Overview
- The fight is set for Jan. 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as the UFC 324 co-main event.
- Nunes, a two-division former champion who retired in 2023, says Harrison’s signing pushed her to return to "make this division great again."
- Once training partners at American Top Team, the rivals drifted apart, and Harrison’s coach Mike Brown downplayed their past overlap while suggesting Nunes left the gym after her 2021 loss to Julianna Peña.
- Harrison earned the bantamweight title after wins over Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira and then submitted Peña, entering UFC 324 as a 3-0 UFC champion.
- The matchup is framed as legacy-defining, with UFC CEO Dana White calling it "the greatest female fight of all time."