Kayla Harrison made a statement in her UFC debut, dominating Holly Holm before submitting her via rear-naked choke in the second round Saturday at UFC 300.
, beating Holm with a rear-naked choke submission at 1 minute, 47 seconds of the second round Saturday on the prelims of UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena.
"I want my title next. That's what I came over here for -- one thing and one thing only," Harrison said in her postfight interview."By the end of the year, I will be UFC champion." Harrison, who was cutting to bantamweight for the first time in her MMA career, took Holm down in the first round and blasted her with hard ground and pound, including elbows. Those elbows were a major factor in the fight. Harrison was not able to use those in PFL, where she previously fought due to that promotion's rules. Harrison was a two-time PFL women's lightweight champion.The second round was more of the same.
Holm had just one loss in her last five fights coming in. The Albuquerque, New Mexico native famously knocked outto win the UFC women's bantamweight title in 2015. Rousey and Harrison were former judo teammates. Holm, 42, had a career in boxing before converting to MMA and is in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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