Ali Abdelaziz believes Kayla
Harrison is levels above everyone in her division.
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Abdelaziz predicts Harrison will follow the trajectory of former
UFC pound-for-pound leaders he has managed like Khabib
Nurmagomedov, Kamaru
Usman and reigning lightwweight king Islam
Makhachev. Abdelaziz claims it has been difficult to find
opponents for Harrison despite the
UFC offering lucrative amounts of money. According to
Abdelaziz, opponents ducking a fighter is sure sign of a future
pound-for-pound great.
“Kayla will be the biggest female star in history, I’m telling you…
It’s just a matter of time, like it’s happened to Khabib, nobody
wanna fight him, happened to Islam
Makhachev and now they’ve become the pound-for-pound king,”
Abdelaziz told Submission Radio. “You have to understand, the
last three guys who’s the pound-for-pound no. 1 — Kamaru
Usman, we picking fights in hotel lobbies to get him fights. He
become the pound-for-pound No. 1. Khabib, we crashing press
conference arguing with people to fight people. Khabib become the
pound-for-pound. Islam, nobody want to fight him, become the
pound-for-pound. Kayla, same thing.”
Harrison scored a dominant second-round submission win over former
champ Holly Holm in
her promotional debut at UFC
300 in April. Frustrated with UFC bantamweight women allegedly
ducking Harrison since, Abdelaziz satirically called for the former
Professional Fighters League lightweight queen to face some
male opponents next. According to the Dominance MMA CEO, Harrison
can beat former UFC bantamweight champ Aljamain
Sterling, No. 1 contender Merab
Dvalishvili, Rob Font and
others.
“Merab or Aljamain
Sterling. I think it’s very competitive fight. It’s not fair,”
he said. “Honestly because none of these girls want to fight her,
let’s fight somebodyat 135. Let’s fight Rob Font. I
think her wrestling is too good for Rob Font. It’s
not even a fair fight. Or maybe this Brazilian guy, what’s his
name, former champion [Deiveson
Figueiredo or Jose Aldo]. I
think she will smash all these guys, honestly.”