Kayla Harrison needs to alter the world, one struggle at a time.
Earlier this month, Harrison added one other achievement to her resume, handily defeating Julianna Pena at 315 to seize the ladies’s bantamweight world championship.
For somebody who has already completed a lot — two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time PFL champion — no one may actually blame Harrison if she’d written her newest victory off as simply one other conquest in her pursuit of being the best feminine fighter of all time. However for the mom of two, combating isn’t nearly accolades. It’s not even about cash.
It’s about consistently difficult herself and, extra importantly, utilizing her star energy to unfold love and encourage change.
“That was at all times the objective, you recognize,” Harrison advised Cageside Press whereas attending the 2025 UFC Corridor of Fame ceremony in Las Vegas. “I selfishly struggle as a result of I find it irresistible. I’ve a need and a burning ardour inside me to problem myself, to step inside a cage, have them lock the door, and have somebody attempt to beat me up and me attempt to beat them up. So, that half is egocentric.
“However the platform, the objective is to make use of it to be the change on this planet that I need to see, to be a lightweight, to unfold love and kindness, and generally to have the exhausting conversations and speak concerning the exhausting issues. It’s additionally an honor and a privilege that folks truly care what I believe. The Corridor of Fame is concerning the performances and the folks we need to keep in mind ceaselessly.”
So far as the Corridor of Fame, Harrison has already established herself as an simple first-ballot inductee. But when she hopes to be acknowledged because the undisputed GOAT of ladies’s MMA, she’ll should undergo ‘The Lioness.’
