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

Kayla Harrison says Raquel Pennington ought to concern 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 fast 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 feel it’s Julianna,” Pennington instructed Low Kick MMA on who’s subsequent. “Simply from having to grind from the underside up, by no means being handed something, there’s a variety of ladies on this division who’ve been busting their ass for years upon years, they usually’re wanting alternatives.

“I don’t discover it truthful. I get the enterprise side of it. However I don’t discover it truthful 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 afraid 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 feel that my report speaks for itself,” Harrison instructed MMA Junkie. “So, that’s form of laborious to argue with. I feel that if I’m going out and make a press release, that’s gonna be laborious to argue with. I don’t know Raquel’s report, however I’m assuming that there have been losses blended in, like she in all probability obtained 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 might be saying that if I used to be Raquel, too. I’d be scared sh*tless.”

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