Middletown’s Kayla Harrison to defend $1 million PFL title tonight

Kayla Harrison, from Middletown, uses her signature armbar move to defeat late-notice replacement Bobbi Jo Dalziel (5-2) in less than four minutes with a submission win two years ago in Las Vegas. Harrison starts the defense of her PFL title tonight. PHOTO BY RYAN LOCO/PTL

Kayla Harrison, from Middletown, uses her signature armbar move to defeat late-notice replacement Bobbi Jo Dalziel (5-2) in less than four minutes with a submission win two years ago in Las Vegas. Harrison starts the defense of her PFL title tonight. PHOTO BY RYAN LOCO/PTL
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By Rick McCrabb – Contributing Writer
May 6, 2021
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Middletown’s Kayla Harrison is ready to defend her PFL championship and win another $1 million top prize.

The women’s lightweight champion returns to the ring tonight when she makes her 2021 debut against Mariana Moraes at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

Harrison, 30, is undefeated in MMA and the reigning PFL women’s lightweight champion.

PFL 3 will be telecast live on ESPN at 9 p.m. today.

Harrison became the United States’ first American gold medalist in Judo at London 2012, and repeated four years later at Rio 2016.

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