Kayla Harrison demands his long-awaited showdown Amanda Nunes speaks of competition, not hatred.
Former American Top Team (ATT) stablemates collide UFC 334 main event this weekend (Saturday, November 14, 2026) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Harrison will defend her women’s bantamweight championship against Nunes, who returns from a three-year retirement to try and reclaim the title she has never lost in the Octagon.
Despite the pair’s complicated history, Harrison says there is no personal animosity in their blockbuster title fight.
“There’s no hate at all,” Harrison told reporters at UFC 334 media day. “Zero hate. It’s not a Colby (Covington)-(Jorge) Masvidal. This is not a bad grudge fight.
“It’s two women — I really believe I’m the best in the world, and I really think she thinks she’s the best in the world,” Harrison continued. “And we’re going to go out there Saturday night and leave it all out there and hopefully have the best fight ever for women.”
This is a much different interpretation than the one recently offered by the founder of ATT And Lambert.
On a large scale ESPN feature detailing tensions between the former teammates, Lambert suggested Harrison and Nunes “probably hate each other’s insanity.”
But the tension did not arise out of nowhere.
Nunes also seemed to believe that Harrison and members of ATT had been maneuvering towards this match for years. After Harrison submitted Julianna Pena To win UFC gold in June 2025, Nunes stepped into the Octagon for his first fight and reportedly asked:You planned this all along, right?“
Harrison understands why Nunes might feel betrayed, but he has repeatedly denied there was a secret plan.
“But I don’t hate Amanda,” Harrison said. “I don’t have any hatred for anybody, and that’s saying something because I’ve been hated.”
There may be some unresolved tensions between them, but Harrison sees UFC 334 as a fight for supremacy, not an opportunity to settle a personal score.
She wants to beat Nunes because Nunes is considered the greatest female fighter in MMA history. Nothing more, nothing less.
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