Pacheco vs Budd

Who won Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco beat Julia Budd by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2, on Friday 7th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

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 Budd stats

Larissa Pacheco stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Julia Budd made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 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 Julia Budd's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Budd, with a 47% knock out percentage over Budd's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a massive advantage over Budd, boasting a 42% submission rate over Budd's 6%.

Larissa Pacheco was the younger man by 12 years, at 30 years old.

Budd had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacheco. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Pacheco was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 4 months later than Budd, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 58 to Budd's 62.

Pacheco vs Budd form

Pacheco had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

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

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kayla Harrison at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had defeated Sarah Kaufman at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Kayla Harrison at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Julia Budd had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had been defeated by Aspen Ladd at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Genah Fabian at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, she was victorious against Kaitlin Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had won against Dayana Silva at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had beaten Jessy Miele at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Larissa Pacheco had last fought 4 years and 11 days ago, while Julia Budd's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 11 days ago.

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Budd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Julia Budd made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.