Olympic Judo world champion Kayla Harrison details her transition into MMA, revealing her resilience through childhood abuse, and channeling her pain into athletic triumphs
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I liked her before, but now i like her even more!
wow what an amazing story of courage, strength and beauty
Now that I know Kayla was a victim of SA, Arman's comments about her at the press conference seems really in very very poor taste
GAY
@@uncircumcisedcircusnice, me too!
It was poor taste regardless of her past.
Ok Kayla just became my absolute favorite UFC fighter. What a tremendous women. Now go get your belt champ.👏👍
I am a retired psychologist and wish to share that no matter what happened to you by a sick person it does not define who you are in your heart and soul. Clearly you Kayla are acting on this truth in your life. Congratulations. I also have a Nidan in judo and I loved every minute for so many years of this discipline. Confidence and loving yourself is the key.
and your name is kaila?
@@PozzaPizzHow does it feel going through life contributing zero value?
Retired psychologist and been doing mma since you were 11, I think someone is telling lies
@PozzaPizz apparently they have won numerous mma tournaments and have been invited to train with grand masters. I wouldn't believe a word they say
I soporte you kailash
Respect
I am rooting for her. She is a real champion at heart.
She is a JUicer
I love her story WOW what a life of triumph and perseverance
She's from my hometown we've had a couple great sports legends Kayla Harrison, Cris Carter,Todd Bell, Jerry Lucas, Kyle Schwarber all out of our small little city between Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio Middletown oh, always been proud to be able to say I lived in same city as one of The baddest bishhes on the planet 😉✌️
"Stay Strong"
Being a parent is the greatest blessing ever! What a story! Keep fighting on!
Gotta respect Kayla, such a beast
Dang that’s one strong person 🫡🥋
Let’s go kayla
Wow she really opened up here.
I have so much respect for her. I didn’t know anything in your life. I am so glad you survived. Thank you for sharing.
True Champion. Heart of gold.
American hero
My favorite Judoka!!! Oss 🤙🏿
What a powerful woman. UFC gold awaits but she's already won in life.
People stop saying she looks old. Suffering from mental health has a huge impact on some 1
I'm rooting for Holly. I hope HH is working one of those Rocky film workouts as everyone says she has no chance, just need one big pinch. I always like the underdog. Nothing against Kayla but have never heard of her before.
What an incredible person. I’m now a fan 🤙🏽
Its going to suck to see either Holm or Harrison lose. Both real women that you can root for.
Shes a great role model for a lot of people not just boys or girls but people.
Kayla is great for women’s MMA but if she loses to Holly all the hype is gone
Exactly
women could be having a full blown title fight in a living room, and the guy on the couch could be like 'cmon, knock it off ffs'
lets go! KH
"WOW" I'm certainly an immediate fan-
❤️💪👍
Yeah once I heard about her adopting her nieces at a moments notice, thats the shit right there, Fan for life.
2:38 coach
😢
I once seen Holly Holm do the splits on a wall on IG. So long story short I’m going for Holm lol
arman love her
Tsarukyan 😂 ?
Obviously horrible what happened to her, but if that didnt happen, she might not be who she is today. She def turned a negative to a positive. Great story.
No chance she makes 135
Aucune impossible je serais tellement choquer si elle y arrive cette femme serais complètement folle 😮😮😂🎉😮😅
what a savage
Powerful woman of God
Larissa Pacheco. Is she the baddest woman on the planet!?
Kayla is 2x1 against Larissa so I wouldn't say so
Only 10 years for abusing a child over several years...?! Disgraceful "justice" system.
She's like mini Brock Lesnar lol
Yeah but with was more skills as a martial artist. Brock was so limited. His wrestling and superior strength got him far. Kayla is good at everything.
@@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns ok Kayla
@@IAMJEFFREY-cw9nsshe a worst striker than Ronda
@@flex2timez Ronda's striking was awful. She was a 1 trick pony with her arm bars. At least Kayla can mix it up. Kayla beats prime Ronda any day.
@@jamesj9693 Kayla is like 100x of Brock when it comes to Combat sports lol. 2 times olympic gold medalist vs what? Smackdown champion
SLAP HAS 265PLUS DIVISION...BOOK ONE FOR THE UFC SO THAT HAFTHOR BJORNSSON, BRIAN SHAW, AND JERRELL MILLER CAN FIGHT IN MMA TOO.
😂👊👍👍😈
I know her from college
Millions of folks have a sad story. I like your fishing vids pet vids and family vids. Hate your moco monday stuff.
Everyone has a sad story
10 years.. should have been the death penalty! Props to her persevering.
Kayla has way better Judo then Ronda!
Was not expecting her voice to be that high pitched 😂
Olivi can really wear those jeans
What a gal:)
USADA leaves the UFC and what do you know, Kayla signs with the UFC. Juicer freak
Holly is 42. The UFC is that desperate for 135 pounders that draw.
Kayla is amazing but I just dont see how she can be at her best after that weight cut.
You cant leave your kids with anyone but realistically how were her parents to stay at every class x2 day with jobs and other kids..
omg, wow ❤ Love women.❤ Jesus is Lord ❤
Why does Kayla Harrison look so much like Woody Harrelson!? Cant unsee it.
Impossible holly win this
Ronda holds 2 wins over Kayla in Judo. Ronda was a better Judoka period. Kayla won gold in a weight class with much lesser competition. Also, Ronda won a bronze in a much harder division while being injured
Really? I find that hard to believe. Well one thing's for sure and that's the fact that Kayla seems like a nice human being and Ronda was a shitty person.
you mean, 18 roided ronda beat 15yr kayla?
C'est une Lightweight limite comment peut elle faire le poid en bantam ? 😮😮😂😂😂❤😂
Ronda actually used Judo, Kayla sort of bulldozes over people. Kayla is better off wrestling.
I like her fighting, am a fan, but after years and years of this “feel sorry for me” videos about people it has opposite effect on me. First show what are you about in UFC, show how great you are and then I want to know your heartbreaking story. I am glad she fulfilled her dreams, but chill now. I needed to say this to everybody in this comment section 😂
Dam bro 😊
Exactly I‘m tired of these corny sob stories Everybody been through some stuff, nobody cares
UFC (and most other wants a rags to riches story to draw like showing what she overcame. "I think I Need a bigger box."
Nora cornolle 👊👊🦶
Really!
Ya huele a campeona del ufc
Ain’t gonna let this brought a bit of condensation to me eyes
Great wife material 💯
Gordon Ramsey has aged well
3:26 die
Zzzzz make jones fight aspinall
😂😂😂
I often see women who like to wrestle or practice whit man. This is wrong,It will inevitably cause a arausal in man wich unbelievable amount of self control This is why man almost always reject it . Its now even mans fault,It your fault,You wanted to pratice judo whit him despite knowing better. Man dont like praticing combat sports whit women out of a simple reason....the arausal problem
Dang was she ever young?
I don’t understand the hype. She got completely dominated by Pacheco and couldn’t even finish Aspen fucking Ladd in her last fight.
She will go far, but not as far as she thinks.
Gosh. What a gorgeous woman
This woman is getting KOED.
😂
Armans side chick
All this just for her to lose🤣🤣
Gay
She looks 50+ too much testo.
blood sports are horrible.
Pat Barry wouldn't even touch this monster 🤮
Can we please stop acting like Olympic gold means anything?
It used too. But definitely not anymore.
It means she was the best in the world twice. Can't say I'm best in the world about anything how's about you.
@@hunterhestekin7420 if you had two gold metals bet they would be meaningful to you.
Can we please stop pretending that youtube comments mean anything, go touch grass
Why would it not mean anything? Top athletes from around the world compete with each other. I feel sorry for some of these people in the comments.
For fuck sakes, stop with all the cliche “heartbreak” stories, “my parents were drug attacks”, “I lived on the streets”, “I was molested”.
My favorite transathlete.
How? Theres like ten pictures of her as a kid here...
U rode the special short bus probably, next comment i guess
It’s on pal. Nobody is judging you. You finally looked in the mirror.
HOW DARE YOU
How tight are those pants tho?
It’s women’s judo, chill out.