Kayla Harrison

Kayla Harrison

Kayla Jean Harrison is an American professional mixed martial artist and former judoka. She currently competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where she is the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. She is the first female fighter to win an Olympic gold medal and a UFC championship. She is also a former two-time Professional Fighters League lightweight champion. As of November 18, 2025, she is #2 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings. In judo, Harrison won the women's 78 kg gold medal in the 2010 World Judo Championships and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She remains the only American judoka to have won a gold medal in Judo at the Summer Olympics and one of a rare few to have won a gold medal in the World Judo Championships. In 2016, she was promoted to Rokudan by the United States Judo Association, becoming the youngest ever to achieve the rank.

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• Entity:  Athlete

• Born:  Kayla Jean Harrison, July 2, 1990, Middletown, Ohio, U.s.
• Age:  36 Years
• Division:  Bantamweight (2024–Present), Featherweight (2020, 2023), Lightweight (2018–2022)
• Reach:  66 In
• Style:  Judo
• Fighting out of:  Coconut Creek, Florida, U.s.
• Team:  American Top Team (2018–Present)
• Trainer:  Jimmy Pedro
• Rank:  6Th Dan Black Belt In Judo Under Jimmy Pedro
• Years active:  2018–Present (Mma)
• Children:  2
• Notable club(s):  Nyac, Usa Judo National Team Force
• Born:  02 July 1990
• Wikidata description:  American Olympic Judoka And Mixed Martial Arts (Mma) Fighter
• Wikidata label:  Kayla Harrison
• Wikidata aliases:  Kayla Harrison, Kayla Jean Harrison

• Related Topics:  Judoka At The 2015 Pan American Games, Judoka At The 2011 Pan American Games, American Female Judoka, Judoka At The 2012 Summer Olympics, Judoka At The 2016 Summer Olympics, Mixed Martial Artists Utilizing Judo, Lightweight Mixed Martial Artists