Kayla Harrison Undergoes Successful Neck Surgery, Provides Post-Operation Update

An update directly from Harrsion.

A report emerged on January 14th from The Eagle Tribune that Kayla Harrison versus Amanda Nunes is off the UFC 324 card due to a neck injury that Harrison suffered.

Taking to social media, Harrison confirmed and shared that she has undergone neck surgery.

“Hi guys. I just wanted to give a bit of an update on my end. Yeah, this is a tough one. I had to have surgery on my neck yesterday, here in New York City with a specialist, Dr. Kim. In lieu of that, obviously, we’re gonna have to reschedule the fight and I just wanna say I’m sorry. I’m sorry to Amanda (Nunes) — was really looking forward to it and I just wanna thank everyone. I wanna thank the UFC for taking such good care of me. Dr. D and Jen and the whole team over there. I wanna thank Dr. Kim here in New York for seeing me and taking such good care of me. I wanna thank my mom who’s taking care of my kids at home. I wanna thank all my coaches at American Top Team and all my teammates. This is day one of recovery and the road back starts now. I don’t know God’s plans. I know he knows that this is my dream, so, I gotta praise him in the mountains and I gotta praise him in the valleys, and so I’m grateful for this. I hope that it brings me closer to him and that he uses this story in a mighty way. So that’s it, I’m sorry guys. I’ll be back soon. I’ll be back soon.”

My UFC 324 update. #kaylaharrison #ufc324 pic.twitter.com/p5KDtOpGhk

— Kayla Harrison Official (@KaylaH) January 15, 2026

Harrison has an overall 19-1-0 fight record. Her latest bout was a win over Julianna Peña at UFC 316 in June 2025.

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