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

2024 ж. 14 Сәу.
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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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  • Holly clinching with Kayla : Bad Idea. Jamahal kick boxing with Alex : Bad Idea. Max doing the Max Thing : UFC 300 Double 300K Bonus !!!

    @Sourcepowa@Sourcepowa19 күн бұрын
  • Big fan of Kayla Harrison especially now because she’s in the UFC

    @calvingriffin3095@calvingriffin309519 күн бұрын
    • Who are you talking to?

      @DrJoonPark@DrJoonPark14 күн бұрын
  • I wonder what their weights were on fight night. She was rag dolling Holly around like nothing.

    @meast21@meast2119 күн 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.

      @profightsinfo@profightsinfo19 күн бұрын
    • Yeah she said she was about 160 fight night. That’s nuts!

      @robertm9490@robertm949019 күн бұрын
    • @@profightsinfo25 pounds unless it’s higher weight classes is a lot She looked jacked How on earth she passing ped tests

      @reddevil6585@reddevil658519 күн 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.

      @profightsinfo@profightsinfo19 күн бұрын
    • @@profightsinfoWhere did Holly’s thunder thighs go.

      @MrSilus2000@MrSilus200019 күн 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!

    @robertm9490@robertm949019 күн бұрын
    • Yes I want to have same sauce as her

      @reddevil6585@reddevil658519 күн бұрын
    • Juices

      @MustKillallHumans@MustKillallHumans19 күн бұрын
    • She should fight a fellow juicer and cheat chris cyborg

      @user-vz8pb2fk5d@user-vz8pb2fk5d15 күн бұрын
    • @@user-vz8pb2fk5d oh yes plz She would beat cyborg

      @reddevil6585@reddevil658515 күн бұрын
  • Hands down the Juiciest fighter on the roster, no cap

    @degensanonymous@degensanonymous19 күн бұрын
    • 100% Mexican supplements

      @mrblaze187@mrblaze18719 күн бұрын
    • I thought everyone is on juice. What's the problem?

      @RunForPeace-hk1cu@RunForPeace-hk1cu18 күн 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 ?

      @user-vz8pb2fk5d@user-vz8pb2fk5d15 күн бұрын
  • With the current champ hurt, make an interim fight with Kayla and Juliana.

    @VENOM99099@VENOM9909919 күн бұрын
  • She’s a beast . I’m interested in seeing her journey in the ufc . Let’s see if she can get the title .

    @ottolotto7057@ottolotto705719 күн бұрын
    • she has a great story and also is the classiest and most humble fighter I have seen since Loyota Machida.

      @jaysay7350@jaysay735019 күн бұрын
    • She's clearly on the juice

      @MustKillallHumans@MustKillallHumans19 күн бұрын
  • She’s clearly on the sauce. Glad USADA is gone so she can maul the entire division & makes it exciting to watch.

    @gustaco1738@gustaco173819 күн бұрын
    • Where are the picograms Jones accusations! lol

      @plasticity1000@plasticity100019 күн бұрын
    • Oh Yeah, You have died! lol

      @plasticity1000@plasticity100019 күн бұрын
    • It's not exciting, give her the belt, only excitement is if Nunes comes back

      @jmz2144@jmz214419 күн бұрын
    • @@plasticity1000get some friends bud

      @Asterisks12@Asterisks1219 күн бұрын
    • @@jmz2144 so by your logic, Mark Coleman is not exciting?

      @gustaco1738@gustaco173819 күн бұрын
  • PLEASE PUT BRET OKAMOTO IN THE THUMBNAIL SO I KNOW NOT TO CLICK. Thank you.

    @vercingetorixavernian8978@vercingetorixavernian897819 күн бұрын
    • why, are you afraid your girlfriend sees him and then ditches you?

      @puntsize@puntsize19 күн бұрын
    • ​@@puntsizehey, did you learn how to make gravy in the end? I love when it tastes like KFC gravy, that is my favourite

      @JPmobileBazinga@JPmobileBazinga19 күн бұрын
    • Loser

      @victorparaf97@victorparaf9719 күн бұрын
  • Vitor belfort but the female version my goodness sipping the good costa secret juice 🧃🥤 and chicken 🐔🍗 🥦 🍚 all the good stuff its just natural

    @ardentares1167@ardentares116719 күн бұрын
  • If time flew during fight week that's a great sign for Kayla. Times flies when you are having fun.

    @mattd6200@mattd620013 күн бұрын
  • Brock Lesnar grew out the hair huh 😂😂😂😂

    @Timothychamaler@Timothychamaler19 күн бұрын
    • bro she really is the female brock. I'd give her a baby though in hopes of making the next Bjorn (from Vikings)

      @jaysay7350@jaysay735019 күн бұрын
    • 😂​@@jaysay7350

      @optimistic_giants_fan@optimistic_giants_fan19 күн бұрын
    • You don't like strong women?

      @RunForPeace-hk1cu@RunForPeace-hk1cu18 күн бұрын
    • That's Brock's daughter

      @turbobuick33@turbobuick3315 күн 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!

    @rjoehidalgo@rjoehidalgo18 күн бұрын
  • Chris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes may already past their primes. Kayla Harrison is carrying the flag now.

    @dhsu04@dhsu0419 күн 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!

    @whydopeoplealwayssayuhm@whydopeoplealwayssayuhm19 күн бұрын
  • Big Jim was Rondas coach.

    @Funtimes874@Funtimes87419 күн 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

    @ARealGopher@ARealGopher17 күн 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

    @faizanyt@faizanyt11 күн бұрын
  • I love her class and humility. Great fighter and humble with every reason to be egotistical. Awesome Lady.

    @jaysay7350@jaysay735019 күн 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.

    @Razear@Razear19 күн бұрын
  • 4/5 on UFC300🔥14-3 on last 5 PPVs💰

    @MainCardMinute@MainCardMinute19 күн бұрын
    • proof

      @meechmalik@meechmalik19 күн бұрын
    • @@meechmalik breakdowns on my channel posted a week before each card

      @MainCardMinute@MainCardMinute19 күн бұрын
    • What does this mean?

      @mattd6200@mattd620013 күн бұрын
  • I was wrong about Kayla. I did not think she would even make the weight

    @jasontheworldisyours@jasontheworldisyours19 күн 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.

      @poke-holo-sports@poke-holo-sports19 күн бұрын
    • ​@@poke-holo-sports You sound like a salty new fan with little understanding of weight-cuts, what she did is legitimately unbelievable

      @shanebluebutterfly@shanebluebutterfly19 күн 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.

      @Ma-kf3fg@Ma-kf3fg19 күн 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.

      @poke-holo-sports@poke-holo-sports19 күн 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.

      @JamesB-mi9uu@JamesB-mi9uu19 күн бұрын
  • Poetic Justice for Judo Olympians! ⚖ Holly got judo slammed and finished! Head movement!

    @MagnusGalactusOG@MagnusGalactusOG19 күн бұрын
  • UFC please make Kayla vs Julianna for interm!! That will make female bantamweight greath again!!

    @luislopez6315@luislopez631518 күн 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 💯 ✌️

    @That_Dude420@That_Dude42017 күн бұрын
    • because it's not a female

      @The_Eagle_Official@The_Eagle_Official14 күн 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 💪

      @That_Dude420@That_Dude42013 күн бұрын
  • the transformer and pikograms. such a role model

    @user-lr6iu8xu9i@user-lr6iu8xu9i19 күн бұрын
  • Love Kayla! I'll be rooting for her!

    @stacybry29@stacybry2919 күн бұрын
  • plz end weight cutting

    @cornpop21@cornpop2118 күн бұрын
  • It must be convenient for some fighters to have USADA gone..🤷‍♂️😄

    @joeskill4663@joeskill466319 күн бұрын
  • Lol Strickland said she's just like Farva from Super Troopers and he's 100% right. Farva on Fn steroids.

    @kiezersosay49@kiezersosay4919 күн бұрын
  • Kayla is on the special juice. Her manly features tell me so

    @bilbobaggins9765@bilbobaggins976519 күн бұрын
    • Lol . She has you scared. Be careful now.

      @samwho1731@samwho173119 күн бұрын
    • She more than likely is clean. Some humans have higher muscle mass and density.

      @Tramontino-jk2qk@Tramontino-jk2qk19 күн бұрын
    • She is all natty!

      @roythousand13@roythousand1319 күн бұрын
    • @@Tramontino-jk2qk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

      @degensanonymous@degensanonymous19 күн бұрын
    • People thinking she’s clean are so naive xd

      @degensanonymous@degensanonymous19 күн бұрын
  • Holly Homes is 42 years old, put her against Penia or Penington to have some real oposition

    @villalyon7681@villalyon768112 күн бұрын
  • Should trade Yamamoto for anyk

    @jerrygarciainabag2921@jerrygarciainabag292118 күн бұрын
  • Never seen Michael Chandler with his hair up before

    @DrJoonPark@DrJoonPark14 күн бұрын
  • I don't think i will EVER see ANYONE say brett is the media goat lol hows the dude with espn

    @tommyq374@tommyq37419 күн 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

    @OYP-93@OYP-9319 күн бұрын
  • Kayla getting the fast track. UFC wants to cash in on another Nunes fight ASAP.

    @puntsize@puntsize19 күн бұрын
    • She is clealry juicing

      @MustKillallHumans@MustKillallHumans19 күн 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 ..

    @Roy_21y@Roy_21yКүн бұрын
  • shes cominnnn!!!

    @coffeeyouu@coffeeyouu15 күн бұрын
  • Great performance.

    @MoonisHavn@MoonisHavn19 күн бұрын
  • You can't convince me that isn't Mark Coleman in a wig

    @ApotheNZ@ApotheNZ19 күн бұрын
    • I support transgender mma. Support FALLON FOX

      @Lee-fr7hx@Lee-fr7hx19 күн бұрын
    • Relaaaaax

      @Tramontino-jk2qk@Tramontino-jk2qk19 күн бұрын
    • Or Mark Coleman is Kayla without earrings.

      @AhPhoey@AhPhoey19 күн бұрын
    • Yooooo chill 💀

      @michaellopez2237@michaellopez223719 күн бұрын
    • 🤣 yall pretending you don't see it as well

      @ApotheNZ@ApotheNZ19 күн 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

    @kathrynwhitbeck9798@kathrynwhitbeck979819 күн бұрын
    • Start your own fighting organization and implement your brilliant ideas 😊

      @oseredavis9771@oseredavis977119 күн бұрын
    • @@oseredavis9771 why?

      @kathrynwhitbeck9798@kathrynwhitbeck979819 күн 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

      @wmsm10@wmsm1018 күн бұрын
  • Brett obsessed by the weight jesus man

    @etienneboulerice7938@etienneboulerice793819 күн бұрын
    • Brother everyone is, look at the fkn comments 😂😂

      @rollin60z@rollin60z19 күн бұрын
  • I want fight this man please Dana make this happen

    @MaxMax-lj2ww@MaxMax-lj2ww18 күн бұрын
  • No inventen, ese es un machin, es todavia mas man que amanda "el compa" nuñez

    @fabsmt3574@fabsmt357418 күн бұрын
  • Most obvious juicer in the UFC currently. She gives Ubereem a run for his money.

    @bout350@bout35019 күн 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

      @jmz2144@jmz214419 күн бұрын
    • U think she's sporting a Kak?

      @russlogan181@russlogan18119 күн бұрын
  • That is one buff woman, sincerely!!

    @MikeKollin@MikeKollin18 күн бұрын
  • Kyle?? Is that you?

    @user-fg7le3ug7p@user-fg7le3ug7p18 күн бұрын
  • Mark Coleman’s lost third daughter

    @jc4418@jc441818 күн бұрын
  • 💉💉🧃🧃

    @Meltymorty@Meltymorty19 күн бұрын
  • Props for making weight. I really didnt think she could do it. Especially in that short of time.

    @Darbley92@Darbley9219 күн бұрын
  • Late addition = no drug test.

    @maveryk@maveryk19 күн бұрын
  • She’s a beast of a dude.

    @ojenroc711@ojenroc71119 күн бұрын
  • Nice interview. Well done 👏

    @michaelholden1239@michaelholden123919 күн бұрын
  • You would all hit don’t lie.

    @salabukhalil8677@salabukhalil867719 күн бұрын
    • Not into 'trans women.'

      @livingstone8347@livingstone834718 күн 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

    @spacecowboy_1962@spacecowboy_196218 күн бұрын
  • @Pickup_Selector@Pickup_Selector18 күн бұрын
  • Oh no not Brett lol

    @crlclssic@crlclssic19 күн бұрын
  • Holly should have retired long ago.

    @Nozylatten@Nozylatten19 күн бұрын
  • Thx ufc for the few bathroom break fights 😊

    @First1ToComment@First1ToComment19 күн бұрын
  • The vice president?

    @JoeFlanigan67@JoeFlanigan6719 күн бұрын
  • Id go there haha usually I don't like wemon that bulky but she's sweet

    @psychgaming.4397@psychgaming.439719 күн бұрын
  • Pennington is an absolute joke of a champion

    @kswiss6978@kswiss697818 күн бұрын
  • That is a bloke.

    @livingstone8347@livingstone834718 күн бұрын
  • Es hombre 😂

    @manucarcamo3307@manucarcamo330719 күн бұрын
  • i wanna se this dude kayla fight that dude amanda nunes

    @JasRandhawa2123@JasRandhawa212319 күн бұрын
  • 💉💉💉💉

    @Bdestiny933@Bdestiny93319 күн бұрын
  • What juice is she on??

    @turbobuick33@turbobuick3316 күн бұрын
  • Roids

    @maveryk@maveryk19 күн бұрын
  • How does Brett know what her couch looks like 🤨🤨

    @rollin60z@rollin60z19 күн бұрын
  • Most obvious steroid user in the ufc?

    @YitroBenAvraham@YitroBenAvraham13 күн 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

    @Bigtaz777@Bigtaz77719 күн бұрын
  • These comments are full of haters who never accomplished anything so they try to tare her down🤦‍♂️

    @rollin60z@rollin60z19 күн бұрын
    • I was the 1989 international putt putt grand champion. Kayla looks disgusting

      @dickfitzwelliner2807@dickfitzwelliner280719 күн бұрын
    • I’m slowly figuring that’s the majority

      @MrSilus2000@MrSilus200019 күн бұрын
    • 100% steriods

      @mrblaze187@mrblaze18719 күн бұрын
    • You're a delusional nut hugger

      @MustKillallHumans@MustKillallHumans18 күн бұрын
  • NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION NEW CHAMPION IM PUTTING ALL OF MY MONEY ON KAYLA😂😂😂

    @user-rn6hr1qw3l@user-rn6hr1qw3l19 күн бұрын
  • Nobody cares

    @UFCParlayLottery@UFCParlayLottery19 күн бұрын
  • Das a man

    @IDontFeelNun@IDontFeelNun19 күн бұрын
  • Thats a man.

    @shameblamenamegame@shameblamenamegame19 күн бұрын
  • Her voice doesn't match her body 😂😂

    @armandotext@armandotext19 күн бұрын
  • She looks so stiff...she fights like a bodybuilder. LOL. Nunes will KO her easily.

    @velmano9191@velmano919119 күн 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

      @JamesB-mi9uu@JamesB-mi9uu19 күн бұрын
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