Michelle Montague Will Have Kayla Harrison in Her Corner at PFL Challenger Series

If your goal is to dominate in the Professional Fighters League, as it is for Michelle Montague, you could do a lot worse than having Kayla Harrison in your corner.

Montague (2-0, 1-0 PFL) made her mixed martial arts professional debut under the PFL banner last year when she submitted Olivia Parker due to rear-naked choke in the opening frame. Since then, she has stayed active by defeating Danielle Wynn at Jorge Masvidal's iKon Fighting Championship 5 in October. Unlike last year, this time Montague is scheduled to compete in the women’s featherweight division as she faces Shaquita Woods at PFL Challenger Series 2 on Feb. 3. Fighting out of New Zealand, Montague is currently training at American Top Team with two-time PFL lightweight champ Harrison, who will also be in Montague’s corner for her upcoming assignment.

“We [train together] all the time,” she said. “We do pretty much the whole camps together. [Kayla]’s helping me with this and she'll corner me as well for this one. Yeah, we go through the whole thing side by side.”

(00:00) Intro
(00:41) Her holiday season
(01:37) Her last visit to New Zealand
(02:06) Training with Harrison at ATT
(03:00) Taking up MMA
(03:45) Her IMMAF experience
(04:33) Defeating Parker
(05:39) Her iFC 5 fight
(06:17) Competing at featherweight
(07:21) Her 2023 goals
(07:59) Outro