Kayla Harrison on her UFC DEBUT at UFC 300, cutting weight, best female fighters & more | ESPN MMA

Kayla Harrison joined Brett Okamoto to discuss her UFC debut at UFC 300 defeating Holly Holm, her experience cutting weight for the fight, her thoughts on the best female fighters and more.
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[@Sourcepowa]

Holly clinching with Kayla : Bad Idea. Jamahal kick boxing with Alex : Bad Idea. Max doing the Max Thing : UFC 300 Double 300K Bonus !!!

[@calvingriffin3095]

Big fan of Kayla Harrison especially now because she’s in the UFC

[@DrJoonPark]

Who are you talking to?

[@meast21]

I wonder what their weights were on fight night. She was rag dolling Holly around like nothing.

[@profightsinfo]

Kayla said in another interview that she hydrated back up to 160lbs. I’m not sure what Holly re-hydrated to but I’d be shocked if it was more than 150.

[@robertm9490]

Yeah she said she was about 160 fight night. That’s nuts!

[@reddevil6585]

@@profightsinfo25 pounds unless it’s higher weight classes is a lot She looked jacked How on earth she passing ped tests

[@profightsinfo]

@@reddevil6585 I personally don’t believe Kayla does or has ever done PEDs. She’s been grappling in Judo since she was a child and won two Olympic gold medals while under the strictest drug testing in the World. Her natural weight is about 160, when she fought in PFL she fought at 155, so she didn’t really have to cut weight. She cut down to 145 for her one fight in Invicta, but this was the most she’s ever done. Nutritionist and the UFC PI are crazy mad scientists and she’s an hard worker, I think she’s just a beast. To give you another example, Aljo said he only had to cut 15 pounds on fight week this week while fighting at 145lbs as opposed to the 25lbs he normally had to cut to make 135lbs, so he’s basically in the same boat.

[@MrSilus2000]

@@profightsinfoWhere did Holly’s thunder thighs go.

[@degensanonymous]

Hands down the Juiciest fighter on the roster, no cap

[@mrblaze187]

100% Mexican supplements

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

I thought everyone is on juice. What's the problem?

[@user-vz8pb2fk5d]

@@RunForPeace-hk1cu No they arn't. Interesting how steroid kayla signs with the ufc just when the USADA pulls out. A little suspicious don't you think ?

[@VENOM99099]

With the current champ hurt, make an interim fight with Kayla and Juliana.

[@robertm9490]

Man, Kayla looked like a specimen out there Saturday night! Like someone coming out of Russia or the Cuban team that York Romero was on. She was freaking jacked!

[@reddevil6585]

Yes I want to have same sauce as her

[@MustKillallHumans]

Juices

[@user-vz8pb2fk5d]

She should fight a fellow juicer and cheat chris cyborg

[@reddevil6585]

@@user-vz8pb2fk5d oh yes plz She would beat cyborg

[@ottolotto7057]

She’s a beast . I’m interested in seeing her journey in the ufc . Let’s see if she can get the title .

[@jaysay7350]

she has a great story and also is the classiest and most humble fighter I have seen since Loyota Machida.

[@MustKillallHumans]

She's clearly on the juice

[@gustaco1738]

She’s clearly on the sauce. Glad USADA is gone so she can maul the entire division & makes it exciting to watch.

[@plasticity1000]

Where are the picograms Jones accusations! lol

[@plasticity1000]

Oh Yeah, You have died! lol

[@jmz2144]

It's not exciting, give her the belt, only excitement is if Nunes comes back

[@Asterisks12]

@@plasticity1000get some friends bud

[@gustaco1738]

@@jmz2144 so by your logic, Mark Coleman is not exciting?

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

PLEASE PUT BRET OKAMOTO IN THE THUMBNAIL SO I KNOW NOT TO CLICK. Thank you.

[@puntsize]

why, are you afraid your girlfriend sees him and then ditches you?

[@JPmobileBazinga]

​@@puntsizehey, did you learn how to make gravy in the end? I love when it tastes like KFC gravy, that is my favourite

[@victorparaf97]

Loser

[@ardentares1167]

Vitor belfort but the female version my goodness sipping the good costa secret juice 🧃🥤 and chicken 🐔🍗 🥦 🍚 all the good stuff its just natural

[@mattd6200]

If time flew during fight week that's a great sign for Kayla. Times flies when you are having fun.

[@Timothychamaler]

Brock Lesnar grew out the hair huh 😂😂😂😂

[@jaysay7350]

bro she really is the female brock. I'd give her a baby though in hopes of making the next Bjorn (from Vikings)

[@optimistic_giants_fan]

😂​@@jaysay7350

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

You don't like strong women?

[@turbobuick33]

That's Brock's daughter

[@rjoehidalgo]

What a great interview! I’m a BIG Holly Holm fan and definitely was rooting for her but Kayla is winning me over…love her engaging honesty!

[@dhsu04]

Chris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes may already past their primes. Kayla Harrison is carrying the flag now.

[@whydopeoplealwayssayuhm]

I wasn't too bing on her bc I didn't much much of her. But she's really chill and "joyful". I'm a fan now. Congrats on the W kayla!

[@Funtimes874]

Big Jim was Rondas coach.

[@ARealGopher]

She may have hydrated and made weight but longevity wise her body and brain are screwed and that breaks my heart. Wish they would fix the cutting issue with regulated weight classes and same night weighings

[@faizanyt]

Kayla need to know that any elite fighter like Holly Holm with half decent wrestling will always reverse that side Judo throw. That doesn't work in MMA

[@jaysay7350]

I love her class and humility. Great fighter and humble with every reason to be egotistical. Awesome Lady.

[@Razear]

If the cut was this excruciating, the thought of cutting the extra lb for a title fight must haunt her, lol. Had Amanda not retired, her life would be made exponentially easier not having to shed the additional 10 lbs.

[@MainCardMinute]

4/5 on UFC300🔥14-3 on last 5 PPVs💰

[@meechmalik]

proof

[@MainCardMinute]

@@meechmalik breakdowns on my channel posted a week before each card

[@mattd6200]

What does this mean?

[@jasontheworldisyours]

I was wrong about Kayla. I did not think she would even make the weight

[@poke-holo-sports]

Why would you think that she wouldn't make weight? Do you personally know her? She's a professional and an olympic gold medalist. She was born for this. She's going to the womens UFC GOAT easy.

[@shanebluebutterfly]

​@@poke-holo-sports You sound like a salty new fan with little understanding of weight-cuts, what she did is legitimately unbelievable

[@Ma-kf3fg]

@@poke-holo-sportsShe’s not gonna let you hit lil dude. Obviously people will be worried about her making 135. She fought at 155 ffs.

[@poke-holo-sports]

@shanebluebutterfly sorry, young dumb kid, but I been watching the UFC since 1999. No one is a bigger fan than me. I have been to 20 live ufc events all across the country and I pay for all the pay per views. Which I know you don't so Go back to PFL bellator.

[@JamesB-mi9uu]

@@poke-holo-sportsyeah I don’t see why people would not expect her to make it, she seems like the type who is all in and would only miss that weight with health complications.

[@MagnusGalactusOG]

Poetic Justice for Judo Olympians! ⚖ Holly got judo slammed and finished! Head movement!

[@luislopez6315]

UFC please make Kayla vs Julianna for interm!! That will make female bantamweight greath again!!

[@That_Dude420]

She's from my home town and we're so proud of her UFC title here she comes there's not a female that can stop it in my opinion 💯 ✌️

[@The_Eagle_Official]

because it's not a female

[@That_Dude420]

@@The_Eagle_Official that's your first mistake she's 100% and that my friend is what makes her the baddest bishhh on the planet, I'm from the same small town bro Phillies Kyle swarber, Also NFL Chris Carter all from same town in Ohio 💪

[@user-lr6iu8xu9i]

the transformer and pikograms. such a role model

[@stacybry29]

Love Kayla! I'll be rooting for her!

[@cornpop21]

plz end weight cutting

[@joeskill4663]

It must be convenient for some fighters to have USADA gone..🤷‍♂️😄

[@kiezersosay49]

Lol Strickland said she's just like Farva from Super Troopers and he's 100% right. Farva on Fn steroids.

[@bilbobaggins9765]

Kayla is on the special juice. Her manly features tell me so

[@samwho1731]

Lol . She has you scared. Be careful now.

[@Tramontino-jk2qk]

She more than likely is clean. Some humans have higher muscle mass and density.

[@roythousand13]

She is all natty!

[@degensanonymous]

@@Tramontino-jk2qk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@degensanonymous]

People thinking she’s clean are so naive xd

[@villalyon7681]

Holly Homes is 42 years old, put her against Penia or Penington to have some real oposition

[@jerrygarciainabag2921]

Should trade Yamamoto for anyk

[@DrJoonPark]

Never seen Michael Chandler with his hair up before

[@tommyq374]

I don't think i will EVER see ANYONE say brett is the media goat lol hows the dude with espn

[@OYP-93]

She looked like she weighed 160 on fight night, clever way of winning the title, the weight cut is brutal but on fight night she's a Featherweight fighting at bantamweight, I think she'll win the bantamweight title then move up to her natural weight class and win the Featherweight title

[@puntsize]

Kayla getting the fast track. UFC wants to cash in on another Nunes fight ASAP.

[@MustKillallHumans]

She is clealry juicing

[@coffeeyouu]

shes cominnnn!!!

[@MoonisHavn]

Great performance.

[@ApotheNZ]

You can't convince me that isn't Mark Coleman in a wig

[@Lee-fr7hx]

I support transgender mma. Support FALLON FOX

[@Tramontino-jk2qk]

Relaaaaax

[@AhPhoey]

Or Mark Coleman is Kayla without earrings.

[@michaellopez2237]

Yooooo chill 💀

[@ApotheNZ]

🤣 yall pretending you don't see it as well

[@kathrynwhitbeck9798]

Weigh ins should be before they walk in the cage. Imagine. We’d never have a fight between Holly and Kayla, where Kayla can put back on a million pounds before the fight starts. Holly said she only walks around at like 148

[@oseredavis9771]

Start your own fighting organization and implement your brilliant ideas 😊

[@kathrynwhitbeck9798]

@@oseredavis9771 why?

[@wmsm10]

That’s one of the most stupid ideas I’ve ever heard doing it before the fights when both fighters are depleted no energy nothing to give and you think that would be better also just coz one fighter puts back on weight if the other fighter chooses not to that’s on them lol

[@etienneboulerice7938]

Brett obsessed by the weight jesus man

[@rollin60z]

Brother everyone is, look at the fkn comments 😂😂

[@MaxMax-lj2ww]

I want fight this man please Dana make this happen

[@fabsmt3574]

No inventen, ese es un machin, es todavia mas man que amanda "el compa" nuñez

[@bout350]

Most obvious juicer in the UFC currently. She gives Ubereem a run for his money.

[@jmz2144]

She's the female Michael Chandler, who has obvious HGH gut, I actually expected her to say See You At The Top when she won

[@russlogan181]

U think she's sporting a Kak?

[@MikeKollin]

That is one buff woman, sincerely!!

[@user-fg7le3ug7p]

Kyle?? Is that you?

[@jc4418]

Mark Coleman’s lost third daughter

[@Meltymorty]

💉💉🧃🧃

[@Darbley92]

Props for making weight. I really didnt think she could do it. Especially in that short of time.

[@maveryk]

Late addition = no drug test.

[@ojenroc711]

She’s a beast of a dude.

[@michaelholden1239]

Nice interview. Well done 👏

[@salabukhalil8677]

You would all hit don’t lie.

[@livingstone8347]

Not into 'trans women.'

[@Pickup_Selector]

❤

[@crlclssic]

Oh no not Brett lol

[@Nozylatten]

Holly should have retired long ago.

[@First1ToComment]

Thx ufc for the few bathroom break fights 😊

[@spacecowboy_1962]

The absolute biggest weight bully in MMA. That chick was fighting at 170 in the PFL. I got 100 says fight day she was weighing at least 160

[@JoeFlanigan67]

The vice president?

[@psychgaming.4397]

Id go there haha usually I don't like wemon that bulky but she's sweet

[@kswiss6978]

Pennington is an absolute joke of a champion

[@livingstone8347]

That is a bloke.

[@manucarcamo3307]

Es hombre 😂

[@JasRandhawa2123]

i wanna se this dude kayla fight that dude amanda nunes

[@Bdestiny933]

💉💉💉💉

[@turbobuick33]

What juice is she on??

[@maveryk]

Roids

[@rollin60z]

How does Brett know what her couch looks like 🤨🤨

[@YitroBenAvraham]

Most obvious steroid user in the ufc?

[@Bigtaz777]

Aljo didnt get an interview? Henust beat a beast TOP ranked fighter in 145... omalley shouldnt have got an interview after that sorry boring performance against a 69 year old, #30 ranked chito. Sad. Its akin to michael bisping gaining the title and then defending against an unranked henderson. They give the weak champions weak opponents

[@rollin60z]

These comments are full of haters who never accomplished anything so they try to tare her down🤦‍♂️

[@dickfitzwelliner2807]

I was the 1989 international putt putt grand champion. Kayla looks disgusting

[@MrSilus2000]

I’m slowly figuring that’s the majority

[@mrblaze187]

100% steriods

[@MustKillallHumans]

You're a delusional nut hugger

[@user-rn6hr1qw3l]

NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION IM PUTTING ALL OF MY MONEY ON KAYLA😂😂😂

[@UFCParlayLottery]

Nobody cares

[@IDontFeelNun]

Das a man

[@shameblamenamegame]

Thats a man.

[@armandotext]

Her voice doesn't match her body 😂😂

[@velmano9191]

She looks so stiff...she fights like a bodybuilder. LOL. Nunes will KO her easily.

[@JamesB-mi9uu]

It all depends on where the fight goes, she looks that way bc of judo and wrestling background at a high level and will easily snap an arm bar with that type of physique