This weekend’s UFC 334 card in New York City is one of the more jam-packed events for the promotion in 2027, but not to be overlooked is a massive co-main event clash between women’s legend Amanda Nunes and current UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison.
Serving as the co-main event, Harrison vs. Nunes is being pegged as the “greatest female fight of all time” and it very well might be. That’s because Nunes is the consensus greatest women’s 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 decimated the competition in Professional Fighters League (PFL) and inside of the Octagon. Not to mention the two women used to train together at American Top Team.
It has all the ingredients to produce a legendary title fight, but there are some issues as well heading into UFC 334’s co-headliner. For one, Nunes hasn’t fought since June of 2023 when she defeated Irene Aldana at UFc 289. No matter how good you are that is a long time to not be competing. In addition to Nunes’ lengthy layoff, Harrison is coming off some pretty serious neck surgery that has kept her sidelined for all of 2026. Because of that fans aren’t sure what to expect from either fighter when the cage door shuts on Saturday.
Leave it up to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan to shed some light on the impending women’s title fight. Rogan acknowledges the same red flags as mentioned above —including Nunes’ inactivity and Harrison’s recent surgery — but he does point out one factor that could be the biggest key to victory.
“Amanda hasn’t fought in quite a while, so you have to wonder does she experience some ring rust? Or is she just so good—she’s the greatest of all time, right—is she so experienced that she’ll just be able to lock right in?” asked Rogan during a recent episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
“And then the big neck surgery (for Harrison),” he continued. “She had a disc replaced in her neck. That’s a big one.
“The thing is, in the standup, Amanda has such an advantage. You go to the Cyborg fight, when Amanda knocked out Cyborg, holy s—t. If you knock out Cyborg like that-Cyborg was a f—king destroyer.
“Some people just have weird power,” he added.
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