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Kayla Harrison has hit out the sexualised question during the 'disrespectful' fan Q&A ahead of UFC 300.
Harrison, who was snapped up by Dana White following the expiration of her PFL contract, makes her UFC debut at next month's blockbuster Las Vegas event.
She takes on former UFC champion Holly Holm in one of the standout fights on the card.
Ahead of UFC 299, Harrison joined fellow UFC 300 stars Alex Pereira and Arman Tsarukyan for a fan Q&A.
But the event turned sour when a fan asked Tsarukyan an inappropriate question about Harrison.
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"At one point there was a fan who came up and spoke to Arman in Russian," she told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.
"Arman was getting booed the whole time, and we’ve talked about it and we’re fine. The guy asked him basically how many times would... he asked a really inappropriate question about me. Arman answered it, and I looked like an idiot.
"I'm up on stage laughing and Megan Olivi says 'Would you care to translate it?' and Arman was like 'No, it was a stupid question, move on'.
"Then the next day I’m tagged in all of these Russian outlets with the translation of what he asked."
The translation was "how many sticks would you throw at her" to which Tsarukyan replied: "A few."
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"It’s disheartening," the 33-year-old added. "I think it’s disrespectful. I’m a two-time Olympic champion. I’m a world champion, I’m a mother, I’m an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, I wrote a book, I have a foundation.
"So, in that sense it was disrespectful that someone would even ask that question, but more than that, you would never hear a female get asked 'how many times would you have sex with Alex Pereira?' We don’t sexualise men like that. So, it was disheartening."
Harrison boasts a professional MMA record of 16-1, having beaten former UFC fighter Aspen Ladd in her last outing.
A victory over Holm at UFC 300 could see her earn a title shot against UFC women's bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington.
Topics: UFC
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