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The Kayla Harrison era has arrived. The two-time Olympic gold medalist finally captured UFC gold at UFC 316 with a submission win over Julianna Peña in the second round of Saturday's co-main event.
UFC fans have banded together to support Kayla Harrison after footage of her getting dominated by Ronda Rousey emerged.
With an utterly dominant dismantling of Julianna Peña, Kayla Harrison took home more than just a piece of hardware. Now Harrison (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) tops our women's MMA pound-for-pound list after her submission of Peña (13-6 MMA,
UFC 316 set the foundation for some of the next title fights we'll see in the future, as Merab Dvalishvili beat Sean O'Malley to retain the men's bantamweight title and Kayla Harrison knocked off Julianna Peña to claim the women's bantamweight championship.