UFC women\u2019s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison days fighting at 135 lbs could be numbered as she recovers from neck surgery.<\/p>\n
Kayla Harrison was supposed to square off with former UFC two-division champion Amanda Nunes in the UFC 324 co-main event, but Harrison was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury. After undergoing extensive surgery, Harrison is targeting a return to the Octagon sometime this summer<\/a>, likely against the returning Nunes.<\/p>\n Harrison\u2019s expected showdown with Nunes will arguably be the biggest fight in women\u2019s MMA history. After a long, decorated tenure in the PFL\u2019s lightweight division, Harrison made a huge weight sacrifice to make her UFC dreams come true, beginning at UFC 300.<\/p>\n But Harrison admitted that the Nunes fight could be the last of her legendary career, unless the UFC accepts her ultimatum.<\/p>\n Kayla Harrison teases plans to attempt to pitch 145 division revival<\/p>\n In a recent appearance on Jorge Masvidal\u2019s Death Row MMA<\/a> podcast, Harrison admitted that retirement is a strong possibility after fighting Nunes if the UFC doesn\u2019t give in to her recently revealed demands.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, dude. That\u2019s the plan,\u201d Harrison said on \u201cDeath Row MMA\u201d while speaking with Jorge Masivdal and Chris Duncan. \u201cThey don\u2019t know it, but once I f*ck up Amanda, I\u2019m just gonna be like, \u2018Listen.\u2019 \u2026 I\u2019m gonna ask them to make a 145 so I can be more active.<\/p>\n \u201cUnless Valentina [Shevchenko] wants to fight, because I know she\u2019s a 125er, then I would cut down again. \u2018Cause she\u2019s a legacy fight. I\u2019d fight her at \u201935. I think other than that, I\u2019ll either \u2013 if they don\u2019t want to make 145, then I\u2019m just gonna say like, \u2018Thank you, it\u2019s been great.\u2019 You know? I\u2019m satisfied. It\u2019s just taking years off my life. I\u2019m not gonna lie to you.\u201d (h\/t MMA Junkie<\/a>)<\/p>\n Harrison has successfully weighed in at the bantamweight limit (135 lbs) three times in her promotional tenure. Despite successfully making weight, Harrison has looked extremely drained on the scales, raising concerns about her long-term health.<\/p>\n Should the UFC open up more divisions? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC women\u2019s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison days fighting at 135 lbs could be numbered as she recovers from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[30297,49,48,641,30298,638,82,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-573878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-amanda-nunes","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-kayla-harrison","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}