Former PFL champion Kayla Harrison has an opportunity to capture her first UFC strap when she collides with current bantamweight titleholder Julianna Pena in the UFC 316 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event this Sat. night (June 7, 2025) at Prudential Center in Newark.
And what comes after that?
“This is what I want her to do, this is the road map: I want Kayla to win the title on Saturday and Amanda Nunes will come back,” Harrison’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told MMA Junkie. “We will fight for this 145 title. Kayla will beat her at 145. Amanda will cut down to 135. Kayla will beat her at 135, then Kayla will have two UFC championships. This is what I want to do.”
teasing a return to combat sports.
“Of course we have to talk to UFC and of course Julianna Pena, she is tough as nails,” Abdelaziz continued. “She is not easy. She is not a walk over. She is going to stick around, she is going to take a lot of punishment and is going to be tough. But is what I would love for Kayla to do and after that I would like Kayla to go to WWE and she’s going to get a WWE title, too. Why not?”
That would make her the second UFC women’s champion to score a WWE title.
heavy betting favorite ahead of UFC 316.
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