Kayla Harrison CRUSHES Pena – Should Amanda Nunes dream fight be at 135 lbs or 145 lbs? | UFC 316 - video Dailymotion

Peter Klein

Kayla Harrison’s UFC title win over Juliana Pena sets up a dream fight with Amanda Nunes, but we explain why 135 lbs is the wrong weight class. Plus: Merab’s relentless pressure ends O’Malley’s reign, and what’s next for "Suga" (145lbs move?).  #UFC316 #KaylaHarrison #MerabDvalishvili #MMA #UFCFightNight #WMMA #MMAAnalysis #Omalley  🔗 Stay Connected & Support the Show Tip → https://streamelements.com/couchpotatodiary/tip 🎧 Listen & Subscribe:  Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-potato-diary/id1564122189  Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM 🧠 Partners & Promos:  C of Dead Apparel → https://www.cofdead403.ca/  Swift Energy → https://www.swiftenergy.gg/?ref=mriusnqm  🎁 Use Promo Code: PKPrimetime for 25% off! 📲 Follow Me:  Twitter (X) → https://x.com/primetimeklein  Instagram → https://instagram.com/primetimeklein  Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/Couchpotatodiary  Twitch → https://twitch.tv/primetimepk 📬 Business Inquiries & Fan Mail:  Email → couchpotatodiary@yahoo.com

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00:00UFC 316 went down last weekend and the Ultimate Fighting Championship has a new champion that

00:16feels very very correct as Kayla Harrison is now the women's or a women's champion in the UFC

00:24winning the bantamweight crown from Juliana Pena and it really just is a finishing touch to a journey

00:33to the top for one of the great combat sports artists of our time in Kayla Harrison who has

00:39gone on a long road from Olympics to PFL all the way up to the UFC and working her way up quickly

00:47in the Ultimate Fighting Championship but working her way up to now getting the championship belt

00:51put around her waist excellent excellent work from Kayla Harrison and she she gets she gets the job

00:58done with a submission win over Juliana Pena um it like I said it just it feels it feels correct

01:05this feels like the resume of someone who is a UFC champion and now she really cements her legacy as

01:13one of the great combat sports people of all time and gets now a dream fight because after the fight

01:18is done um Amanda Nunes comes in and they set this fight up now I I I am excited for the dream fight

01:26I really really am I don't think it should be happening at 135 pounds I know that Kayla Harrison

01:31is the 135 pound champion now but it is obviously a difficult weight cut for her and it is one that

01:40she's going to have to make again if she wants to defend her championship and so maybe she just wants

01:43to get her body used to that but I think if you're going to do a dream fight why not do this dream fight

01:48at a weight class where both fighters are comfortable you have Amanda Nunes who is coming

01:56off of a bit of a layoff um coming off of retirement although I'm assuming she's in the gym every day it

02:00just seems like she is that type um so but you have her maybe you don't want to be draining your

02:05body to down to 135 pounds and look if Amanda Nunes wins this is she going to be defending the

02:10championship two or three more times I doubt it this feels like a one-off for her right so

02:14I like she she's not going to defend the title anyway so why put the title on the line if you're

02:19not going to put the title on the line why make her cut all the way down and for Kayla Harrison like

02:23I said maybe she wants to get her body used to the hell that is cutting down to 135 pounds for her

02:29but why not have her at her absolute best as well make this fight at 145 pounds and really get the

02:37best out of both of these fighters if a dream fight is truly what we are looking for in this

02:42bout um the other main fight on this is Murab Dvalishvili puts Sean O'Malley away and I think that

02:49means a couple of different things it puts O'Malley away like he gets a submission victory in this fight

02:55also puts O'Malley away as a title challenger for Murab anytime soon um but it is just it looks like a

03:03really bad time fighting Murab is the best way I can describe it it is relentless pressure from Murab

03:08Dvalishvili it is exhausting to have to deal with everything that he can bring and he was he he leveled

03:16up in this and it puts this rivalry this chapter of their careers away and um I think it legitimizes

03:26the title run a little bit and I saw some people talking about it before with in my um YouTube

03:32comments being like oh guys obviously not a fan not liking that I mean like look like I'll have

03:38a bigger discussion on that on a later date but the fact is like in the greater eyes I think of a lot of

03:43uh casual fans I think in the eyes of the ultimate fighting championship Murab had something to prove

03:48here and he did it and he did it in a very big time way so good on him for being able to do that

03:55and putting that sort of a a pressure on and um like I said really legitimizing things and really

04:02uh cementing his spot as one of the greats in the sport um it is back to the drawing board for

04:08Sean O'Malley I I think that there is still a really strong fighter in there he is obviously very

04:13talented but like I just don't think he is maybe quite at the level of a well he's obviously not at the

04:21level of a Murab and that's going to be something he's going to have to deal with for the next little

04:25bit that the weight cut down to 135 pounds doesn't kill him I do wonder if you want to make a move up

04:30to 145 pounds but then you are dealing with the Diego Lopez's and the Max Holloway's and um Alex

04:36Volkanovski like it feels like the the top end at 130 or at 145 seems like it would just stack up not

04:43very well with what Sean O'Malley is wanting to do so this is I'm very interested to see how he learns

04:48from this because we kind of talked about it in the lead up to it is I'm worried he's focusing on

04:53the wrong things and now he has to recognize that there are some talent deficiencies and some

05:00strategic things that he has to work on and that's a whole lot different than just deciding you're not

05:05going to smoke weed and jacket for a few months right like that's it's easy to say oh it's just

05:12these things that I have to change well now now you have to change who you are as a fighter and up your

05:16talent level and for guys who are at the highest level that is a very hard thing to admit so I'm

05:20fascinated to see how Sean O'Malley responds coming out of UFC 316.

Kayla Harrison CRUSHES Pena – Should Amanda Nunes dream fight be at 135 lbs or 145 lbs? | UFC 316

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