to the 125-pound limit.ĭyksterhouse added that he disagreed with the idea that Montano’s nude body didn’t play a part in his film, especially when connecting it to the larger story that details the struggles she faced during a very difficult time in her career. Landon Dyksterhouse, who directed the film, recently appeared on Miesha Tate’s Throwing Down podcast on Sirius XM where he responded to the criticism over Montano’s body being exposed during the documentary. UFC releases former flyweight champion Nicco Montano I never got that chance to even make a choice with that.” Because it was truthful then and I would definitely love to share my story and my Native American culture but I would also like to give my consent that it’s OK for me to be nude on TV. “It was a documentary about my life and what I had to say so I don’t really want to take those parts back. It’s still very hypocritical of them to be demonstrating or showing how they say the UFC is portrayed and they’re doing the same thing to me, knowing I’m not getting paid or any royalties from this at all. “They’re just like ‘well you signed off and it’s part of the film and it makes it more impactful’ but it’s also at my expense. They just didn’t have any remorse,” Montano said.
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That’s why Montano vehemently disagrees with the decision to include the nudity in the movie when that was never the point of the documentary much less that it adds anything to the film other than exposing her body for the world to see.
Montano admits that she signed onto participate in the documentary but she never explicitly gave permission to show her nude body, even if the moment was captured during filming. I still don’t want to be exposed for anyone to see cause I’m not getting any royalties, I’m not getting any kickbacks from this documentary. “I never said it was OK for me to be exposed on film and when I asked about them taking it down, they just said I don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s a good film, everyone loves how impactful it is. It’s just very hypocritical for them to be saying all this because I’m definitely exploited here. “But just the fact that the documentary talks about Native Americans being exploited and the whole genocide with the government and how UFC fighters are exploited by the UFC. “I hear that it’s a great documentary and it’s winning awards and stuff,” Montano said when appearing on The Fighter vs. Rather than blur the image or just remove a few seconds of footage so Montano’s nude body wouldn’t be exposed, the documentary still features that moment in the finished film. It was the night before she was set to step onto the scale when the filmmakers captured Montano removing a towel, which accidentally revealed some nudity as she was checking her weight.
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Scenes from the documentary were actually featured on the HBO series Real Sports just over a year ago, which showed Montano going through a tortured weight cut for that fight. The film titled Warrior Spirit has been receiving high praise after hitting the film festival circuit a few months ago, which features Montano from the time just after she became the inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion as well as the devastating moment when she had to surrender that title after she ended up in the hospital while attempting to get down to 125 pounds for a fight scheduled against Valentina Shevchenko.
Nicco Montano is still holding out hope that a new documentary filmed around the time she became the first Native American champion in UFC history will rectify a particularly vulnerable moment where her nude body is revealed during an arduous weight cut.
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