Amanda Serrano and Larissa Pacheco are amongst the elite women in their respective combat sports fields. Serrano has won titles in various boxing weight divisions, calling herself ‘The Real Deal.’ Pacheco became the first-ever dual-weight champion in the PFL as she found success in mixed martial arts.
Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is willing to fight the reigning Professional Fighters League women’s featherweight and lightweight champion Larissa Pacheco — but only after a showdown with Kayla Harrison.
Larissa Pacheco led the way for women's MMA in 2023, as she became a two-division champion by dominating the competition within the PFL.
It appears that Larissa Pacheco, not Kayla Harrison, will be Cristiane Justino’s first opponent on the heels of Professional Fighters League’s acquisition of Bellator MMA.
2022 Professional Fighters League women's lightweight champion Larissa Pacheco doesn't see her upcoming opponent as a serious threat. After capturing the lightweight strap against Kayla Harrison in 2022, Pacheco decided to compete in the promotion’s inaugural featherweight season with hopes of securing two-division champion status.
After reaching the PFL Championships with a pair of first-round knockout victories, Larissa Pacheco is preparing to face Marina Mokhnatkina on Nov. 24 with $1 million on the line.
The semi-finals for the 2023 PFL season have arrived. Tonight at PFL 8, the heavyweight and women’s featherweight divisions will see who will get to make it to the finals that will happen later this year.
Olena Kolesynk said she sees Larissa Pacheco more than some of her close relatives at The post Olena Kolesynk Inspired by Team and Country to Win PFL Playoffs first appeared on MyMMANews.
Larissa Pacheco will be facing Olena Kolesnyk in one of the semi-final bouts for the The post Larissa Pacheco All Business, Never Personal for PFL Playoffs first appeared on MyMMANews.
The PFL heavyweight and women’s featherweight semifinalists made their final prefight statements to the media today. Competitors Maurice Greene, Renan Ferreira, Larissa Pacheco, Olena Kolesnyk, Denis Goltsov, Jordan Heiderman, Marina Mokhnatkina, and Amber Leibrock will all look to get a big win this Friday and move on to the finals.
Larissa Pacheco proved the doubters wrong in 2022 when she upset Kayla Harrison to win the Professional Fighters League lightweight crown. Now she’s the
A familiar impediment stands between Larissa Pacheco and a second seven-figure payday in the Professional Fighters League. The surging Brazilian will meet Olena Kolesnyk for a third time when their 2023 women’s featherweight semifinal serves as the PFL 8 co-main event on Friday inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
A single million-dollar payday was not enough to quench Larissa Pacheco’s competitive thirst in the Professional Fighters League. The onetime champion at 155 pounds will pick up her pursuit of a women’s featherweight title when she throws hands with Amber Leibrock in the PFL 5 co-headliner on Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.
The Professional Fighters League continued their 2023 Regular Season with PFL 2, which featured bouts The post PFL 2 Results – Larissa Pacheco grinds out win over Julia Budd first appeared on MyMMANews.
It was closer than most anticipated, but Larissa Pacheco did enough to get by. The 2022 Professional Fighters League women’s lightweight champion downshifted to 145 pounds and began her quest for gold in a second division with a unanimous decision over Julia Budd in the PFL 2 headliner on Friday inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
Born: Sept. 7, 1994 (Age: 28) in Belem, Brazil Division: Women’s Lightweight Height: 5’6” Reach: 69” Record: 19-4 (8-2 PFL) Association: Joao Bastos Team Stage of Career: Prime Summary: Pacheco has shown major improvement each season in the Professional Fighters League and now easily ranks as the best striker in the women’s lightweight division.
The second event of the PFL's 2023 will feature the return of Larissa Pacheco, as she looks to follow up on her big win over Kayla Harrison by defeating former champion Julia Budd.
New PFL women’s lightweight champion Larissa Pacheco is hoping for a fourth fight against Kayla The post Larissa Pacheco hopes for fourth fight against Kayla Harrison in PFL: “I need to tie her and then beat her” appeared first on MyMMANews.
The Brazilian slugger becomes the first to beat Harrison following an intense five-round battle at the PFL World Championship. NEW YORK—Despite suffering losses in their two previous meetings, Larissa Pacheco was confident she had the skills to hand the undefeated Kayla Harrison her first defeat.
After suffering a pair of decision losses to Harrison in 2019, Pacheco feels she's primed for an upset at Friday's 2022 PFL World Championship bout. View the original article to see embedded media.
Larissa Pacheco finds herself in the driver’s seat as the Professional Fighters League moves along with the second phase of its 2022 season. The 27-year-old Brazilian sits atop the women’s lightweight standings ahead of her clash with Genah Fabian on the PFL 6 undercard this Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.
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