Kayla Harrison joins UFC, to debut vs. Holly Holm at UFC 300 - ESPN
Holly Holm and Kayla Harrison, two of the most accomplished athletes in women's combat sports history, will meet at UFC 300.
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Holly Holm and Kayla Harrison, two of the most accomplished athletes in women's combat sports history, will meet at UFC 300.
Mayra Bueno Silva stopped Holly Holm in the second round at UFC Vegas 77 in Las Vegas to put herself in the mix for a bantamweight title shot. Both Holm and Bueno Silva had sights trained on the bantamweight title, which was recently vacated by the retirement of Amanda Nunes. Ad The first round was tight and Holm was pushing hard against the fence in the second, but she left herself exposed and Bueno Silva executed a superb ninja choke to force the submission.
The UFC women's bantamweight division is in need of new blood following the recent retirement of dominant champion Amanda Nunes — and it seems to have found it in Mayra Bueno Silva.
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Amanda Nunes laid her two UFC championship belts on the Octagon mat and had the cutman remove her gloves. She put the gloves in the middle of the two titles, kneeled down and cried into the canvas.
Amanda Nunes looks to start another women's bantamweight title defense streak as she faces first-time UFC title challenger Irene Aldana in the main event of UFC 289 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, with prelims at 8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN+ and early prelims at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+).
Irene Aldana will look to add to what's already been an excellent year for Mexican-born fighters at UFC 289 on Saturday (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV) when she faces defending two-division champion Amanda Nunes in her first shot at the women's bantamweight title.
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