Kayla Harrison’s unbeaten MMA file was shattered as she suffered a shock determination loss to Larissa Pacheco within the ladies’s Skilled Fighters League.
Brazilian Pacheco pulled off a shock win over Harrison, America’s two-time Olympic judo champion, following an epic five-round battle to say the PFL light-weight title and the million-dollar prize at Madison Sq. Backyard on Friday.
Pacheco, who had misplaced to Harrison twice beforehand, was thrown to the mat within the opening spherical, however she had success together with her superior placing within the second.
A triangle choke briefly troubled Harrison within the third, whereas Pacheco tried a rear-naked choke within the fourth as she displayed her menace on the bottom.
Brendan Loughnane was topped as a PFL champion
Pacheco pumped out punches within the closing spherical and never even a late takedown from Harrison was sufficient to forestall her from struggling a 48-47 defeat on all three scorecards.
Within the co-main occasion, British fighter Brendan Loughnane secured the featherweight crown with a fourth spherical stoppage win over Bubba Jenkins.
The Mancunian dropped Jenkins with a proper hand and compelled the referee’s intervention with a comply with up assault, incomes himself the million-dollar prize cash.
