Аманду Нунесийг буулган авсан Кайла Харрисон UFC-д цаашид тулалдах боломжит өрсөлдөгчгүй болсон нь түүнийг зодог тайлах шийдвэрт хүргэж болзошгүй байна.
UFC 334 тэмцээний үеэр болсон эмэгтэйчүүдийн жингийн аваргын бүсний төлөөх тулаанд Кайла Харрисон Аманда Нунесийг дөрөв дэх раундад боолтоор буулган авч ялалт байгууллаа. Тулааны эхний гурван раунд Нунес зогсолтгүй цохилтуудаар давуу тал үүсгэхийг хичээсэн ч Харрисоны олимпын хошой аварга жүдочийн ур чадвар болон газрын барилдаанд давуу байсан нь шийдвэрлэх хүчин зүйл болов. Нунес газрын барилдаанд орсон бүртээ Харрисоны хамгаалалт, боолтын эсрэг хүнд байдалд орж байсан бөгөөд дөрөв дэх раундад хүзүүгээ сулруулсан алдаа нь түүнд ялагдал авчирлаа.
Харрисоны хувьд жин хасах явц нь бие махбодод ихээхэн ачаалал өгч байгаа бөгөөд UFC-д түүнтэй өрсөлдөх хэмжээний өөр нэр хүндтэй тамирчин үлдсэнгүй. Ронда Роузи зодог тайлсан, Крис Киборгийг UFC-ээс чөлөөлсөн, мөн Харрисоныг ялж байсан цорын ганц тулаанч Ларисса Пачеког UFC-д элсүүлэх сонирхолгүй байгаагаа тус байгууллага илэрхийлсэн юм. Ийнхүү жингийн ангилалдаа ноёрхож, хамгийн шилдэг өрсөлдөгчөө ялсан Харрисонд үргэлжлүүлэн тулалдах шаардлага болон сонголт хомс байна.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 14: Kayla Harrison reacts after her submission victory over Amanda Nunes of Brazil in their women’s bantamweight championship fight during the UFC 334 event at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)
Kayla Harrison has emerged from her UFC 334 fight against WMMA GOAT Amanda Nunes battered but victorious … so now what?
Harrison has been on her own quest to cement her place in WMMA history as one of the best, but has had the bad luck of coming into the UFC after many of the best women in her division have left. Ronda Rousey had retired, Amanda Nunes had retired, Cris Cyborg was deemed a pain in the ass and released into the wild. So up until Saturday night, Kayla’s best win was over an aged Holly Holm in 2024.
Now she has a hard fought win over Amanda Nunes to hang her hat on. Nunes looked as deadly as ever in her first fight in three years, but her insistence on trying to grapple with the two-time Olympic gold medal judoka cost her the first three rounds of the fight and then got her finished in the fourth (watch the highlights here). She’d batter Harrison early, only to give up on striking and end up on the ground fighting for her life. Harrison made her pay every time she’d clinch up and tapped her the second she left her neck exposed, but it really feels like Nunes earned the loss over Harrison earning the win.
Still, no one is going to remember the specifics in a year. Harrison could walk away from the sport with 20 wins, 4-0 in the UFC, having defended the women’s bantamweight pound belt against the greatest to ever do it. The W next to her name at UFC 334 will only look better as time goes on. Given how much she suffers to make 135, why continue?
There’s certainly not a whole lot of good options for her to fight. Let’s go through the options: Nunes’ performance at UFC 334 isn’t going to create a lot of demand for a rematch at featherweight. Ronda Rousey is retired again and made how much she hates the current UFC leadership a cornerstone of her comeback fight earlier this year. And UFC CEO Dana White described ‘steroid-user’ Cris Cyborg as ‘a nightmare to deal with’ back in 2019 when he released her from her contract.
Even the only woman to ever beat Harrison, Larissa Pacheco, isn’t a likely option. After finishing her contract with PFL at the end of 2025, Pacheco reached out to UFC matchmakers. “I am not interested but thank you,” is the text response she got from Mick Maynard.
So where does that leave Kayla Harrison? To us it looks like it leaves her with few options other than retirement.
