This weekend UFC 334 card New York has one of the most packed events in 2027, but the massive main event clash between women’s legend Amanda Nunes and current UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison can’t be overlooked.
Harrison vs. Nunes is considered the greatest women’s fight of all time, and rightfully so. That’s because Nunes is unanimously the greatest female fighter of all time, with wins over Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate, while Harrison is a former Olympic gold medalist who has destroyed the competition in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and inside the Octagon. Not to mention two women who once trained together on American Top Team.
It has all the ingredients to make for a legendary title fight, but there are some issues with the UFC 334 co-headliner. First, Nunes hasn’t fought since June 2023 when she defeated Irene Aldana at UFc 289. No matter how good you are, it takes a long time not to compete. In addition to Nunes being out of action for a long time, Harrison is facing some pretty serious neck surgery that will sideline him for all of 2026. As a result, fans aren’t sure what to expect from either fighter when the cage door closes on Saturday.
Leave it to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan to shed some light on the upcoming women’s title fight. Rogan acknowledges the same red flags as mentioned above — including Nunes’ inactivity and Harrison’s recent surgery — but he cites one factor that could be the biggest key to victory.
“Amanda hasn’t fought in a long time, so you have to wonder, does she have ring rust? Or is she just that good — she’s the greatest of all time, right — is she so experienced that she can just lock herself in?” Rogan asked on his recent show The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
“And then major neck surgery (for Harrison),” he continued. “He had a disc replaced in his neck. It’s big.
“The thing is, Amanda has a leg up such an advantage. You go to a cyborg fight when Amanda knocked out a cyborg, holy s—t. Knocking out a cyborg like that, the Cyborg King was a destroyer.
“Some people just have strange powers,” he added.
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