HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – While plenty of Olympians have made the transition to MMA, Tamyra Mensah-Stock isn’t on that train just yet.
Mensah-Stock, who won a gold medal in wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics, was in attendance for the 2021 PFL Championship on Wednesday to support fellow Olympian Claressa Shields.
Headlining the card was two-time judoka Olympian Kayla Harrison, who captured her second-straight championship with a dominant finish of Taylor Guardado. Being around the event was certainly intriguing for Mensah-Stock, who enjoys watching MMA, but hasn’t expressed the same interest as the likes of Gable Steveson.
“I am excited to see my fellow Olympians go out there and give their all,” Mensah-Stock told MMA Junkie before the event. “Me, however, right now I’m just enjoying my time here, I don’t know what the future holds, but I am looking at it and scoping it out…we’ll see where God takes me.”
So what would it take for Mensah-Stock to consider transitioning to MMA? She’s not quite sure, but all she knows is that her focus and love remain on wrestling.
“I honestly don’t know,” Mensah-Stock said. “I will say that my uncle, Omar Henry, he was a professional boxer, and I’ve been around the boxing area you know Claressa Shields, so I love watching boxing. But I gotta learn how to throw a punch. I don’t know how to throw a punch. Last time somebody taught me I threw both hands in because I didn’t know what to do, so I honestly don’t know what it will take. Everything has to look dang-near superb to try and get me out of wrestling because wrestling I’ve been doing it for 12 years.”