If I was Pennington, ‘I’d be scared sh*tless’ of me

Kayla Harrison says Raquel Pennington ought to worry her UFC arrival.

UFC bantamweight champion Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) expects to make her first title protection in opposition to Julianna Peña, and would take umbrage with Harrison being quick tracked to a title shot.

Harrison (16-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes her octagon debut in a bantamweight bout in opposition to former champ Holly Holm (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) on April 13 at UFC 300 in Las Vegas.

“For me, I believe it’s Julianna,” Pennington informed Low Kick MMA on who’s subsequent. “Simply from having to grind from the underside up, by no means being handed something, there’s numerous girls on this division who’ve been busting their ass for years upon years, and so they’re wanting alternatives.

“I don’t discover it honest. I get the enterprise facet of it. However I don’t discover it honest when an athlete is available in and simply because they’ve a giant identify, they get to skip the road. I’m not against combating anyone, like fearful of anyone. I like the challenges on the market.”

Harrison responded to Pennington, and the two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time PFL champion plans on making herself plain with a statement-making efficiency over Holm.

“I believe that my file speaks for itself,” Harrison informed MMA Junkie. “So, that’s type of arduous to argue with. I believe that if I’m going out and make a press release, that’s gonna be arduous to argue with. I don’t know Raquel’s file, however I’m assuming that there have been losses blended in, like she most likely bought shut then misplaced.

“That’s her journey. My journey is my journey, and I plan on doing the whole lot in my energy to make it in order that they need to give me the title shot. I’d be saying that if I used to be Raquel, too. I’d be scared sh*tless.”

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