After reaching the PFL Championships with a pair of first-round
knockout victories, Larissa
Pacheco is preparing to face Marina
Mokhnatkina on Nov. 24 with $1 million on the line.
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Last week Pacheco traveled from Belem, Brazil, to Rio de Janeiro to
film countdown videos for the PFL along with other Brazilian
finalists Renan
Ferreira (heavyweight) and Gabriel
Braga (featherweight). Joshua
Silveira was also present after arriving with his father, Conan
Silveira, to learn more about his Carlson Gracie origins.
“Last Friday we woke up at 3 a.m. to do filming at Botafogo beach
while the sun rose. I also renewed my visa and did a couple (social
media posts),” Pacheco told Sherdog.com.
In regards to her opponent in the featherweight final, Pacheco did
not express much concern.
“Her fights are pretty much the same. I predicted how she would
win. Actually, she has a pretty similar game to Kayla [Harrison],
but on another level. She will try to take me down and submit me.
But to take me down, she will have to pass through my hands. Let´s
see if she is able to stand,” Pacheco said.
“Also, my hands are heavy and I’m winning a lot of fights by
knockout, so people sometimes forget that I ́m also a second-degree
black belt. Even if she takes me down, I’m really well trained on
the ground. She is a tough girl, but I believe I´m on a different
level. Her game fits well for mine. My plan is to win in the first
round.”
With the PFL’s introduction of a regular pay-per-view superfight
division, Pacheco believes a fourth meeting with Harrison, whom she
upset in the 2022 lightweight final, is much more realistic.
“Now that PFL has started to do superfights, I dont believe she
will go to another organization [since] there are other girls
coming,” Pacheco said. “So a fourth fight is possible.”