Kayla Harrison can have an opportunity to make historical past within the UFC 316 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main occasion subsequent month in Newark, NJ, when the Olympic gold medalist collides with reigning bantamweight champion Julianna Pena.
Harrison stays a large betting favourite over “The Venezuelan Vixen.”
The truth is, you possibly can have Harrison, 34, struggle former 135-pound champions Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes on the similar time and she is going to nonetheless emerge victorious. That’s as a result of the previous PFL champion is a distinct bread, in accordance with her pinhead supervisor.
Hopefully he meant Julianna and never Julian Erosa.
It’s value mentioning that Harrison (18-1) was defeated by Brazilian bruiser Larissa Pacheco again in late 2022. Beneath the UFC banner, the Olympian stays excellent at 2-0, having defeated Holly Holm (UFC 300) and Ketlen Vieira (UFC 307) in back-to-back fights.
The Vieira win left one thing to be desired, even by Harrison’s requirements.
A struggle towards Rousey is off the desk because the brain-rattled “Rowdy” has long-since retired however Nunes is predicted to make her Octagon return later this 12 months, the place “Lioness” can lastly ship on this “mega-million greenback” tremendous struggle.
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