Kayla Harrison is on the lookout for gold after her newest win at UFC 307.
Whereas she was the most important favourite on the cardboard, Harrison really handled some adversity after Ketlen Vieira linked with a nasty elbow within the second spherical that brought about important swelling and bleeding on her brow. That didn’t cease Harrison from getting the struggle to the bottom and punishing Vieira with devastating strikes to make sure she left Utal with the victory.
When it was over the judges scored the struggle 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 with Harrison transferring to 2-0 within the UFC.
“My hat goes off to Ketlen,” Harrison stated after her win. “She’s a killer. She’s No. 2 for a motive.
“Women, take pleasure in it whilst you can. As a result of the queen is dwelling and she or he’s coming for that f*cking gold.”
Harrison confirmed confidence in her palms earlier than working from the clinch to strive for the takedown. To her credit score, Vieira by no means allowed Harrison to get into place to get the throw or the within journey earlier than the fighters separated again to the middle of the cage.
Sadly that early success keeping off Harrison’s grappling gave Vieira a false sense of safety. Vieira received somewhat too aggressive and Harrison instantly grabbed onto her after which tossing the Brazilian to the canvas.
Harrison instantly started raining down punches as she punished Vieira along with her floor and pound however time ran out earlier than she might probably arrange a struggle ending sequence.
The motion slowed within the second with Harrison struggling to arrange her takedowns and Vieira really linked with a well-timed elbow on the within. There was important swelling and a trickle of blood coming from Harrison’s brow after consuming the shot from Vieira.
Because the third spherical began there was additionally blood coming from Harrison’s nostril as she was sporting numerous injury on her face however she continued transferring ahead till she secured one other takedown. From there, Harrison started hammering away with punches and elbows with Vieira caught on her again.
Harrison actually started dropping bombs from the highest whereas sustaining complete management over Vieira, who simply couldn’t discover any room to flee. Time ticked away with Harrison nonetheless delivering punishing blows and Vieira content material to outlive because the struggle got here to an in depth.
Whereas it most likely wasn’t the assertion she needed to make, Harrison nonetheless beat a veteran bantamweight contender who has solely been completed as soon as within the UFC. The victory ought to simply place Harrison to get the winner of Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña to take one other step in the direction of her final objective of turning into UFC champion.
