Overview
- Pacheco stopped Julia Stasiuk in the first round at Karate Combat 61 in Miami with a tomahawk elbow followed by ground-and-pound.
- She pressured from the start, landed heavy rights, then forced the referee's intervention in a finish some observers felt should have come earlier.
- The bout ended her 18-month layoff and marked her first appearance at 135 pounds since 2015, a cut she had once thought she could not make.
- The Brazilian brings major credentials to her options going forward as a two-division PFL champion who holds a win over current UFC champion Kayla Harrison after an early 0-2 UFC stint.
- The result prompted fans to call for a UFC return, and Pacheco said UFC decision-makers viewed this Karate Combat stop as a test of her ability to make bantamweight.