Nunes will return to the UFC to face Harrison in the co-main event of UFC 324 on January 24. Harrison will defend her bantamweight title for the first time and will face the former champion.
It’s an intriguing fight because the two are former training partners and there’s a bit of an argument. But Harrison wonders if Nunes will even be able to make the weight.
“I’m not convinced she’ll get 135,” Kayla Harrison said to Ariel Helwani. “I’m not worried. But I’ve certainly seen her withdraw from important events before and we’ve seen her have issues and problems. I mentally prepare myself to be disciplined and do my job and for her not to be.”
Harrison said there was no question of a 145-pound fight. She admits she would have loved it if it happened there. So the two will both have to make the weight at 135 pounds, and Harrison admits she’s not sure Nunes will make the weight.
Kayla Harrison expects to beat Amanda Nunes at UFC 324
Even though Harrison is fighting a Hall of Famer and a legend in Nunes, she is confident she will get her hand raised easily.
Harrison expects her strength and wrestling to be too much as she will be able to break Nunes to get a win.
“I think (Amanda Nunes) is going to come out hard, and I think I’m going to break her,” Harrison added. “I’m going to go out there, be smart, calm, cool and collected, and I’m going to impose my will – and I’m one takedown away in every fight.”
Harrison is 19-1 as a pro and picked up a victory over Julianna Pena to win the bantamweight title. She is 3-0 in the UFC with wins over Ketlen Vieira and Holly Holm.
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