{"id":646358,"date":"2026-05-03T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646358\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:51:10","slug":"ex-pfl-champ-larissa-pacheco-tomahawk-kos-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646358\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-PFL champ Larissa Pacheco tomahawk KOs opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated May 2, 2026, 10:07 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Larissa Pacheco returned to action, adding another clip to her highlight reel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the co-main event of Karate Combat 61, former PFL champion Pacheco left her opponent, Julia Stasiuk, sliding off the side of the pit after landing a vicious combination of strikes. The event took place at KC Apex in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pacheco, who hasn&#8217;t competed since a unanimous decision loss to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/cristiane-santos\/\" data-autotag=\"993c5c68-97dd-4fec-82dd-802780cbefd2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cris Cyborg<\/a> in October 2024, looked stellar in her Karate Combat debut, which also served as a test returning to 135 pounds. Pacheco entered with a clear experience advantage, but the tomahawk elbow finish was still a sight to witness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Check out video of the finish below (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX27asYxqPl\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Instagram<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX27asYxqPl\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pacheco parted ways with the PFL after her loss to Cyborg, which snapped a 10-fight winning streak. With her options open, Pacheco is eyeing a potential return to the UFC or fighting under the Most Valuable Promotions banner.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/79732437007-91-2748166.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated May 2, 2026, 10:07 p.m. ET Larissa Pacheco returned to action, adding another clip to her highlight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[202558,64,63,786,785,85,206029,206030,312767,203220,203145,203781,207007,202563,206031,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-646358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsmma","tag-sstsnmma","tag-tagcris-cyborg","tag-taginstagram","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagonline-video","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpfl","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}