Kayla Harrison mentioned final month that she was keen to “smash one other cranium” earlier than preventing for the UFC girls’s bantamweight championship, and she’s going to get that chance.
Harrison, No. 3 within the official UFC rankings at 135 kilos, is about to fulfill No. 2 Ketlen Vieira on Oct. 5 at UFC 307. Each fighters have confirmed the matchup on social media after MMA reporter Leo Guimaraes first reported the matchup on X.
After Harrison took care of enterprise and completed former champ Holly Holm in her promotion debut this previous April at UFC 300, there was discuss of the previous two-time PFL champion leaping straight right into a title shot. However with present champ Raquel Pennington but to defend her title towards Julianna Peña as anticipated, Harrison should get previous one other formidable foe to earn her shot.
Vieira is 4-3 in her previous seven bouts, though she’s extra not too long ago received three of her previous 4. Her final struggle was a unanimous choice win over Pannie Kianzad in July 2023. Previous to that victory, Vieira misplaced a cut up choice to Pennington.
With the addition, the present UFC 307 lineup contains:
- Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling
- Kayla Harrison vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Chris Curtis vs. Kevin Holland
- Jose Aldo vs. Mario Bautista
- Iasmin Lucindo vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Cesar Almeida vs. Ihor Potieria
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