Pacheco vs Leibrock

Who won Pacheco vs Leibrock?

Larissa Pacheco beat Amber Leibrock by during the co-main event of PFL 5, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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

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

Pacheco vs Leibrock stats

Larissa Pacheco stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Amber Leibrock made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Larissa Pacheco's PFL record stood at 12-2-0, while Amber Leibrock's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Leibrock had a large advantage in power over Pacheco, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Pacheco's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a large advantage over Leibrock, boasting a 40% submission rate over Leibrock's 14%.

Larissa Pacheco was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

Leibrock had a height advantage of 5 inches over Pacheco. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Pacheco was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Leibrock, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 53 to Leibrock's 19.

Pacheco vs Leibrock form

Pacheco had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he 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, he 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, he 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, he 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.

He 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

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

Leibrock's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacheco vs Leibrock?

Larissa Pacheco was a 1/14 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Amber Leibrock made his way into the ring at 15/2 (+750) with oddsmakers.