When the PFL introduced the 155-pound weight class for this season, five words sprang to mind: They did it for Kayla. As in Kayla Harrison, the Olympic gold medalist in judo who spent last year tossing women around cages all over the Eastern seaboard. With lighter weight classes prevalent in other leagues, the PFL is latching itself to a new experience, and the star of the show is Harrison.
Of course, Sarah Kaufman doesn’t go in for predetermined storylines. If she thinks that something might be tailor-made for a specific fighter, she morphs into a monkey wrench.