The UFC kicked off their season press conference with a slew of names. UFC324 Headliners Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje were in attendance, Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes provided commentary, as did UFC 325 headliners Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes.
The UFC announced the UFC 326 main event featuring Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira for the BMF title. You can watch the entire press conference here:
Kayla Harrison throws shade at former champion
Former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was back in the news this week with her rumored boxing match with Katie Taylor drawing a lot of attention. Additionally, Kayla Harrison’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has claimed that the champion and Rousey are benefiting greatly from their judo days. There wasn’t much evidence to support this claim, but when asked about Rousey, Harrison made her feelings very clear.
A reporter asked Harrison a question and said:
“The last time Amanda (Nunes) fought an Olympic judo medalist it was an almost as perfect performance -“
Kayla Harrison interrupted and reminded him that Rousey is a bronze medalist. As we know, Harrison is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and does what Rousey couldn’t. He further asked if that’s a storyline that fits into this fight, and Harrison responded with:
“Hey listen, the only thing Ronda and I have in common is that we are both blonde and we both did judo at some point. That’s where it starts and stops. I’m a completely different fighter, I’m a completely different person and on January 24th I’m going out there to show that.””
We can assume that Kayla Harrison is implying that she plans to do what Rousey couldn’t do in 2016: beat Amanda Nunes.
UFC 324 marks the first numbered event of the new Paramount Plus era for the UFC. The first event of 2026 will take place on January 24 from the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
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