Overview
- PFL issued an official statement confirming Pacheco’s release and thanked her for her tenure with the promotion.
- Pacheco is a two-time PFL season winner and the only fighter to hand UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison a loss, concluding a six-year stint with the league.
- Her most recent bout was a unanimous-decision loss to Cris Cyborg in October 2024, and she has been inactive during a season in which PFL paused featherweight.
- Fans and analysts immediately urged the UFC to sign her, with debate focused on whether she can make the 135-pound bantamweight limit.
- Pacheco holds a reported 23-5 record with notable wins over Sarah Kaufman, Julia Budd, and Irene Aldana, and she previously went 0-2 in a 2014 UFC run.