In reflecting on her efficiency at UFC 307, Kayla Harrison reached a simple evaluation.
“It undoubtedly wasn’t my finest evening within the cage,” Harrison mentioned Monday in an interview with TMZ.
Though Ketlen Vieira made Harrison bleed for the primary time in her profession, the previous two-time PFL champion nonetheless managed to dominate their girls’s bantamweight bout on the mat, en path to a unanimous resolution by scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 at Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Harrison wasn’t precisely her finest, however she would possibly’ve had cause.
“I don’t wish to make excuses, however I needed to go to the hospital the week earlier than,” Harrison mentioned. “I used to be, like, peeing blood. There was some stuff occurring. I don’t wish to make excuses, however I undoubtedly wasn’t my finest contained in the cage Saturday evening. I do know I will be higher and develop from it.”
Harrison’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz, informed MMA reporter Kevin Iole that they made UFC officers conscious of the state of affairs previous to UFC 307. Harrison didn’t present additional particulars as to why she was “peeing blood” and taking antibiotics one week earlier than the battle.
Harrison spent the primary six years of her profession competing as a PFL light-weight at 155 kilos. With the UFC not providing a girls’s light-weight or featherweight division, Harrison has been pressured to battle 20 kilos lighter than her regular weight as a way to fulfill her UFC dream.
Harrison admits it’s already taken a toll after simply two weight cuts for wins towards Holly Holm and now Vieira. For that cause, she’d like “a bit little bit of day without work” as a possible title shot with new champ Julianna Peña is up subsequent.
“I have to take a bit little bit of day without work simply due to the load lower and the method that it’s for my physique,” Harrison mentioned. “I’m not constructed for – I’m simply not constructed to weigh 135 kilos. Anytime I get beneath the 150s, it’s not nice. …
“The primary time was concern of, like, ‘Can I do it?’ This time it was concern of, like, ‘Oh God, I’ve to do it’ – the anticipation. However I’m blessed. I’ve such staff.”
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