Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist and undefeated PFL women’s lightweight Kayla Harrison (2-0-0) will compete at the New York City’s PFL Championship Event against Moriel Charneski (3-4-0) on New Year’s Eve.
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Harrison, 28, who has drawn comparisons to training partner, Olympic judo bronze medalist and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, has a pair of finishes and is the heavy favourite going into the bout.
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— Fighting Films (@FightingFilms) November 14, 2018
Charneski will be making her company debut. Her last fight was almost a year ago, a TKO win over Sarah Patterson at Revolution Combat Championships 14 in December 2017.
#MMA #wmma Lets get it 👊👊 pic.twitter.com/qPv8uTQaLw
— Moriel (@morielcharneski) November 20, 2018
The 2018 PFL Championship is set for Dec. 31 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Current bouts include:
Welterweight Championship
Ray Cooper III (1) vs. Magomed Magomedkerimov (3)
Heavyweight Championship
Philipe Lins (3) vs. Josh Copeland (8)
Light Heavyweight Championship
Vinny Magalhaes (1) vs. Sean O’Connell (6)
Lightweight Feature Bout
Kayla Harrison vs. Moriel Charneski
Lightweight Championship
Natan Schulte (1) vs. Rashid Magomedov (7)
Featherweight Championship
Steven Siler (1) vs. Lance Palmer (2)
Middleweight Championship
Abus Magomedov (1) vs. Louis Taylor (2)
