Kayla Harrison was twelve years outdated the primary time she was examined for performance-enhancing medicine by USADA. She was ranked within the prime 5 nationally in Judo and has been examined ceaselessly ever since. This consists of a number of Olympic runs plus matches within the UFC. The US-born athlete didn’t take kindly to Julianna Pena’s PED accusations.
Kayla Harrison and Julianna Pena
Kayla Harrison is a multi-time Olympic medalist representing the USA, competing in Judo all world wide. Since switching to MMA she earned the PFL MMA match title in two separate years. Earlier in 2024, the American athlete signed with the UFC and had a powerful win over the previous champion Holly Holm.
Julianna Pena is a former division champion who had an upset victory over all-time nice Amanda Nunes. “The Venezuelan Vixen” would later lose her title in a rematch with Nunes.
Brazil’s Nunes then retired with the division championship. This title is now held by the US-born Raquel Pennington who defeated Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant throne. However followers are in search of a showdown between the previous champion and the present star of the division, a match between Julianna Pena and Kayla Harrison. These two have been trash-talking backwards and forwards for a while now.
Pena, in an interview with Ariel Helwani, mentioned, “Keep off the needle, bro… No query.” Accusing Kayla Harrison of being on PED’s.
In response, whereas talking on The MMA Hour, Harrison mentioned, “Haters gonna hate, dude. It pisses me off. By no means as soon as have I examined constructive ever within the historical past of my very lengthy drug-testing profession. Don’t f*cking say issues like if you happen to don’t have laborious proof… She’s constructing in an excuse for once I kick her ass.” She added, “I’ve by no means failed a single take a look at,” in her lifelong athletic profession.
Harrison doesn’t care about dealing with Pena, as an alternative, she needs to face whoever has the belt, whether or not it’s Pena or Pennington. Her eye is on UFC gold.
