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 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 5 years, at 34 years old.

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

Harrison had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Martina Jindrova at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, she had beaten Kaitlin Young at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Marina Mokhnatkina at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, she was victorious against Taylor Guardado at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

She had won against Genah Fabian at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Larissa Pacheco had stopped all of her last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Genah Fabian at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Zamzagul Fayzallanova at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had beaten Julija Paji at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kayla Harrison had been fighting more than Larissa Pacheco.

Going to this contest, Kayla Harrison had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 4 days ago, while Larissa Pacheco's last outing had been 1 year, 11 months and 4 days ago.

Harrison's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 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.