Two-time Olympic judo champ Kayla Harrison signs with UFC, to fight Holly Holm

Kayla Harrison walks to the cage for her Professional Fighters League bout against Larissa Pacheco at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., in this Thursday, May 9, 2019, file photo. (AP Photo)

Two-time Olympic judo gold medallist Kayla Harrison has signed with UFC and battle Holly Holm in a bantamweight fight at UFC 300 on April 13 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced on Tuesday.

Harrison, 33, won gold for the United States at the 2012 Rio Olympics and 2016 Rio Summer Games before entering MMA in the Professional Fighters League.

Harrison, who is 16-1 in MMA, will be competing at bantamweight for the first time.

Holm, 42, is 15-6 in MMA. She also has competed in boxing and kickboxing.

Holm was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022.

“She’s fought all the nastiest women in the world in boxing and MMA, except for one,” White said of Holm before introducing Harrison as her next opponent.

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