“He’s a tough manager” – Scott Coker is still talking to Kayla Harrison’s manager about signing a judoka with Bellator MMA »FirstSportz

President of Bellator MMA Scott Coker is doing everything in his power to be twice Olympic champion, Kayla Harrison, under the Bellator MMA roster as soon as possible, but it’s not as easy as it seems. The last time Harrison fought for Professional Gladiators Federation (PFL) in which she won the women’s lightweight championship again.

However, after the Grand Prix of 2021, Harrison decided to try her hand at freelancing and the rush of various MMA Promotions can tell you that she is one of the hot freelance agents. hottest in combat sports history. Harrison is undefeated 12-0 as a professional MMA fighter with 10 finishes. Prior to that, Harrison had 2 Olympic gold medals for her credits in the sport of Judo, from Olympics London 2012 and Rio De Janeiro 2016.

Ali Abdelaziz, Kayla Harrison’s manager is still negotiating with Bellator MMA

In Bellator 274 In a post-match press conference, Scott Coker talks about how the show’s main event could become the fight of the year and the main shepherd himself will become the knockout of the year by the end of 2022. That’s in the middle of it all. future updates where Coker also talked about Harrison’s deal.

“Look, I know Ali [Harrison’s manager] very good, and he’s a tough manager, he’s a tough negotiator, isn’t he,“ Coker said “I think you know she’s the biggest star out there so of course he’s going to bring it to him, I’m sure they’re going to have the challenges you know in the relationship we’re trying. try to agree. We’re still talking, but we’ll see what happens.“ Coker said.

What do you think of Coker’s update to this point on the Kayla Harrison deal? Do you think Harrison will make it to Bellator or will she go elsewhere? So far, it looks like the PFL is still on the front lines to get Harrison but the problem is that she’s played there before. Do you think at this point perhaps Harrison should be exposed to competency through the tests?

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