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Kayla Harrison had no time for a reporter’s “disrespect” towards her opponent Genah Fabian.
During a media conference call for the PFL Playoffs 2 event this week, an MMA reporter directed a question at Fabian and referred to her as a “pretty woman”– after mispronouncing her name.
Harrison didn’t have time for the reporter’s line of questioning and called him out for the way he addressed Fabian.
Media member calls MMA fighter @GenahFabian a "pretty woman" during a press call, and gets called out by Kayla Harrison @KaylaH over his terrible question. pic.twitter.com/kGb0kmgLIJ
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“Hey, I got a question for you,” Harrison asked the journalist. “If you were interviewing a guy, would you say to him after pronouncing his name wrong, would you say, ‘Hey, by the way, you’re a really handsome guy, but oh, you can fight, too.’ Would you say that to a guy? No. You just base how you talk to them based off of their skill and based off of them as a human being. Not, ‘Oh, you’re a beautiful man.’ I mean that’s pretty disrespectful. She’s a professional.”
While the two-time gold medalist is facing Fabian in a matter of days, she is making it clear that her opponent deserves respect.
PFL Playoffs 2 is set to go down on Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The main card is set to air on ESPN, with the preliminary action live on ESPN+.