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

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

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Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@calvingriffin3095 Ай бұрын

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

@DrJoonPark Ай бұрын

Who are you talking to?

@meast21 Ай бұрын

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

@profightsinfo Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@reddevil6585 Ай бұрын

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

@profightsinfo Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

@@profightsinfoWhere did Holly’s thunder thighs go.

@robertm9490 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Yes I want to have same sauce as her

@MustKillallHumans Ай бұрын

Juices

@user-vz8pb2fk5d Ай бұрын

She should fight a fellow juicer and cheat chris cyborg

@reddevil6585 Ай бұрын

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

@degensanonymous Ай бұрын

Hands down the Juiciest fighter on the roster, no cap

@mrblaze187 Ай бұрын

100% Mexican supplements

@RunForPeace-hk1cu Ай бұрын

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

@user-vz8pb2fk5d Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

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

@ottolotto7057 Ай бұрын

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

@jaysay7350 Ай бұрын

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

@MustKillallHumans Ай бұрын

She's clearly on the juice

@gustaco1738 Ай бұрын

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

@plasticity1000 Ай бұрын

Where are the picograms Jones accusations! lol

@plasticity1000 Ай бұрын

Oh Yeah, You have died! lol

@jmz2144 Ай бұрын

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

@massagingthisdick Ай бұрын

@@plasticity1000get some friends bud

@gustaco1738 Ай бұрын

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

@Timothychamaler Ай бұрын

Brock Lesnar grew out the hair huh 😂😂😂😂

@jaysay7350 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

😂@@jaysay7350

@RunForPeace-hk1cu Ай бұрын

You don't like strong women?

@turbobuick33 Ай бұрын

That's Brock's daughter

@vercingetorixavernian8978 Ай бұрын

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

@puntsize Ай бұрын

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

@JPmobileBazinga Ай бұрын

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

@brockparaf97 Ай бұрын

Loser

@ardentares1167 Ай бұрын

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

@rjoehidalgo Ай бұрын

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!

@Sssensei11 6 сағат бұрын

if that last pound killed her that championship weight gonna really take her out.

@mattd6200 Ай бұрын

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

@whydopeoplealwayssayuhm Ай бұрын

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!

@dhsu04 Ай бұрын

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

@jasontheworldisyours Ай бұрын

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

@poke-holo-sports Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@Ma-kf3fg Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

@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 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@Funtimes874 Ай бұрын

Big Jim was Rondas coach.

@bilbobaggins9765 Ай бұрын

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

@samwho1731 Ай бұрын

Lol . She has you scared. Be careful now.

@Tramontin-jk2qk Ай бұрын

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

@roythousand13 Ай бұрын

She is all natty!

@degensanonymous Ай бұрын

@@Tramontin-jk2qk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@degensanonymous Ай бұрын

People thinking she’s clean are so naive xd

@jaysay7350 Ай бұрын

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

@MagnusGalactusOG Ай бұрын

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

@Razear Ай бұрын

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.

@stacybry29 Ай бұрын

Love Kayla! I'll be rooting for her!

@MainCardMinute Ай бұрын

4/5 on UFC300🔥14-3 on last 5 PPVs💰

@meechmalik Ай бұрын

proof

@MainCardMinute Ай бұрын

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

@mattd6200 Ай бұрын

What does this mean?

@MoonisHavn Ай бұрын

Great performance.

@coffeeyouu Ай бұрын

shes cominnnn!!!

@luislopez6315 Ай бұрын

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

@kiezersosay49 Ай бұрын

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

@That_Dude420 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

because it's not a female

@That_Dude420 Ай бұрын

@@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 💪

@ARealGopher Ай бұрын

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

@user-lr6iu8xu9i Ай бұрын

the transformer and pikograms. such a role model

@cornpop21 Ай бұрын

plz end weight cutting

@faizanyt Ай бұрын

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

@tommyq374 Ай бұрын

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

@jerrygarciainabag2921 Ай бұрын

Should trade Yamamoto for anyk

@DrJoonPark Ай бұрын

Never seen Michael Chandler with his hair up before

@joeskill4663 Ай бұрын

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

@OYP-93 Ай бұрын

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

@Meltymorty Ай бұрын

💉💉🧃🧃

@MikeKollin Ай бұрын

That is one buff woman, sincerely!!

@Roy_21y Ай бұрын

She's my fav .... she's a very good and real person, very down to earth, and is going to conquer UFC in no time, and she has a very beautiful, proportionate physique... would love to see her in Women's bodybuilding after she retires from MMA .. She definitely lifts very very heavy to pack on that kind of size... and achieve that strength ... nd no I don't believe she's on PEDs. Women with gifts can achieve that body without drugs .. nd she's naturally wide on clavicles, big boned, big skeletal framed which gives her a very big advantage in overpowering her opponents ..

@bout350 Ай бұрын

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

@jmz2144 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

U think she's sporting a Kak?

@villalyon7681 Ай бұрын

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

@etienneboulerice7938 Ай бұрын

Brett obsessed by the weight jesus man

@rollin60z Ай бұрын

Brother everyone is, look at the fkn comments 😂😂

@puntsize Ай бұрын

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

@MustKillallHumans Ай бұрын

She is clealry juicing

@user-fg7le3ug7p Ай бұрын

Kyle?? Is that you?

@maveryk Ай бұрын

Late addition = no drug test.

@MaxMax-lj2ww Ай бұрын

I want fight this man please Dana make this happen

@jc4418 Ай бұрын

Mark Coleman’s lost third daughter

@ApotheNZ Ай бұрын

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

@Lee-fr7hx Ай бұрын

I support transgender mma. Support FALLON FOX

@Tramontin-jk2qk Ай бұрын

Relaaaaax

@AhPhoey Ай бұрын

Or Mark Coleman is Kayla without earrings.

@michaellopez2237 Ай бұрын

Yooooo chill 💀

@ApotheNZ Ай бұрын

🤣 yall pretending you don't see it as well

@ojenroc711 Ай бұрын

She’s a beast of a dude.

@First1ToComment Ай бұрын

Thx ufc for the few bathroom break fights 😊

@fabsmt3574 Ай бұрын

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

@kathrynwhitbeck9798 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Start your own fighting organization and implement your brilliant ideas 😊

@kathrynwhitbeck9798 Ай бұрын

@@oseredavis9771 why?

@wmsm10 Ай бұрын

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

@Pickup_Selector Ай бұрын

❤

@salabukhalil8677 Ай бұрын

You would all hit don’t lie.

@livingstone8347 Ай бұрын

Not into 'trans women.'

@Nozylatten Ай бұрын

Holly should have retired long ago.

@SupremeKia69 Ай бұрын

The vice president?

@crlclssic Ай бұрын

Oh no not Brett lol

@michaelholden1239 Ай бұрын

Nice interview. Well done 👏

@Darbley92 Ай бұрын

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

@livingstone8347 Ай бұрын

That is a bloke.

@psychgaming.4397 Ай бұрын

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

@rollin60z Ай бұрын

How does Brett know what her couch looks like 🤨🤨

@manucarcamo3307 Ай бұрын

Es hombre 😂

@kswiss6978 Ай бұрын

Pennington is an absolute joke of a champion

@turbobuick33 Ай бұрын

What juice is she on??

@Bdestiny933 Ай бұрын

💉💉💉💉

@JasRandhawa2123 Ай бұрын

i wanna se this dude kayla fight that dude amanda nunes

@maveryk Ай бұрын

Roids

@YitroBenAvraham Ай бұрын

Most obvious steroid user in the ufc?

@Bigtaz777 Ай бұрын

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

@user-rn6hr1qw3l Ай бұрын

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

@UFCParlayLottery Ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@LetMeEatDem Ай бұрын

Das a man

@shameblamenamegame Ай бұрын

Thats a man.

@rollin60z Ай бұрын

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

@dickfitzwelliner2807 Ай бұрын

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

@MrSilus2000 Ай бұрын

I’m slowly figuring that’s the majority

@mrblaze187 Ай бұрын

100% steriods

@MustKillallHumans Ай бұрын

You're a delusional nut hugger

@armandotext Ай бұрын

Her voice doesn't match her body 😂😂

@spacecowboy_1962 Ай бұрын

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

@velmano9191 Ай бұрын

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

@JamesB-mi9uu Ай бұрын

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