Kayla Harrison is 19-1-0, and 14 of those 19 wins came by KO, TKO or submission. The UFC women's bantamweight champion is on a four-fight winning streak and next defends against Amanda Nunes at UFC 334.
Kayla Harrison's record
Harrison is an American, 36 years old, trains at American Top Team, where she has been since 2018, and fights as a southpaw. She stands 173 cm with a 168 cm reach. She made her professional debut on 21 Jun 2018 and has lost once in the years since.
Her finish rate is 74%, counted as the share of her wins that came by KO, TKO or submission. Of the 19 wins, 6 were by KO or TKO, 8 by submission and 5 by decision. Submissions are the largest group, and her record includes one Performance of the Night bonus.
How the wins come
Her last fight was UFC 316 on 7 Jun 2025, and it ended in a submission. Harrison took Julianna Peña's arm with a kimura at 4:55 of round 2 in a title fight, and she is listed as the UFC women's bantamweight champion today.
Before that she submitted Holly Holm with a rear-naked choke at 1:47 of round 2 at UFC 300 on 13 Apr 2024, a faster finish than the one against Peña. Her other UFC fight, against Ketlen Vieira at UFC 307 on 5 Oct 2024, went the full three rounds and ended in a unanimous decision, the only one of her three UFC fights that did not end in a submission.
Recent form
The UFC rankings list Harrison as champion as of 20 Oct 2026, and the run behind that is four wins in a row, 4-1 over her last five.
Her last five fights, all at women's bantamweight except where noted:
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2025 | Julianna Peña | Win | Submission (kimura) | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Ketlen Vieira | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Holly Holm | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 |
| 24 Nov 2023 | Aspen Ladd | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 |
| 25 Nov 2022 | Larissa Pacheco | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 5 |
The Ladd fight at PFL 10 in 2023 was contested at catchweight, and the Pacheco fight was at women's lightweight.
The one loss
Harrison's only defeat is the last row of that table. She lost a unanimous decision to Larissa Pacheco in a PFL title fight at PFL 10 in 2022, going the full five rounds at women's lightweight. She was not stopped in that fight, and she has not lost since.
That PFL run also includes two first-round finishes in 2022. She beat Martina Jindrová by arm-triangle choke at 3:17 of round 1, and knocked out Kaitlin Young with punches at 2:35 of round 1. She also took a unanimous decision over Marina Mokhnatkina at PFL 3 on 6 May 2022. Between them, the kimura, the rear-naked choke and the arm-triangle choke are three different submissions in her recent record.
Next fight: Amanda Nunes at UFC 334
Harrison is booked to fight Amanda Nunes, 23-5-0, in a title fight at UFC 334 on 14 Nov 2026 in New York City. The card is headlined by Gane vs. Hokit, so the women's bantamweight title fight is not the main event.
Nunes arrives with 23 wins and five defeats against Harrison's single loss, and Harrison goes in as champion on a four-fight winning streak.
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