MIDDLETOWN, OH ‒ Middletown's pride and excitement about Kayla Harrison can't be summed up in words. It's felt. I felt it the night we watched Harrison's first UFC fight with friends in Middletown.

LAS VEGAS -- Kayla Harrison's UFC debut could not have gone any better. The former two-time Olympic judo champion dominated former champion and combat sports legend Holly Holm, beating Holm with a ...

Kayla Harrison is living in a moment many fighters spend a lifetime chasing. She’s co-headlining the UFC’s first Paramount-era card on January 24, defending her bantamweight crown against Amanda Nunes ...

Kayla Harrison has issued her first statement since pulling out of UFC 324, and it was filled with emotion. The UFC women's bantamweight champion was forced to withdraw from her Jan. 24 title defense ...

Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is ...

Cris Cyborg was quick to chime in after Kayla Harrison was forced out of UFC 324. Harrison (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) withdrew from her first bantamweight title defense against Amanda Nunes (23-5 MMA, 16-2 ...

Kayla Harrison doesn’t see Julianna Peña getting another title shot. In just her third fight under the UFC banner, Kayla Harrison captured the UFC women’s bantamweight title with a second-round ...

Two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison plans to transition into mixed martial arts. Harrison, 26, told USA Today she has signed a deal with World Series of Fighting. In addition to making ...

UFC fans were hit with some tough news last week that left many feeling disappointed. Kayla Harrison had to pull out of UFC 324 after picking up an injury that looks set to keep her out for a while.