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I鈥檇 been thinking for a while now of writing a 鈥渨hatever happened to鈥� story about former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Monta帽o, whose MMA career rose so fast and fell so far. Those thoughts were preempted on Aug. 28 by a text from Albuquerque鈥檚 Ricky Kottenstette, Monta帽o鈥檚 friend, adviser and former manager.

Now, the story isn鈥檛 about what happened to Monta帽o. It鈥檚 about what she鈥檚 made happen, despite a run of bad luck that might have curled someone else into a tiny ball of self-pity.

The Totsoh Corporation, a  construction company founded by Monta帽o,  has been awarded a $17 million-plus contract to effect road improvements on the Navajo Nation, where she grew up as a proud Native American.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Sept. 1 in Houck, Arizona.

How did she get from there to here, overcoming misfortune after misfortune? 

If you鈥檙e Din茅, that鈥檚 just what you do 鈥� because you鈥檝e always had to.

鈥淗onestly, it鈥檚 just who I am,鈥� Monta帽o said in a phone interview. 鈥淚t鈥檚 how we grew up as the Din茅 people.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 who we are, first, and everything we learn, we can always bring it back home and teach it to our people.鈥�

Growing up on the rez, Monta帽o developed the toughness, determination and sense of purpose that she would later bring to the cage. It helped that her father, the late Frankie Monta帽o, was a Farmington boxer and boxing promoter.

Some 13 years ago, Monta帽o began competing in MMA as an amateur. Impressed by what they saw, Tom Vaughn and Arlene Sanchez Vaughn of Albuquerque鈥檚 FIT-NHB gym invited her to train with them in Albuquerque.

In her pro debut on Nov. 20, 2015 on a King of the Cage card at the Albuquerque Sheraton Uptown, she defeated Stacy Sigala by first-round TKO.

Progress was slow after that until, in 2017, the UFC decided to establish a women鈥檚 flyweight (125-pound) weight class. That year鈥檚 鈥淭he Ultimate Fighter鈥� reality show became a 16-fighter tournament that would determine the first champion.

Monta帽o was invited, accepted, and seeded 14th with the lowest of expectations from everyone but herself and her team.

During the tournament, she reeled off victories over Lauren Murphy, Montana de la Rosa and Barb Honchak en route to the championship match against Roxanne Modaferri.

On Dec. 1, 2017 at the Park Theater in Las Vegas, Monta帽o defeated Modaferri by unanimous decision to become the first-ever UFC women鈥檚 flyweight champion. Her MMA future seemed limitless.

Nothing good happened after that.

During the TUF tournament, Monta帽o had broken a sesamoid bone in her left foot. She鈥檇 considered pulling out of the Modaferri fight but chose, in the Din茅 tradition, to fight through the pain.

Then, in April 2018, Monta帽o underwent a tonsillectomy and adenoid-removal surgery 鈥� only to have the UFC schedule her first title defense against bantamweight champion Valentina Schevchenko, who鈥檇 opted to drop to flyweight, on Sept. 8, 2018. Monta帽o, still not feeling fit, asked for more time but was denied.

And when Monta帽o failed in excruciating fashion to make the 125-pound limit, having to be hospitalized in Dallas, the UFC stripped her of the title.

On July 13, 2019, Monta帽o moved up in weight to face bantamweight contender Julianna Pe帽a.

Facing an opponent who later would become the UFC bantamweight champion, Monta帽o decisively won the first round on all three official scorecards. But Pe帽a took rounds two and three and won by unanimous decision.

It was Monta帽o鈥檚 last fight.

What happened? A better question would have been what didn鈥檛. There was 鈥�

• A six-month suspension after a positive test for Ostarine, a banned substance, despite a universal understanding that a tainted supplement was the cause with no intent to cheat on Monta帽o鈥檚 part.

• A knee (MCL) injury that forced her off a Feb. 15, 2020 UFC card in Rio Rancho.

Finally,

• A concussion, sustained in a car crash, that scrapped a scheduled fight against Karol Rosa in February 2021.

That July, Monta帽o failed to make weight for a scheduled fight against China鈥檚 Wu Yanan. The UFC cut her, and she has not fought again.

No one, she said, least of all the UFC, understood the lingering effects of the concussion.

鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 train (for the Wu fight),鈥� she said. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 cut weight. I just needed a break.鈥�

Yet, looking back on her all too brief career, she said, 鈥淚n my eyes, I did everything I could in those moments, so I鈥檓 not regretting a thing.鈥�

There was more.

In September 2021, documentary filmmaker Landon Dyksterhouse released his film, 鈥淣ative Spirit.鈥� The film celebrated Monta帽o achievement in becoming the UFC鈥檚 first women鈥檚 flyweight champion as a Native American. But the filming of her horrendous weight cut in 2018 dramatically changed the focus of the doc.

In one scene, Monta帽o鈥檚 breast inadvertently was exposed on camera in a reflection from a mirror. Embarrassed, she demanded that the image should be blurred.  Dyksterhouse initially refused to do so but eventually did.

That December, Monta帽o posted online that she鈥檇 been physically assaulted by a male acquaintance in an Austin, Texas hotel. Kottenstette told the Journal at the time that she鈥檇 sustained head and leg injuries.

One might think, from all the above, that 2021 was a wasted year in Monta帽o鈥檚 life 鈥� one in which everything bad and nothing good happened.

Not so.

That April, 鈥檚 Damon Martin interviewed Monta帽o about her MMA struggles but also about a utilities program she鈥檇 established 鈥� helping to bring electricity, running water, Wi-Fi, to homes in the Navajo Nation.

鈥淲e live a simple lifestyle out there,鈥�  she told Martin. 鈥溾�� I can see that my people are hurting and the struggles that they have because I know first hand what they need.

鈥淚鈥檓 just finally able to do that.鈥�

Now, five years later 鈥�

The Totsoh Corporation derives its name from the Totsoh Trading Post in Monta帽o鈥檚 hometown of Lukachukai. Yes, it鈥檚 a business. But everything she鈥檚 doing, she said, is for the Din茅 people.

鈥淚t seems like we鈥檙e moving just tiny centimeters, but then all of a sudden we鈥檝e gained a mile,鈥� she said.

The Navajo Nation Division of Transportation鈥檚 Project N4902, according to a news release, is being funded by a $10 million appropriation from the Arizona legislature and $10 million from the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The Totsoh Corporation has been awarded Phase 1, which involves improvements to the stretch of road between Sanders and Allentown.

Kottenstette鈥檚 help throughout the journey, Monta帽o said, enduring far beyond her fighting career, has been invaluable.

Meanwhile, she hasn鈥檛 completely cut ties with MMA. She still coaches, and was in Albuquerque on Aug. 15 to corner for Farmington fighter Isaac Foutz on a FightWorld card at Revel ABQ. Working the other corner was Ray Borg, her former teammate at FIT-NHB and Jackson鈥檚 Acoma.

鈥淚t was just kind of a crazy generational switch, you know?鈥� she said. 鈥淵eah. Cool.鈥�

Monta帽o鈥檚 fighter won.