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On a Long Climb to the Top, She Makes Short Work of an Opponent

Kayla Harrison easily dispatched her rival in their Professional Fighters League bout on Friday. She wants to take on the best women in mixed martial arts, but contracts stand in the way.

Kayla Harrison finished off Kaitlin Young in less than a round on Friday in Atlanta.Credit...Cooper Neill/Getty Images

Kayla Harrison’s second bout of the Professional Fighters League regular season unfolded as predictably as the betting odds — tilted heavily in her favor — suggested.

Harrison, who has won the P.F.L.’s women’s lightweight title each of the last two seasons, needed only two minutes, 35 seconds, one body slam and a series of punches on Friday night to dispatch Kaitlin Young and qualify for the postseason.