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Combat camp was something however easy for Kayla Harrison … the UFC star tells us she was hospitalized and “peeing blood” the week earlier than UFC 307!
The 34-year-old bantamweight joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present (airs nightly on FS1) on Monday … the place she revealed the lead-up to the Ketlen Vieira scrap did not precisely go as deliberate.
“I am nonetheless studying. I am nonetheless rising. I really feel like there’s a whole lot of room for enchancment for me. It positively wasn’t my greatest night time within the cage,” Kayla says, including … “There have been a whole lot of issues that occurred.”
“You recognize, I do not prefer to make excuses. I needed to go to the hospital the week earlier than I used to be like peeing blood and there was some stuff happening. So I do not prefer to make excuses, however I positively wasn’t my greatest contained in the cage Saturday night time. And I do know I can, be higher and develop from it.”
Regardless of coping with well being points, and preventing a really harmful opponent, Kayla nonetheless received by unanimous resolution … although it was a considerably aggressive combat. In actual fact, Vieira even made Harrison bleed, one thing none of her earlier 18 opps may do.
We requested KH what was going by way of her thoughts when she felt the trickle of blood down her face.
“Actually, my children cannot come to my fights anymore as a result of my first thought was like, ‘My children are seeing this.’ And that’s not a thought I have to be having after I’m within a cage. I do not have to be occupied with my children watching me bleed. In order that was my first although,” Kayla defined.
“I went into like mother mode. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, I hope they know I am okay.'” 😅
She was okay … and now the query is what’s subsequent.
After all, all 4 girls atop the division have been in motion on Saturday. Raquel Pennington, the champ heading into the night time, misplaced by (albeit) controversial cut up resolution to Julianna Pena. And Kayla, ranked third, defeated Ketlen, ranked second.
Harrison will doubtless slide into the primary contender’s place … however that does not essentially imply Kayla vs. Julianna (who do not like one another) is subsequent — ‘trigger Amanda Nunes can be within the image.
We requested Harrison which combat she’d favor … Pena for the UFC title, or Nunes in what may probably be the most important combat in girls’s MMA historical past.
“I need each. Can I not have each?” Kayla requested.
“I need to win the title, give Amanda time to get again in form and prepare. She could be coaching for me that entire time. I am going to go f**okay up Julianna actual fast, after which Amanda and I can combat.”
Buckle up, issues are getting attention-grabbing …
