‘She Hulk’ vs ‘Feminine Khabib’? Ladies’s MMA behemoth Gabi Garcia states phrases for Kayla Harrison showdown

The difficulty with being a heavyweight in girls’s MMA is that there is not a protracted checklist of potential opponents however undefeated ‘She Hulk’ Gabi Garcia has laid down a gauntlet to Kayla Harrison, described by some because the ‘Feminine Khabib’.

Brazil’s Garcia, who stands at 6ft 2in tall and has registered a weight of 235lbs up to now, has been indomitable all through her seven skilled combined martial arts fights up to now.

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt has been exterior the primary spherical simply as soon as up to now in her profession – largely, some say, as a result of an absence of opponents to match her fearsome body.

This accusation has definitely been evident in a few of her fights, contests which might suitably described as being a part of the ‘Freak Present’ fashion of matchmaking so prevalent in Japanese MMA.

A working example for this was Garcia’s 41-second drubbing of 50-year-old former professional wrestler Yumiko Hotta as a part of RIZIN’s year-end present in 2016. 

Now, although, Garcia appears to be searching for a sterner check and has issued a problem to a different fighter whose dimension has perplexed matchmakers up to now: Kayla Harrison.

American double-Olympic judo champion Harrison, who’s Eight-Zero in her profession, is regarded as the best feminine light-weight (155lbs) on the planet however, like Garcia, has struggled to align herself with the kind of competitors by which her abilities is perhaps suitably examined.

i’m ready three years for @KaylaH inform me how a lot she desires me to chop weight to simply accept the struggle!
simply excuses and joke right here!#rizinff #pfl

— Gabi Garcia 🥇 (@gabijiu) January 26, 2021

@KaylaH I made extra money than you profitable and not using a sweat however now you might be disrespecting the opposite women I fought!
do you wish to put your single million and I’ll put 1,000,000 additionally to make this struggle? or will you make an excuse
u are a joke! pfl made this gp straightforward for you

— Gabi Garcia 🥇 (@gabijiu) January 26, 2021

Sensing alternative, Garcia however Harrison on blast not too long ago by referring to her as a “joke” which prompted a terse reply from Harrison by which she questioned the kind of competitors that Garcia has confronted in her profession up to now.

“We speaking actual preventing not some staged struggle,” Harrison wrote on-line in response. “How about beat somebody that isn’t picked from the outdated of us residence and has an actual heartbeat after which you’ll be able to put my title in your mouth. Till then watch me win one other mil.”

Garcia subsequently mentioned that the bottom she might drop to to face Harrison could be round 183lbs – a dimension nonetheless considerably up on Harrison’s preventing weight – however would fortunately put up a sum of $ 1 million on the road if it meant securing the struggle.

For the struggle to be actuality, it might solely happen with Garcia at her absolute lowest weight doable and Harrison at her most bloated in a struggle which might primarily be the equal of Stipe Miocic dropping two divisions to struggle Khabib Nurmagomedov. 

Whereas that specific instance would by no means occur for myriad causes, the fingers of each Garcia and Harrison might doubtlessly be pressured within the absence of extra strong competitors elsewhere – and the concept of a sizeable wager being on the road too would absolutely spike struggle followers’ curiosity throughout the globe. 

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