Kayla Harrison opens up on brutal year that nearly drove her into retirement: ‘I wasn’t even crawling’

Kayla Harrison is back.

To start the year as part of the UFC’s big launch event on Paramount, the reigning women’s bantamweight champion Harrison was set to compete on Jan. 24 at UFC 324. Standing in her way was former American Top Team teammate and all-time great Amanda Nunes — that was, until a serious neck injury forced Harrison’s withdrawal and required surgery and nearly a full year of recovery.

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Now healthy, Harrison is finally good to go, and the fight has been rebooked for Nov. 14 in New York’s Madison Square Garden at UFC 334. Harrison, 36, admitted on Wednesday’s edition

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