Kayla Harrison hopes her UFC 300 performance earns a title shot | ESPN MMA

Megan Olivi speaks with Kayla Harrison after her impressive Octagon debut vs. Holly Holm at UFC 300.
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[@dnam727]

Kayla has the easiest path to a title in UFC history. 1 win gets you a title shot and it's against Raquel Pennington 😂😂😂😂

[@DHawk12]

To be fair, the womens bw division is a bit of a wasteland since nunes retired. Raquel is the champion… Although I will admit that beating a 42 year old one-time champ isn’t overly impressive.

[@fmitchell1234]

Not much easier than Alex

[@westcoast8506]

Hater boo hoo

[@jion7242]

Have you ever heard of Brock Lesnar?

[@emg00]

Hater alert

[@victormendez8862]

Kayla is on that Liver king cycle.

[@shafeezyqurashi2994]

😂😂😂

[@jerrymckenzie1858]

That jawline.

[@creepypanda7815]

What sissy bois y'all are 😂😂

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

But I thought everyone in ufc is on steroids? Isn’t that why Jon getting caught is ok? Because everyone is on it anyways? Which is it little bruh?

[@plasticity1000]

She is more man than me... I can't eat liver. lol

[@natemarx4999]

Holly showed such low fight IQ by trying to grapple with Kayla. 🤦‍♂️

[@alanchamberlain9902]

Holly looked scared

[@malpal5825]

Besides Ronda, who had the worst gameplan ever to stand and strike with her, Holly has pretty much always choked in big fights. I had a feeling if she got a title shot and fought Raquel for a third time, despite having beaten her twice already, that she'd somehow lose that fight too. Story of her UFC career.

[@hiraether6209]

​@@malpal5825Holly was my spirit animal when she knocked out Ronda and I always rooted for her up until a couple years ago. The fact she has no belief in her striking despite being a decorated boxing champion and kickboxer, has no conviction or commitment in her attacks, against opponents who are way worse strikers, started to really get on my nerves. Putting on boring performances where her entire strategy was to hold fighters against the cage and do no damage. Did it to Cyborg, Pennington, on and on, tried to do it against everyone else. ONLY 1 FINISH IN THE NINE YEARS since she knocked out Ronda, and her only other good performance was against Megan Anderson because she showed off a total evolution in her grappling. Other than that she is infuriating to watch. I was looking forward to Kayla destroying her and hoped she would retire. She's a sport killer

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

You want to get hit by Harrison?😂😂😂

[@blackguanabana1313]

@@RunForPeace-hk1cuYou want to get thrown like a rag doll by a high class judoka? 😂

[@prashant2840]

Ever since Khabib was gone. Now I have seen a great ground and pound.

[@alfiashaikh9228]

I agree, she and Khabib have the same manager afterall😂

[@MoneyClipsSports]

Kayla is incredible what a win over one of the best to ever do it

[@natemarx4999]

Kayla is ridiculously strong! She is at least 155-160 after weigh ins. No one should try to grapple with her.

[@marinmarinhola]

Which is crazy considering women have a much harder time dehydrating/rehydrating because of their body composition and hormonal profile. The fact that she can rehydrate more than some men is mind-blowing

[@fmitchell1234]

Imagine where the women’s BW division would be if she did that on the main card. They messed up by putting Bo up there

[@delmarreyna]

Amen

[@JasonVictorEverett]

She’s a beast.

[@KingC89]

She's very handsome.

[@delmarreyna]

Jealous?

[@semlapa9864]

one of attractive fighter in while UFC

[@whisper8742]

*HE*

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

When you run out of things to criticize a woman, you go straight to her looks 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

[@DmDaPDm]

No matter what happens, she can always say she came in and beat a former UFC champion in her first fight. She was UFC caliber in PFL and she just proved all the haters wrong.

[@T-Lo_OneHunnit]

Yea but holly was a champ dam near 10 years ago, she's like 44 years old now, don't know if she'd be able to do that to Tate,Pennington ,Pena

[@masonh8652]

She did so great good for her!! She’s definitely on her way to greatness. I’d like to see her fight at least once more before a title fight!

[@creepypanda7815]

Amanda is definitely coming out from her retirement, just saw her reaction on Twitter, love Kayla though

[@sandman62100]

Not a matter of if but when in terms of Kayla's championship aspirations. Absolutely beautiful woman inside and out ❤️

[@michaelholden1239]

Really happy for her. Love her story. Inspirational! Great mum. Good woman. Wish her all the very best. 🎉 btw She gets the first bonus. At this stage performance of the night.

[@Farken_JacksFacts]

Kayla for the title shot‼️ Fans may say it’s too quick and she hasn’t earned it yet. But it will be an amazing fight and every one will watch it and that’s what the UFC is all about.

[@delmarreyna]

Congrats Kayla. You’ve certainly earned it!

[@zealpulses3826]

The womens bantamweight division is probably the worst right now. Easy work for Kayla to be champ.

[@philthyrich0073]

Young Holly makes this a interesting fight

[@creepypanda7815]

No version of holly can beat Kayla

[@mattacosta6475]

She fought a former champion out of her prime. Come on now, Kayla.

[@xKHA0Sx]

She belongs 👏

[@bmorrison0070]

Kayla is all class and very happy she had a good night. So happy she is getting her chance to shine in the UFC.

[@alexanderhyde3588]

I've been waiting a long time for this, anyone who thought there'd be any other result 🤣 LFG Kayla!

[@BengaliMemes115]

She looked like Akuma from Streetfighter in the Octagon tonight

[@mattybanks1624]

Congratulations welcome to the ufc

[@robbys100]

What one does outside the octagon should account for something imo

[@robbyrobinson4500]

She beat a 42 yr old woman. It's not like she beat a 35 yr old Holly

[@juliusokeyo6377]

Give her the flowers she deserves

[@malpal5825]

Holly lost 3 fights in a row when she was 35 lol.

[@delmarreyna]

Hater

[@ganggreen1976]

Holms tomorrow is gonna say she had a concussion going into the fight even holms was 30 years old she can't beat Harrison Kayla is to good

[@bhbluebird]

Result would have been the same and probably even faster. I love Holly, but nobody in the division is capable of rag-dolling her like that.

[@epd1584]

After seeing that she will be the champ 100%. She will fight for the title next Dana will not deny her.

[@Tcentenom]

Kayla is so charimastic that makes me impossible to hate her because she won to Holly 😂. Im such a new fan.

[@user-vz8pb2fk5d]

Give the belt to kayla's chemist

[@jeepz669]

What a fight yo, can't wait to see her again! 🙌

[@westcoast8506]

Beast mode

[@westonlanners-rc4ys]

Which camp is she with? Which top team

[@bubblesthemonkey6615]

American Top Team

[@bubblesthemonkey6615]

On that first throw Kayla rolled through just a little too much like in like she would in Judo and ended up getting reversed, something she can correct but it takes some getting used to.

[@akhilravindran6133]

That was a very impressive victory and it showed she belong in the league of nunes, Shevchenko, Joanna. I feel she deserve to fight for the belt next.

[@gamebredduramax71]

Holmes needs to retire, she’s just a gate keeper at this point and has taken a lot of beatings for a women as gate keeper

[@malpal5825]

I like Holly but she's always been second place. Overconfident Ronda who tried to box with Holly was the biggest win of her career. Never defended her belt, never got gold again. In a near decade inside the UFC the longest win streak she's ever had was 3 wins. She fought a lot of the best but lost to almost all of them.

[@T-Lo_OneHunnit]

I think the majority of womens BW didnt defend the Belt​@@malpal5825

[@Razear]

Really wish Nunes was still around to see Kayla fight her. It almost seems like a foregone conclusion that she'll steamroll Pennington.

[@jc4418]

Literally just give her the belt already

[@staticbb]

Great fight. Holly put her to the test and she was able to overcome this obstacle due to clen eating anavar forgetting to tren as hard as possible.

[@dixinbuttz44]

she scared of cyborg

[@shemarhall2296]

I’m really disappointed at Holly Holm performance 🤦‍♂️

[@jking-]

💯

[@DogmenHardcastle]

She should go "take it" from Miles Teller.

[@chuck4385]

The real khabib

[@ninobrown3601]

Want to see her doping control

[@Meltymorty]

I just think it's funny Kayla joins when both Cyborg and Nunes leave ufc 😂😂

[@KingC89]

I think it has more to do with USADA leaving the UFC

[@merrymelodiesfan2294]

i think she would have a good chance against nunes tbh

[@ssheldon1616]

Quite an ignorant statement. You clearly don’t understand being fit or the options she had.

[@user-hg6mo1wl2q]

How much money did you lose betting on Holly? Lmao

[@Meltymorty]

​@@user-hg6mo1wl2qI didn't bet

[@williamgilmore4676]

You shouldn't bless what is cursed......That is cursing.....cursing what is cursed is a blessing......

[@koof1776]

No ugly stupid tattoos, so refreshing!

[@JamesG12]

I doubted her and talked down on her, but now I've seen her in the big leagues and beating a former champ. I won't doubt her again.

[@debabratabhattacharyya2266]

Benavidez really 😂

[@reognineties96]

Kayla should be here 6th years ago...

[@raviprabhu6728]

Let's go champ

[@maxv3208]

I can beat Harrison. I'm 260 bro! 🤘

[@stacybry29]

Amanda Nunes vs Kayla at 145 for the BMF title at MSG in the fall! That's the fight to make! IMO (Assuming Amanda comes back)

[@SCAMDEMIC2023]

Nice adams apple

[@SuperflyReactions]

Bet you wouldn’t say that to her face

[@theripper631]

​@@SuperflyReactionswhat's she gonna do? Assault him so he can sue ĥer after?

[@SCAMDEMIC2023]

@@SuperflyReactions his face.

[@baibureh8816]

You are just upset because your boyfriend won't let you watch ufc without having permission first.

[@ngatiwarrior6975]

​@@SuperflyReactions offended over a Adams apple joke lmao

[@robbyrobinson4500]

Come up a few pounds schevchanko

[@matthewcarbajal2926]

Test her now

[@Dr_1212]

👍

[@tuffneggah]

triple h retired holly

[@Titus213-xc7pi]

Finkel is einhorn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aking610]

Really happy for him.

[@kgodbeatz9877]

I didn't know the TRT days are back

[@spoke1183]

How does she pass the steroids testing?

[@Jaceftp]

She said "welcome to the UFC man" then called it a man again soon after. Ahaha they telling us.

[@dunny_420]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrislee2736]

Kayla smesh

[@jameshorrell899]

Let's hold and pump those breaks Harrison for a second. I am not discounting her credintials but this is your first fight in the UFC, this isn't PFL or Bellitor. You have to earn your way to a title fight, not taking on a "gate keeper." Win a couple of more times, then we can talk about title fights.

[@mattybanks1624]

Your not the boss 😂😂😂

[@mattybanks1624]

Your not the boss 😂😂😂

[@skimND]

She steamrolled the number 5 ranked fighter in the division.

[@BrodRien-li5uu]

For beating a 42 year old????? She’s trippin

[@durantnez9696]

UFC DOES THEIR OWN DRUG TESTING, BEST BELIEVE THEY WILL BE SUBJECTIVE!