Revive Featherweight Or Lose Kayla Harrison? Current Weight Cut ’Taking Years Off My Life’
It’s no secret that Kayla Harrison struggles mightily to make the 135-pound limit. Harrison has fought professionally as high as 155 pounds and competed at 172 pounds in Judo. In order to make the Bantamweight limit — which is currently the heaviest female weight class the UFC offers — Harrison has to endure months of […]
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 06: Kayla Harrison poses on the scale during the UFC 316 official weigh-in at the Hyatt Regency hotel on June 06, 2025 in Morristown, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC) It’s no secret that Kayla Harrison struggles mightily to make the 135-pound limit . Harrison has fought professionally as high as 155 pounds and competed at 172 pounds in Judo.
In order to make the Bantamweight limit — which is currently the heaviest female weight class the UFC offers — Harrison has to endure months of brutal dieting followed by a dangerous water cut . For Harrison, the challenge at the scale is as great as any she’s faced inside the Octagon. As a UFC fighter, Harrison is undefeated against both her opposition and the scale.
However, the 35-year-old champion is loathe to make the cut many more times. She’s open to doing so once more to face Amanda Nunes in their highly anticipated (and delayed) super fight, and potentially a second time if Valentina Shevchenko wants to step up to the Bantamweight plate . Otherwise?
Harrison would rather retire than keep up such a severe cut, and she plans to tell the UFC as much. ‼️🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨‼️ Kayla Harrison reveals she will only cut down to 135 lbs one more time for the rest of her life & that she has lost years off her life from cutting weight. pic.