Was MMA phenom Kayla Harrison on Impractical Jokers?

For a long time, Kayla Harrison was considered to be one of the best female MMA fighters competing outside the UFC. Harrison, who is a decorated Judoka, won the gold medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Her combat sports career is dotted with several competitive achievements and the skillset translated very well into MMA as well. But before she became a famous mixed martial artist, Harrison also used her Judo skills to entertain the audience during her guest appearance in a popular comedy show.

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Was Kayla Harrison on impractical jokers?

Kayla Harrison guested on the hit television show 'Impractical Jokers' in 2017. This was before she was the MMA phenomenon that she is today. Harrison appeared on an episode of TruTV's gag show as part of host James Murray's punishment.

For context, each episode of 'Impractical Jokers' sees friends and hosts Joe Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn and Sal Vulcano compete in games of embarrassing dares in public. A joker scores each time he successfully completes a dare. By the end of the episode, the person with the lowest score will have to go through a punishment.

Murr, the losing joker in the episode, was sent to a cocktail party, with Harrison posing as one of the guests. The other hosts then instructed Murr to approach Harrison, grapple with her, and try to pin her down.

Of course, the comedian stood no chance of completing his task as Harrison is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in Judo. Murr was put through an embarrassing situation where the 33-year-old tossed him around like a rag doll, while spectators looked on.

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Kayla Harrison set to compete in the UFC after a dominant run in the PFL

Kayla Harrison rose to prominence in MMA during her tenure with the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Harrison went 15-0 in her professional MMA career and winning the 2021 PFL women's lightweight tournament was the biggest achievement of her undefeated run.

She suffered the first loss of her MMA career in the 2022 PFL women's lightweight tournament final against Larissa Pacheco and bounced back with a win over Aspen Ladd in the PFL's 2023 season.

In January 2024, it was announced that Harrison signed a contract with the UFC. She is set to make her promotional debut at the milestone UFC 300 pay-per-view event against former champion Holly Holm in a three-round bantamweight contest.

Harrison has primarily competed in the lightweight division. She tested the waters at featherweight in her lone competitive appearance in the division in November 2020.

UFC 300 will mark Harrison's bantamweight debut and many speculate that making weight for the division might be difficult for the former two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Judoka. How she performs at bantamweight after cutting massive amounts of weight is one of the biggest questions heading into the fight.