Kayla Harrison now has UFC and PFL titles on her mantle, and a surging PFL fighter, with a Judo base himself, has credited Harrison’s skill base from Judo as something that has paid dividends for her MMA successes. Appearing on MMA Canada, Karim Henniene covered several subjects ahead of his first walk into the Smart Cage at PFL Africa 1 on July 19th, including mentioning coming into mixed martial arts from a Judo base.
Preparing to fight in the PFL smart cage and referencing a multi-time Olympic gold medalist in Judo as well as a former multi-time PFL champion, ‘The Kryptonian’ was asked for his thoughts on Harrison’s championship win over Julianna Pena at UFC 316, as Henniene said,
“I feel like Judo is really underrated, you know.