Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A woman who medaled in judo at the Olympics won a mixed martial arts fight via armbar.
That happened on Thursday night, but it wasn’t Ronda Rousey this time.
Kayla Harrison, the gold medal winner at 78 kg in both the 2012 and 2016 Games, made her professional MMA debut at PFL 2. And she made like former training partner Rousey, as she defeated Brittney Elkin via armbar at the 3:16 mark of the opening round of a lightweight bout in Chicago.