In the PFL, Harrison exclusively fought at lightweight (155 pounds), but the heaviest women's division in the UFC is bantamweight (135).
Kayla Harrison has been hyped for years as arguably the greatest women’s fighter outside of the UFC, and she proved Saturday night at UFC 300 that she may now be the most feared women’s fighter within the UFC. Harrison defeated former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm in her UFC debut, submitting Holm with a rear-naked choke in the second round. Advertisement The choke is Harrison’s seventh career submission win.
In the first round, that led to multiple minutes of heavy ground-and-pound, with Holm on the receiving end of heavy punches and elbows as she was pressed against the fence. In the first minute of the second round, Harrison hit Holm with a headkick then shot a double leg takedown, nearly sinking in a submission before tripping Holm down for another takedown. Less than a minute later, Harrison had Holm’s back and was sinking in a rear-naked choke for the win.
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