PFL MMA has made 'a fantastic offer' for free agent Kayla Harrison as Bellator interest mounts

• Professional Fighters League is confident Kayla Harrison will re-sign with the promotion.
• Harrison is a two-time PFL champ. The 2022 season gets underway on April 20.

LAS VEGAS — MMA firm Professional Fighters League has made "a fantastic offer" for free agent Kayla Harrison.

The news follows a statement from Bellator MMA boss Scott Coker that his Santa Monica-based company had enjoyed conversations with Harrison.

The American athlete is one of the biggest-name women's fighters in all combat sports, after winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals in judo at the 2012 and 2016 Games.

She turned pro with PFL in 2018 and quickly became a millionaire after winning the 2019 and 2021 championships.

Harrison is currently a free agent, and has spoken to other prominent companies in the industry, including the UFC.

But PFL is confident Harrison will return to their roster, and fight in the upcoming 2022 season which begins April 20.

"I'm always positive on all our fighters," PFL founder and chairman Donn Davis told Insider this week.

"I love all our fighters and want them to stay with us. We've made a great offer to Kayla, I'm confident she'll stay with us.

"I'm positive and confident she'll make the decision to stay with us, but the ball is in her court. It's her decision to make."

Davis declined to comment on whether the deal presented to Harrison is a one-season contract, or includes options for multiple seasons.

"We keep all that stuff private," he said.

"But we've made her a fantastic offer because we think she is the best in the world."

Harrison is 'sick' of free agency

It remains unclear where Harrison will end up, but Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA told MMA Junkie earlier this year that "PFL is the frontrunner" to re-sign her.

"I don't really know what's going on," Harrison told the same website more recently.

"I'm getting real sick of it at this point. I can't comment on where I'm going or what I'm doing, but I can comment that I'm getting real sick of it.

"Whoever wants me, I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to sign on a dotted line, get a contract, get a fight booked. I'm tired of talking about it. I'd like to find either a new home, or I'd like to talk to PFL to continue to make them my home.

"But I'd like to get this done sooner rather than later."