Michelle Montague sees room for improvement after win over Mayra Bueno Silva

Michelle Montague isn’t too impressed with her win over Mayra Bueno Silva. Montague took on Silva in the prelims at UFC Fight Night 274 in Las Vegas. While Montague dominated Silva on the mat for the most part, the former title challenger had her moments in the second round. Montague earned a unanimous decision win after three rounds to notch her second UFC victory in as many outings.  Montague admits that she was mentally tested against “Sheetara.” However, Montague doesn’t credit Silva for much. Montague believes she made mistakes, which let Silva had her brief moments. The undefeated Kiwi looks forward to training outside of camp, where she can focus on tidying up her stand-up game.

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“I definitely got tested in there mentally,” Montague said in a post-fight interview with the UFC. “It’s not like she was doing anything crazy, I was just doing things that I know better than to do… Good things to take, bad things to take… I’m looking forward to most my outside of camp training. Where we get to just try to learn how to box and defend properly, try to upscale that. And all the things in this fight that someone other than her would have capitalized on more. We need to tidy all of that s—t up.”  Montague (8-0) had finished all six of her fights via her signature rear-naked choke before signing with the UFC last year. Meanwhile, Silva (10-7) is currently on a five-fight skid. Silva even had a momentary weight miss scare for this fight, but eventually made the non-title bantamweight limit. 

“Good things to take, bad things to take.”

Michelle Montague wasn’t fully satisfied with her performance, but valued the experience gained in her second UFC appearance at #UFCVegas116.

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