Forward of her long-awaited Octagon bow at UFC 300 in April, former PFL (Skilled Fighters League) star, Kayla Harrison has been denied a shot at bantamweight gold off the again by present champion, Raquel Pennington, even when she topples common-foe and former champion, Holly Holm in her debut.
Harrison, a two-time PFL light-weight match winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist in Judo, is ready to make her transfer debut within the Octagon in April – taking over former undisputed bantamweight champion, Holm in a high-stakes conflict on the bantamweight restrict.
Sidelined since final November, Ohio native, Harrison most not too long ago turned in a one-sided unanimous determination win over former UFC bantamweight contender, Aspen Ladd in her closing PFL outing
Shifting to 16-1 as a professiona, Harrison’s sole skilled defeat got here within the type of a call loss to three-time foe, Larissa Pacheco within the pair’s trilogy light-weight match finale combat.
Kayla Harrison denied title combat with UFC 300 win
And broadly tipped to land bantamweight spoils by the tip of the yr if she will be able to efficiently make the 135 pound restrict in April, Harrison’s pursuit of a championship gained’t start after UFC 300, in accordance with Colorado gold holder, Pennington.
“There have been loads of athletes which have been right here a very long time,” Pennington informed MMA Preventing. “They’re busting their ass each single day, they’re making an attempt to grind by way of every combat and construct issues for themsevles, and work their strategy to that chance, and I really feel like she doesn’t deserve to simply skip the road as a result of she has an enormous title behind her.”
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