Kayla Harrison drew an excited response from one among her youngsters after successful UFC gold however the sentiment was not widespread all through the Harrison family. The reigning UFC bantamweight champion spoke with assembled media on the 2025 UFC Corridor of Fame pink carpet and coated a number of topics within the wake of unseating Julianna Pena a couple of weeks in the past through second spherical submission at UFC 316.
Because the multi-time Olympic gold medalist in judo mentioned how her youngsters reacted to the second the place she gained UFC {hardware}, Harrison mentioned,
“My daughter was excited. My son doesn’t actually care. He’s six, so he’s similar to, ‘Oh, mother’s residence. What did you convey me from New Jersey?’ And I’m like, ‘I introduced you a belt.’ And he’s like, ‘No, no, I imply like sweet, chocolate, like, what will we bought?’ Each my youngsters do judo proper now. I train them judo. My daughter has particularly proven an enormous curiosity in it.”
“She’s very fierce. She’s very fearless. It makes me a bit of bit emotional to consider as a result of she hasn’t had the simplest highway and there’s been quite a lot of uncertainty in her life. Simply to see her thriving and blossoming into the younger girl she’s changing into is—yeah, it’s larger than any belt.”
Kayla Harrison not eager on potential champ vs. champ combat on the White Home
Kayla Harrison is making ready to combat the ladies’s MMA GOAT Amanda Nunes for an as-of-yet unconfirmed date and placement however there’s a sure MMA fighter that she will not be seeking to get locked within the cage with. US president Donald Trump talked about his want to wish to host UFC fights on the White Home subsequent 12 months and a fan had fairly the curious suggestion for Harrison.
On a graphic that Harrison posted of herself holding the UFC gold with surrounding photographs of the American flag and a number of other eagles, a fan claimed that he was talking for all UFC followers by saying they wish to see the ladies’s bantamweight titleholder tackle the UFC males’s bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili on the White Home in 2026. Harrison’s response was pretty succinct and clear as she said [via Bloody Elbow],
“I ain’t prepared for that smoke sweetie”
