Kayla Harrison to fight Jozette Cotton at PFL 6 on Aug. 16

[nuraknu]

Kayla Harrison has her second MMA assignment.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist will face Jozette Cotton at PFL 6 on Aug. 16 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight will take place at 155 pounds and will air on the main card, sources say....

Sources: Harrison to fight Cotton at PFL 6

 

[nuraknu]

Pleased they got another person I've heard of before. Cotton is 8-1 I think.

 

[RaginCajun]

She needs to stop ducking Cyborg!!!

I hope I am doing this MMA forum thing right.

 

[Super Dave]

155?!

Was Harrison's first fight at that weight?

 

[nuraknu]

155?!

Was Harrison's first fight at that weight?

Yes, I believe so.

 

[Super Dave]

Yes, I believe so.

I remember hearing that she might have a hard time finding opponents at her weight but I didn't realize she was lightweight.

 

[jimmy boogaloo]

155?!

Was Harrison's first fight at that weight?

holy moly Dave! look at his eyes!

 

[Carbazel]

155?!

Was Harrison's first fight at that weight?

Debut was at lightweight. Maybe when they do PFL season 2 they'll do featherweight.

 

[nuraknu]

There is no reason for her to ever cut to 145 imo, if she's in shape at 155. The bigger promotions could probably make her some fights at 155 if they wanted to - imo squeezing people into the wrong weight classes is like when other people come along and draw country borders that don't match the peoples living there.

I know they will push her to cut so she can cream some bantamweights at 145, but say if she fights cyborg in the future and cyborg walks at 175, why on earth should either of them cut the extra ten pounds?

 

[Chromium]

There is no reason for her to ever cut to 145 imo, if she's in shape at 155. The bigger promotions could probably make her some fights at 155 if they wanted to - imo squeezing people into the wrong weight classes is like when other people come along and draw country borders that don't match the peoples living there.

I know they will push her to cut so she can cream some bantamweights at 145, but say if she fights cyborg in the future and cyborg walks at 175, why on earth should either of them cut the extra ten pounds?

Eventually, a 155 women's division could be viable, but right now even W145 is paper thin. If you combined all the available talent from Invicta, Bellator, and the indies, and folded it into the UFC, you'd only just barely have enough of a division to be self-sustaining. And the depth just isn't there at 155 for more than one-off fights here and there. There are very, very few women even at the level of Jozette Cotton.

If some promotion wants to start aggregating all the W155+ talent out there and put on regular matches, more power to them though. There are a few decent fighters out there, like Bobbi-Jo Dalziel.

 

[nuraknu]

Eventually, a 155 women's division could be viable, but right now even W145 is paper thin. If you combined all the available talent from Invicta, Bellator, and the indies, and folded it into the UFC, you'd only just barely have enough of a division to be self-sustaining. And the depth just isn't there at 155 for more than one-off fights here and there. There are very, very few women even at the level of Jozette Cotton.

If some promotion wants to start aggregating all the W155+ talent out there and put on regular matches, more power to them though. There are a few decent fighters out there, like Bobbi-Jo Dalziel.

I guess I don't necessarily think Kayla Harrison needs more than one-off fights as they become available. People want to watch her right now. It doesn't seem to matter whether they give her a belt - the UFC has weakened that kind of arbitrary thing anyway.

As a fighter she may feel differently, but as a fan I don't need the division/belt thing.