Kayla Harrison and Larissa Pacheco fought three times under the
PFL banner. | PFL MMA
Amanda
Nunes has enlisted the services of the only woman to defeat
Kayla
Harrison for her training camp.
Larissa
Pacheco, who upset Harrison in the 2022
Professional Fighters League final, has been working with Nunes
ahead of the Brazilian’s bantamweight title bout against Harrison
at UFC 324.
Harrison defeated Pacheco in their first two fights. All three
bouts took place at 155 pounds.
While the partnership drew some attention, Harrison doesn’t think
Pacheco can do much to emulate what she does well.
‘The More the Merrier’
“It didn’t really make sense to me. I’m a southpaw grappler and
Larissa is an orthodox striker,” Harrison recently told MMAjunkie.com. “But the more the merrier.
That’s great. I love it when women help build each other up, so I
think it’s awesome.”
Since signing with the
UFC, Harrison has bested Holly Holm,
Ketlen
Vieira and Julianna
Pena en route to capturing 135-pound gold. Nunes, a former
two-division champion who is widely regarded as the top female
pound-for-pound fighter of all-time, retired following a unanimous
decision triumph over Irene
Aldana in June 2023.