Last Friday was devastating for Kayla Harrison and her fans. She remained undefeated until her loss against Larissa Pacheco in the main event bout of PFL 10. Harrison lost her ‘undefeated’ record with her career’s first loss against Pacheco. Her former ATT teammate, UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal, spoke out in support post her defeat and said, he still sees her as a champion.
In a recent interview, ‘Gamebred’ offered his breakdown of the Harrison vs. Pacheco fight and spoke in favor of the ‘Doug’.
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With the recent defeat, Kayla Harrison’s record now stands at 15-1-0.
Kayla Harrison receives support from Jorge Masvidal
Kayla Harrison was undefeated until last Friday. However, her latest fight against Larissa Pacheco has rewritten history by defeating Harrison. The ‘Doug’ has been receiving a lot of support from all over the world and the latest addition to it is Jorge Masvidal. During an interview with MMAFightingonSBN, the UFC fighter responded to Harrison‘s defeat.
“You know, a big part of me (was)stunned, big part of me (is)like, man, this is the third time you fight that girl.” said Masvidal. “It wasn’t like, no upset. She already beat her twice very convincingly, you know. So, I don’t wanna take anything from this girl away, obviously. Pacheco is a stud, you know. Came out to win f*****g and went to beat somebody that’s beaten you twice, you have to do a lot of mental adversity and stuff like that.”
Additionally, Masvidal still feels Harrison is a champion. “I still walk away thinking Kayla’s the better fighter, but it just wasn’t her night.”
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He further added,“Went into that fifth round, they were neck to neck.” He stated it was a close fight moving ahead.
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Harrison made an emotional Instagram post after her defeat
Reflecting on her career’s very first defeat, Kayla Harrison took to Instagram to share her thoughts on this setback and her newfound perspective. The two-time Olympic gold medalist has tasted defeat for the first time in her decade-long MMA career and that left a scar on her. But Harrison still chooses to look at the bright side.
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Kayla Harrison is a true fighter, in a complete sense. Her fans hope to see her back in the cage soon.
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