Kayla Harrison may have successfully hit the bantamweight limit two out of two times in the UFC, but that doesn’t mean dropping the pounds is getting any easier.
Harrison is a couple of months away from her first title shot on MMA’s biggest stage, having earned a shot at the UFC’s 135-pound gold courtesy of a perfect start to life inside the Octagon.
Following an emphatic submission of Holly Holm on debut last April, the two-time PFL champion outpointed Ketlen Vieira six months later to book a showdown with newly crowned bantamweight queen Julianna Peña this year.
Harrison previewed the opportunity awaiting her at UFC 316 during an appearance on Monday’s episode of The Ariel Helwani Show on Uncrowned, also touching on her need to hit 135 pounds on the scale come June 6.
“First, it was this fear of, ‘Oh my gosh. Can I do this (make bantamweight)?’ And now, it’s this fear of, ‘Oh my gosh, I know what I have to do in order to do this.’
“It’s definitely not healthy. Don’t do this, kids. I do not recommend,” Harrison concluded.
