Pacheco vs Kolesnyk III

Who won Pacheco vs Kolesnyk III?

Larissa Pacheco beat Helena Kolesnyk by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL Playoffs, on Friday 18th August 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pacheco vs Kolesnyk III stats

Larissa Pacheco stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Helena Kolesnyk made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Larissa Pacheco's PFL record stood at 12-2-0, while Helena Kolesnyk's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Kolesnyk, with a 48% knock out percentage over Kolesnyk's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a large advantage over Kolesnyk, boasting a 38% submission rate over Kolesnyk's 11%.

Larissa Pacheco was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Kolesnyk had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacheco.

Pacheco was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Kolesnyk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 53 to Kolesnyk's 30.

Pacheco vs Kolesnyk III form

Helena Kolesnyk had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yoko Higashi at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Aspen Ladd at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Vanessa Melo at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He was victorious against Abigail Montes at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Activity check

Pacheco's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Kolesnyk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacheco vs Kolesnyk III?

Larissa Pacheco was a 1/18 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Helena Kolesnyk made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.