Pacheco vs Leibrock

Who won Pacheco vs Leibrock?

Larissa Pacheco beat Amber Leibrock by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 5, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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.

This was Larissa Pacheco's 15th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Larissa Pacheco's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, 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 30 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 39 more professional rounds, 58 to Leibrock's 19.

Pacheco vs Leibrock form

Pacheco had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 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.