Kayla Harrison secured herself a formidable Final Preventing Championship (UFC) debut by choking out former girls’s Bantamweight champion, Holly Holm, within the second spherical of their “prelim” battle at UFC 300 final evening (Sat., April 13, 2024) in Las Vegas, Nevada (see it once more right here).
After her win, Harrison was fast to name out the highest contenders of the division to get her to a title shot. One identify she overlooked was former two-division champion, Amanda Nunes, who posted a video on social media expressing disappointment within the judoka’s failure to call her as a doable opponent (see it right here).
When requested about Nunes’ response and potential comeback, UFC CEO, Dana White, was over the moon when speaking about the potential for seeing “Lioness” contained in the cage in opposition to the two-time Olympic gold medalist.
“I did see the response, I prefer it,” mentioned White throughout the post-fight press convention. “I believed she retired too quickly anyway. I like that she is intrigued by this battle, I like it. And I like Amanda. Her and I’ve an unbelievable relationship and I feel she is the best of all time in girl’s fight sports activities,” he added.
“If Kayla can get in there and win a title, it might completely be enjoyable to see her (Nunes) come again to attempt to win it once more.”
Nunes retired in mid-2023, citing nerve harm in her legs because the perpetrator for her determination. And he or she did it by going out on high, defending her 135-pound strap in opposition to Irene Aldana at UFC 289 in what proved to be her final battle (for now).
So far as Harrison’s debut, White was greater than happy to see the newest acquisition to his ever-impressive roster rating an enormous win over a longtime veteran like Holm.
“So moving into in opposition to a legend like Holly, who has a ton of Octagon time, and I don’t care what stage Kayla Harrison has competed in, I assure you she had critical jitters tonight. She got here in there, carried out and put it to an absolute legend in all of fight sports activities,” added White earlier than giving “The Preacher’s Daughter” some not-so enlightening recommendation.
“Clearly a giant evening for Kayla and a giant win, however I might like to see Holly retire.”
Holm (42) is 1-2-1 over her final 4 fights and her prospects of reaching one other UFC title battle diminished following her defeat to to Harrison.
Misplaced within the shuffle of all these three girls is the precise present girls’s Bantamweight champion, Raquel Pennington, who gained the strap by defeating Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297. And let’s not neglect about Julianna Pena, who is raring to return to motion herself after dropping the belt to Nunes in July 2022.
Certainly, Harrison has a troublesome street to journey to earn a shot on the strap to doubtlessly arrange a brilliant battle in opposition to Nunes…simply don’t anticipate it to be for the ladies’s “BMF” title, in accordance with White.
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