{"id":149912,"date":"2025-09-17T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149912\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:25:08","slug":"kayla-harrison-still-expects-amanda-nunes-superfight-to-happen-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149912\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayla Harrison still expects Amanda Nunes superfight to happen next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC champion Kayla Harrison still expects her superfight with Amanda Nunes to happen \u2013 but she won\u2019t wait around forever.<\/p>\n<p>As we know, Kayla Harrison is the current UFC women\u2019s bantamweight champion after she was able to knock off Julianna Pena in their title fight. Now, however, she has her sights on an even bigger goal, which is to defeat the greatest of all time Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/amanda-nunes-declares-that-she-will-get-her-belt-back-from-kayla-harrison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Nunes declares that she will get her belt back from Kayla Harrison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nunes looks set to make her return to the Octagon at some point in the near future and when she does, she has her eyes firmly set on Harrison and the world title. The two have been fairly amicable up to this point, but Nunes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/amanda-nunes-wasnt-impressed-by-kayla-harrisons-win-at-ufc-316\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">isn\u2019t afraid to make her feelings known<\/a> about Kayla\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n<p>As fans wait for more information, Harrison has made it clear that she won\u2019t wait around for a lifetime, even if she does still think the superfight will take place eventually.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Harrison discusses Nunes superfight<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had the conversations with my coaches about how long do we wait before (we pivot), and I have an idea in my mind, like, \u2018Hey, if I don\u2019t have news by this time, then I\u2019m just going to ask (for a different opponent),&#8217;\u201d Harrison told MMA Junkie. \u201cIt\u2019s also not fair for the division. I want to be conscientious of being a champion and being respectful of other fighters\u2019 time and career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have a very short window. I would never want to put someone else\u2019s dream on hold because, you know, that\u2019s something that I do think about. I\u2019m pretty sure (the Nunes fight is) going to happen. From everything I hear, she\u2019s ready to go, she wants to fight, I want to fight. We\u2019re just waiting on the details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie-eu.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/09\/17\/when-is-kayla-harrison-vs-amanda-nunes-happening-ufc-superfight\/86184887007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC champion Kayla Harrison still expects her superfight with Amanda Nunes to happen \u2013 but she won\u2019t wait&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-149912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}