Kayla Harrison completes epic body transformation as she hits the scales at career-low weight for UFC debut

Kayla Harrison has completed an epic body transformation for UFC 300.

The former PFL champion successfully weighed in at bantamweight ahead of her fight with Holly Holm at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Harrison earned two Olympic gold medals in judo while competing at 172lbs.

After transitioning to MMA, she made a name for herself as a lightweight fighter, which saw her hit the scales 20lbs heavier than she did on Friday ahead of UFC 300.

Harrison certainly looked like she had a tough time making 136lbs, but she did it and now fans are fans excited to see how she’ll look on fight night.

The 33-year-old had been receiving worried messages from fans since she announced her intention to cut down to bantamweight, even though she was always confident it could be done safely.

”There’s a misperception out there that I walk around at like 180 pounds or something,” Harrison told KevinIole.com in January.

“I have walked around most of my MMA career at 165, 160, because I don’t like cutting weight. I don’t believe in cutting weight. I don’t think it sends the right message to kids.

“That being said, I don’t agree with this but sometimes you have to show up and do things you don’t agree with in order to make your dreams come true.

“The whole time I was [in the PFL], I walked around at 165, maybe 160 and so not only was I usually the smaller fighter with less experience, I was getting in the cage with girls who were getting in there at 180, 175 pounds. Now, that’s not going to be the case.

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“I wouldn’t have made the move if I didn’t think I was going to be able to do it.

“We did a test cut. Everything was measured, from my heart rate to my blood pressure to my blood sugar. We did a test recovery. We did a test simulated fight. Everything has been dialed in and everything has been tested.

“I’m really confident in my team and I’m really confident in myself. I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, but the things in life that are worth having are usually not easy [to obtain].”

“I’m going to be the bigger, strong, faster and, in a lot of cases I believe, the more experienced fighter.

“It’s a case, I think, that I started off backwards, beginning [at the higher weight] but I was able to be successful because of my pedigree and the skill set that I brought to MMA. But now I have experience and now I am seasoned.

“The weight [cut] part’s going to suck, but it sucks for everyone, and I’m not special.”