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The third time was the charm for Larissa Pacheco at 2022 PFL Championships as she upset Kayla Harrison to claim gold on Friday.
Pacheco (19-4) outworked former two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time PFL champ Harrison (15-1) by unanimous decision to claim $1 million and the women’s lightweight belt in the pay-per-view headliner at Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Pacheco’s win over Harrison at 2022 PFL Championships.
Cageside Press
Kayla is just nasty once she gets a hold of you. Fight off the first attempt? She’ll trip you, throw you, dump you on your ass, or just bully you down #PFLWorldChampionship
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) November 26, 2022
Scott Fonatana
R1 10-9 Harrison. Good start, and just ran out of time once she finally got to a more advantageous spot. #PFLWorldChampionship
— Scott Fontana (@Scott_Fontana) November 26, 2022
Claressa Shields
Man this fight is so competitive! Larissa has really improved! But @KaylaH can end this by being smart! And moving her head! Let’s go Kayla @PFLMMA
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) November 26, 2022
Jonathan Snowden
Kayla Harrison looks like someone who has almost exclusively fought her whole career in a weight class that doesn’t really exist.#PFLWorldChampionship
— TheRealSnowden (@JESnowden) November 26, 2022
Chris Weidman
This is some high level mma right here ! Kayla vs Pacheco #pfl
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) November 26, 2022
Bruno Massami
What a great round. Harrison faces a huge trouble against Pacheco and shows a good defense. Now, she is in full mount. #PFLWorldChampionship
— Bruno Massami (Бруно Массами) (@BrMassami) November 26, 2022
Claressa Shields
Great 3rd rd for Kayla!!!!
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) November 26, 2022
Ben Askren
That’s a weird Round to score. Kayla on type the entire round but Larissa had a near submission and landed harder shots for sure.
— Funky (@Benaskren) November 26, 2022
Caposa
I can’t see the judges not giving the round to Harrison based on finishing in mount landing strikes, so 29-28 Kayla
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 26, 2022
Caroline Pearce
This fight is fantastic! Adversity for Kayla and Larissa having some great moments, but you can see why Kayla is the champ she is! @PFLMMA
— Caroline Pearce (@CarolinePearce) November 26, 2022
Chris Weidman
What are you guys scoring this fight right now?
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) November 26, 2022
Derek Brunson
Kayla Harrison is in a dog fight ! Maybe 2-2 . Good test here
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 26, 2022
Aaron Bronsteter
38-38 heading into the final round.
Winner takes all.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) November 26, 2022
Ben Askren
Damn this fight is freaking awesome! Most likely score is 38-38 right now. I could see 3-1 for Pacheco also. These ladies are freaking battling.
— Funky (@Benaskren) November 26, 2022
Belal Muhammad
2-2 let’s go Kayla
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 26, 2022
Chris Weidman
Wow. Both of them are super impressive. I don’t remember pancheco being this good though ! Big improvements ?
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) November 26, 2022
Caposa
Pacheco is punishing Harrison on all of these takedown attempts. All fight long
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 26, 2022
Ant Evans
Every fighter in there with Kayla is competing in their personal World Cup or Superbowl. Everyone Kayla fights is just the next opponent.
— Ant Evans (@AntEvansMMA) November 26, 2022
Caposa
Pacheco 48-47. Rounds 2,4,5. Think she did it
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 26, 2022
Marc Raimondi
Fantastic fight. Could go either way. Kudos to both Harrison and Pacheo. They both fought their butts off. #PFLWorldChampionship
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) November 26, 2022
Ben Askren
Pacheco 48-47 what a huge upset!!! Her hammerfists off her back were so hard. I’d be shocked to see a decision go Harrison’s way. @PFLMMA
— Funky (@Benaskren) November 26, 2022
Derek Brunson
This is going to be a split . And it’s in NY. I know who’s winning
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 26, 2022
Ben Davis
Cris Cyborg is laughing somewhere
— Ben Davis (@BenTheBaneDavis) November 26, 2022
Chael Sonnen
What do you suppose the reasoning for pretending this is a hard decision is? There is nothing even slightly hard about who won this fight.
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) November 26, 2022
Terrance McKinney
What a crazy fight that was a war she earned that check congrats Pacheco
— Terrance ‘T Wrecks’ McKinney (@twrecks155) November 26, 2022
Al Iaquinta
Whoaaa pacheco big upset. Incredible fight
— Al Iaquinta🗽 (@ALIAQUINTA) November 26, 2022
Belal Muhammad
Next season is gonna be fire
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 26, 2022
Casey O’Neill
Larissa clearly worked hard ! wrestling defense was very very impressive, didn’t give Kayla any time to rest. Now she’s the Queen. What a fight 🤯 #PFLWorldChampionships
— Casey Oneill (@kingcaseymma) November 26, 2022
Gilbert Burns
Wow 🤩 what a fight! Congrats to both ladies especially the new champion Larissa Pacheco! 5 rounds on this pace wow respect ✊🏾 #PFLWorldChampionship
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) November 26, 2022
Cris Cyborg
Tonight will only make Judo Kayla a better fighter. One thing I learned after going 14 years undefeated is that sometimes you need to lose to become your best.
Kayla will be back and she will grow from this experience. Congrats @pachecolarissa_ you are a real World Champion ❤️
— CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) November 26, 2022
Claressa Shields
Wow @pachecolarissa_ pulled the biggest upset tonight! Really close fight! @KaylaH you are a beast & I know you’ll be back stronger than ever!
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) November 26, 2022