Harrison vs Pacheco III

Who won Harrison vs Pacheco III?

Larissa Pacheco beat Kayla Harrison by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Larissa Pacheco.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Harrison vs Pacheco III stats

Kayla Harrison stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Larissa Pacheco made her way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Kayla Harrison's 16th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in June 2018.

Kayla Harrison's PFL record stood at 15-1-0, while Larissa Pacheco's came in at 12-2-0.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Harrison, with a 50% knock out percentage over Harrison's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage over Harrison, with a 44% submission rate over Harrison's 40%.

Kayla Harrison was the older woman by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Harrison had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacheco. Despite this, Pacheco had 4-inch reach advantage.

Harrison was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2018, 6 years and 3 months later than Pacheco, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 16 less professional rounds, 37 to Pacheco's 53.

Harrison vs Pacheco III form

Pacheco had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3opponents and going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL Playoffs: Heavyweights & Women’s Featherweights on 18th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Amber Leibrock at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Julia Budd at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, she was victorious against Kayla Harrison at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

She had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Harrison's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 29 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Harrison vs Pacheco III?

Kayla Harrison was a 2/15 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Larissa Pacheco made her way into the ring at 24/5 (+480) with oddsmakers.