Regardless of hyperlinks to an imminent bantamweight title combat return, UFC star, Kayla Harrison is outwardly “killing herself” to make the restrict of 135lbs in accordance with color-commentator, Laura Sanko — who questioned if the Ohio veteran can compete to her full potential.
Harrison, a two-fight veteran with the promotion, made her Octagon debut again in April, that includes in a preliminary card conflict with former bantamweight queen, Holly Holm.
And debuting from prior PFL light-weight match success, Olympic gold medal winner, Harrison turned in an eventual second spherical rear-naked choke submission win.
Returning late final 12 months in October, dominant grappling power, Harrison earned a title combat with long-time foe, Julianna Pena, with a forgettable unanimous choice win over perennial Brazilian contender, Ketlen Vieira of their title eliminator.
Laura Sanko fearful Kayla Harrison is limiting potential with bantamweight reduce
Nevertheless, nonetheless but to formally ebook a title combat with Pena amid continued hyperlinks to a summer time comeback, Harrison is struggling majorly to make the restrict — and in accordance with Sanko, she’s fearful her continued reduce to the burden class is holding her again from her greatest performances.
“I look at someone like Kayla Harrison, and I think—we’re never… I shouldn’t say never. I worry that we might never see what she is fully capable of in the UFC because—because she’s not meant to be a bantamweight,” Sanko instructed Eric Nicksick on the Verse Us podcast.
“Yeah, now, she’s a pro, and she’s a G, and she makes the weight, and she goes out there, and she wins, and she does her thing,” Sanko stated of Kayla Harrison. “But having watched her fight, even at 145, it’s just—I don’t know. I hope that she can go out there and do what I know she’s capable of without killing herself.”
