Kayla Harrison doubted elite-level return before submitting Amanda Nunes

Kayla Harrison doubted elite-level return before submitting Amanda Nunes

Kayla

Harrison says she wasn’t sure she would compete again at the

highest level after undergoing neck surgery earlier this year. She

returned at UFC

334, submitting Amanda

Nunes in the co-main event at Madison Square Garden in New York

to retain the

Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight title.

The recovery tested Harrison physically and mentally. She said she wanted to return only if she could still compete at her best.

“There was a point this year where I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to come back, if I was going to be able to compete at the highest level like I want to,” Harrison said on the Paramount+…