No. 2-ranked Final Combating Championship (UFC) Girls’s Bantamweight contender Kayla Harrison is lastly getting her shot to close up champion Julianna Peña within the co-main occasion of UFC 316 this weekend (Sat., June 7, 2025) from inside Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
This grudge match has been simmering for months, with Pena and Harrison jawing at one another since earlier than “The Venezuelan Vixen” clung to her title by way of a razor-thin, controversial cut up determination at UFC 307.
The unhealthy blood? It’s largely Pena working her mouth, lobbing accusations that Harrison’s jacked physique comes from steroids—by no means thoughts that Harrison’s one of the crucial drug-tested fighters on the roster. Peña didn’t cease there, taking low cost photographs at Harrison’s PFL resume and branding her a one-trick judo pony.
Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who’s been steamrolling opponents since her MMA debut, has largely disregarded the noise with a smirk, promising to rearrange Peña’s face with an elbow at UFC 316. However on the UFC 316 media day, the sometimes unfazed Harrison admitted that is the worst trash discuss she’s ever gone by.
“I believe fingers down that is essentially the most trash discuss [I’ve had to deal with]. I imply, the discuss itself is trashy. I don’t know if it’s good trash discuss,” Harrison advised reporters. “It’s trashy. It’s essentially the most I’ve had to make sure. It’s the worst that I’ve needed to endure, I’ll let you know what.
“Being a feminine in a male dominated sport, and coaching to American Prime Workforce, you assume I don’t hear shit all day each day? I stroll into the gymnasium and they’re already beginning to [talk]. However that is simply poorly performed. I’m able to battle. I’m performed speaking about it,” Harrison concluded.
Shockingly, Peña tried to play the sufferer on the similar media day, claiming she’s not the one trash-talking however merely “defending herself.”
Positive.
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