'I'm Not Done,' Kayla Harrison Reacts To First Career Loss In PFL Finals

Kayla Harrison was on her way to capturing her third-straight Professional Fighters League (PFL) women's lightweight championship.

All she needed to do was get past an opponent that she had already beaten twice before in Brazilian rival Larissa Pacheco and she would author her name in the record books by becoming the promotion's first and only three-time champion.

Pacheco, however, had other plans.

At the 2022 PFL World Championship card last Friday, November 25, Pacheco pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year by defeating Harrison by unanimous decision to become the PFL women's lightweight championship and denied the erstwhile-undefeated American a history-making feat.

Just days after the loss, Harrison took to social media to share her sentiments about the defeat.

The post shows Harrison with her two adopted children accompanied by an emotional caption.

"I struggle to find the words right now to properly articulate how I'm feeling.
I think like the most people when falling short I feel sad. Angry with myself. Disappointed. Heartbroken. Nothing stings for me quite like the pain of failure," she wrote

"I want every young person reading this to know that it's ok. It's ok to fail. It's ok to stumble. And I see it. I read what everyone is saying. But I am not ashamed. I step in the cage and I walk in life knowing that failure is a possibility. I know that I live my life out loud and the consequence of that is to be seen and to be humbled. I'm beyond upset about losing. I can't ever really describe to you how it will haunt me," Harrison continued.

"But I keep going back to that first sentence. God is good all the time. Not when it's good. Not when it's bad. He's just always there. He's always got us. It's going to be ok. And I'm not done. Not even close."

The loss to Pacheco was one of the most memorable moments of the season, and it makes the future all that more intriguing, especially for Harrison.

The two-time titleholder has expressed on multiple occasions that the 2022 season would be her last time to join the league's million-dollar tournament format and instead hunt for the big-money bouts.

With her failing to capture a third-straight crown, fans could see Harrison try to get her title back and join one last tournament

Still, there's little left for Harrison to prove in the league's tournament format and she could indeed go on and hunt for the big fights with the likes of Cris Cyborg, Amanda Nunes, and others.