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Kayla Harrison‘s UFC debut could not have probably gone any higher … she dominated an MMA legend, and now the star fighter is telling us who she desires subsequent!
33-year-old Harrison joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present (airs weeknights on FS1) … the place she mentioned the whole lot from Holly Holm‘s technique vs. her, to her large weight lower, and her subsequent opponent.
“I heard that [Bantamweight champion] Raquel [Pennington] is feeling a little under the weather, not able to fight. So if she can’t fight for the title, I would love to fight Juliana [Pena], whoever, I don’t care. I would love to fight for that belt,” Harrison mentioned.
Then there’s Amanda Nunes, broadly thought-about the best feminine MMA fighter ever … who appeared to point she was able to make a return after retiring final 12 months.
Query is, is Kayla ? Sure, sure, she is.
“And, if Amanda wants to come back once I win the title, I’ll welcome her with open arms. And, I’m not going to make any bitching or moaning about her skipping the line, she can go ahead and skip right to the front. Come on down, honey.”
This, in fact, is what Harrison has lengthy mentioned she’s wished … to compete on the highest stage in opposition to the perfect. She’s now dispatched of 1 legend, possible has a title struggle on the horizon, after which may have a brilliant struggle vs. Nunes, which UFC boss Dana White indicated he’d like to make throughout his post-event interview.
As for the UFC 300 expertise, Kayla described it like this … “It was a pretty epic night and yeah, it was great!”
Main as much as the scrap, there was nonstop discuss Harrison’s weight lower, with many individuals questioning whether or not she may drop right down to 135 (questions answered, BTW).
We requested her concerning the lower.
“Weight cutting sucks. I’m not going to lie. I’m not going to sugarcoat that for anyone,” Kayla mentioned, including she felt “really good” bodily, whereas admitting that shedding the final pound was mentally draining.
As for a way she recovered after slicing for struggle night time … Harrison mentioned, “Physically inside of the cage, I felt really, really good, recovered, rehydrated, strong.”
It confirmed.
Take a look at the total clip … there’s far more with Kayla, together with her ideas on Holm’s technique, and the place UFC 300 ranks within the pantheon of her accomplishments (two gold medals, two PFL titles, and so on.) And, there’s even a cameo from Kayla’s mother!
