Sean Strickland loves Kayla Harrison.
Underneath the PFL banner, Harrison turned an on the spot sensation. Now, the two-time Olympic gold medalist is a bona fide famous person following her impressive second-round finish towards Julianna Pena to seize the UFC bantamweight championship.
Contained in the cage, Harrison is an absolute beast, ending 14 of her 19 opponents. Nonetheless, it’s her look outdoors of the Octagon that Strickland has seemingly develop into smitten with.
“I really love Kayla Harrison,” Strickland informed MMA Junkie. “No, I really, Kayla, you guys, don’t choose me once I say this, however if you see Kayla actual dolled up at a press convention, every so often I’m like, “Wait a minute. Who’s that?” And I’m, “Oh, f*ck, that’s Kayla. I hate myself.” However Kayla, I like you, man. Kayla’s a savage. I like Kayla. She is a savage.”
Harrison has not but booked her first title protection, although we already know that it’ll come towards former two-division queen Amanda Nunes.
Even earlier than Harrison stepped contained in the Octagon at UFC 316, ‘The Lioness’ introduced that she was coming out of retirement to struggle the Olympian. Nunes added extra gasoline to the fireplace when she stepped contained in the cage for a pleasant faceoff along with her former American Top Team teammate.
When and the place their long-awaited conflict happens stays to be seen, but it surely’s already being hyped as one of the anticipated scraps in UFC historical past, no matter gender.
