Two-time Olympic Gold medalist and former PFL champion Kayla Harrison made her octagon debut at UFC 300 towards former bantamweight titleholder Holly Holm.
Harrison completely dominated Holm on her option to a second-round submission win. The most important battle Harrison confronted was slicing the load. She final competed in November at 150-pounds.
“The complete camp I used to be scared, not of the struggle, of the load,” Harrison mentioned on The MMA Hour. “I used to be scared. I have never weighed 135 kilos since I used to be 16-years outdated.”
“I walked away from hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of just about assured cash to gamble on this. To take an opportunity,” Harrison continued. “This was my dream. This is the reason I began MMA within the first place, so let’s go. Let’s do it, however I used to be all in. I did not know if I used to be going to make weight. I am unable to imagine I made weight.
With the load reduce and a debut win behind her, Harrison desires a title shot. Holm entered UFC 300 ranked fifth. Harrison grew to become an instantaneous contender with the win particularly it being so one-sided.
“I would like my title subsequent,” Harrison mentioned in her post-fight interview with Joe Rogan. “That is what I came to visit right here for. One factor and one factor solely, so I do not care if it is Raquel [Pennington]. I do not care if it is Julianna [Pena]. By the tip of the 12 months I shall be UFC champion.”
Harrison has larger plans than simply successful the UFC girls’s bantamweight championship. She has her eyes set on the ladies’s GOAT, Amanda Nunes. Nunes retired and vacated the belt following her UFC 289 over Irene Aldana. Harrison is plotting to attract her again to the cage.
“The primary one, I did not even know if I used to be going to make weight. I did not know. That was a leap of religion. I signed that contract,” Harrison mentioned. “It is all figuring out the way it’s meant to work out. Now I’ll struggle for a UFC title after which I am going to attract again the GOAT after which I would be the GOAT.”
