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Highlights: Kayla Harrison Debuts With Amazing Armbar

Watch Kayla Harrison’s impressive MMA debut at tonight’s PFL 2 from Chicago:

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This evening’s (Thurs., June 21, 2018) Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2 from the Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois, was a sneaky-good card flying under the radar.

Much of that was because it featured the awaited MMA debut of highly-touted Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison. A former training partner and roommate of legendary former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Harrison was expected to submit opponent Brittney Elkin.

Harrison did just that to start her MMA career off right, using a twisting, turning armbar to score a highly impressive first win. After winning her second judo gold medal in 2016, Harrison shifted to MMA and is currently training at Florida’s American Top Team (ATT) with a plan to eventually fight women’s MMA queen Cris Cyborg in the future. She showed little in the way of striking prowess, getting the clinch and immediately taking the fight to her obvious area of strength, so a bout with Cyborg is understandably a far way off.

For now, watch her submission win in her MMA debut:

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PFL 2: Firmino vs. Brooks Live Results

Get live results for tonight’s PFL 2 right here:

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Professional Fight League is holding their second event in Chicago on Thursday, and the preliminary portion of the card was action-packed with several former UFC and Bellator fighters picking up impressive victories.

On the main card, former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks will meet Luiz Firmino, UFC vet Ramsey Nijem will meet Brian Foster, and Olympic judo medalist Kayla Harrison will make her MMA debut against Brittney Elkin.

Former Bellator middleweight champion Brandon Halsey looked outstanding in his light heavyweight tournament bout against former heavyweight Smealinho Rama, who Halsey stopped via TKO after a cut over Rama’s eye ended the fight at the end of the second round.

Elsewhere on the undercard, former UFC fighter Thiago Tavares lost in bizarre fashion to Robert Watley. Tavares suffered a kick to the groin early into the second round, but the referee deemed the kick accidental, and Watley was awarded the TKO win. Vinny Magalhaes scored a quick submission victory, as well.

PFL features a tournament-based format with a $1 million prize for the winner.

Here are the results:

Main Card:

Luiz Firmino vs. Will Brooks

Brian Foster vs. Ramsey Nijem

Kayla Harrison vs. Brittney Elkin

Efrain Escudero vs. Jason High

Ronny Markes vs. Sean O’Connell

Preliminary Card:

Vinny Magalhaes def. Jamie Abdallah, submission (rear-naked choke), 1:37 round one

Brandon Halsey def. Smealinho Rama, TKO, 0:01 round three

Rakim Cleveland def. Rashid Yusupov, TKO, 5:00 round two

Islam Mamedov def. Yuki Kawana via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Maxim Grishin def. Jason Butcher, TKO, 1:40 round one

Robert Watley def. Thiago Tavares, TKO, 0:35 round two

Natan Schulte def. Chris Wade via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-28)

Dan Spohn def. Bazigit Atajev, TKO, 4:31 round three.

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Top UFC Welterweight Recounts Brawl With ‘Drunken, Racist Fans’

This is never good to see.

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Last week, top-ranked UFC welterweight Kamaru Usman was at the Professional Fighters League (PFL) event with his manager, Ali Abdelaziz, for some fun.

During the event, Usman decided to stop at the top of some stairs when the National Anthem began to play, out of respect. It was then that a drunken, racist fan begun heckling the UFC welterweight before things got physical.

When Usman turned his back to try and walk away, several men shoved him in the back and all hell broke loose:

Usman joined The MMA Hour recently to describe exactly what went down (quotes via MMA Mania):

“The guy turns around and looks at me and goes, ‘Shut the F up you N-word. What are you gonna do?’ At this point I’m like, okay this dude is clearly drunk and he’s serious and he’s right in my face, so I’m like, ‘Back up, you’re in my space,’ And the guy goes, ‘You ain’t going to do nothing, what do you think?

“You’re f’ing tough?’ I think he’s going to swing on me because he’s more and more aggressive so I push him off me and I’m like, ‘Bro, back up.’ I turn around for us to leave and all of a sudden while my back is turned, I get hit in the back. Boom. Then it’s like three of them jump on Ali and then three of them jump on me and now it’s like I gotta defend myself.”

The No. 6-ranked welterweight hasn’t lost in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition since May of 2013. He comes off a unanimous decision win over Demian Maia in May in Chile. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ is due for a big step up in competition next.

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Will Brooks Released by UFC, Signs With Professional Fighters League

Will Brooks’ next bout will not be under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner. After going on a three-fight skid, Brooks announced he has been released from the UFC. The former Bellator lightweight champion came into the promotion with…

Will Brooks’ next bout will not be under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner. After going on a three-fight skid, Brooks announced he has been released from the UFC. The former Bellator lightweight champion came into the promotion with a lot of promise. After a unanimous decision win over Ross Pearson, Brooks was finished by […]

Professional Fighters League 36 Full Results: Jon Fitch Submits Brian Foster

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, June 30th, 2017) will come from Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway. Headlining the card are Jon Fitch and Brian Foster, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the card. Here […]

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, June 30th, 2017) will come from Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway.

Headlining the card are Jon Fitch and Brian Foster, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the card.

Here are the results:

Welterweight: Jon Fitch def. Brian Foster (For the 2018 No. 1 seed) via R2 submission (side choke, 3:12)

Light Heavyweight: Ronny Markes def. Smealinho Rama via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Welterweight: Herman Terrado def. Joao Zeferino via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

Lightweight: Jason High def. Caros Fodor via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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Jake Shields, Yushin Okami Added to PFL Event in July

The Professional Fighters League will go head-to-head with UFC 214 on July 29, as three bouts have been announced for the event. In the headline act, former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Andre Harrison will take on Steven Rodriguez from the XFINITY Arena in Everett, Washington. Also, Yushin Okami will face off against Andre […]

The Professional Fighters League will go head-to-head with UFC 214 on July 29, as three bouts have been announced for the event. In the headline act, former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Andre Harrison will take on Steven Rodriguez from the XFINITY Arena in Everett, Washington. Also, Yushin Okami will face off against Andre […]