2023 PFL 5 took place Friday in Atlanta to complete the heavyweight and women’s featherweight playoff brackets.
2023 PFL 5 took place Thursday and MMA Junkie provided live and official results throughout the entire card.
The event featured heavyweights and women’s featherweight bouts that took place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card aired on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.
In the main event, 2022 heavyweight season winner [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] (24-5) took on [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag] (11-8). Delija competed for the first time in 2023 after withdrawing from his first scheduled bout of the season at 2023 PFL 2 in April. At the same event, Greene picked up a second-round stoppage win over Marcelo Nunes to earn five points in the standings.
In the co-feature, 2022 women’s featherweight season winner [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] (21-4) met [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag] (7-8). In her first fight of the season, Pacheco picked up a unanimous decision win over Julia Budd at 2023 PFL 2. Leibrock recorded a first-round finish of Martina Jindrova to earn six points, entering this event as the leader in the division.
Check out these photos from Larissa Pacheco vs. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 in Atlanta.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag]’s victory over Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)
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Larissa Pacheco returned to her finishing ways at 2023 PFL 5 by stopping Amber Leibrock in the first round.
When [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] is on, she’s simply too much to handle.
In the co-feature bout of 2023 PFL 5, Pacheco (21-4) made quick work of Amber Leibrock (7-5) to clinch the top seed the women’s featherweight standings. The 2022 season winner only needed 45 seconds to end the fight.
From the moment the fight began, Pacheco took control of the cage and began stalking forward with heavy, precise punches. Each connection put Leibrock in a worse position, and Pacheco just continued to pour on the pressure until she sent Leibrock to the canvas to get the first-round stoppage.
Check out video of the entire fight below (via Twitter):
Check out the full weigh-in results for 2023 PFL 5, which had one miss out of 24 fighters competing.
All 24 fighters competing at 2023 PFL 5 stepped on the scale, but not all made weight.
At Thursday’s official weigh-ins, only one fighter was unable to reach the contracted weight – [autotag]Evelyn Martins[/autotag]. She came in at 147 pounds, one over the allowance for the women’s featherweight division. Martins will get a point deducted from the result of the fight, and her opponent [autotag]Marina Mokhnatkina[/autotag] will also receive 20 percent of Martins’s purse.
Everyone one else on the card made weight, including the heavyweight main event between [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] and [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag], as well as the co-main event of [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag].
2023 PFL 5 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+
Below you can find the full results from the weigh-ins:
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)
Ante Delija (251) vs. Maurice Greene (255.4)
Larissa Pacheco (145.6) vs. Amber Leibrock (145.8)
Renan Ferreira (259) vs. Matheus Scheffel (260.6)
Aspen Ladd (145) vs. Karolina Sobek (145.6)
Biaggio Ali Walsh (155.6) vs. Travell Miller (154.4)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Denis Goltsov (246.2) vs. Yorgan De Castro (264.8)
Marina Mokhnatkina (145.4) vs. * Evelyn Martins (147)
Danilo Marques (250.6) vs. Marcelo Nunes (248.4)
Julia Budd (145.6) vs. Martina Jindrova (146.0)
Olena Kolesnyk (145.0) vs. Yoko Higashi (144.2)
Patrick Brady (256.8) vs. Jordan Heiderman (247.8)
Check out which veterans of the UFC are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.
This week, the UFC is back home in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 225.
The event at the UFC Apex features a middleweight main event between former title challengers [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] and [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag].
Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.
This week, there are a total of 22 veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA this week from June 16-17.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
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On Episode 3,351, the fellas welcome guest [autotag]Shane Burgos[/autotag], who makes his promotional debut Friday at 2023 PFL 3. They also looked back at UFC 287 and discussed all the fallout for the winners and losers, recapped PFL 2, discussed the latest MMA news and more. Tune in!
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Check out these photos from Larissa Pacheco’s victory over Julia Budd at 2023 PFL 2 in Las Vegas.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag]’s victory over Julia Budd at 2023 PFL 2 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill/PFL)
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Check out the latest episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze.”
Thursday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here.
On Episode 3,350, the guys preview the upcoming UFC 287 and 2023 PFL 2 cards. Can [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] finally beat [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]? Will [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] begin another run to the PFL championship? They also discuss [autotag]Dana White[/autotag]’s updates on WWE/UFC merger, and more. Tune in!
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In the main event, 2022 women’s featherweight season winner [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] (19-4), who upset two-time champion Kayla Harrison in November, takes on former Bellator women’s featherweight champ [autotag]Julia Budd[/autotag] (16-5). Pacheco is a heavy 7-1 favorite at the betting window. Not surprisingly, then, our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Pacheco as one of our three unanimous picks on the main card.
In the co-feature, 2021 heavyweight season winner [autotag]Bruno Cappelozza[/autotag] (15-6) meets [autotag]Matheus Scheffel[/autotag] (17-9) in a rematch. Scheffel outworked Cappelozza for a unanimous decision in the 2022 regular season. Cappelozza is a 2-1 favorite and the second unanimous pick at 11-0.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Aspen Ladd[/autotag] (10-3), a high-profile signing from the UFC, gets her first PFL regular season fight when she takes on [autotag]Olena Kolesnyk[/autotag] (7-5). Ladd is a -450 favorite and our third unanimous pick.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Renan Ferreira[/autotag] (9-3) meets [autotag]Rizvan Kuniev[/autotag] (12-2-1) at heavyweight, and it’s our lone contentious fight from a picks standpoint. Kuniev is a slight favorite at -175, but it’s Ferreira with the slimmest possible edge in the picks at 6-5.
In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Pacheco (76 percent), Cappelozza (77 percent), Ladd (85 percent) and Ferreira (51 percent) are the choices.
Check out all the picks above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 2.
Julia Budd sees no better way to snap her two-fight losing skid than to beat 2022 champion Larissa Pacheco in the 2023 PFL season opener.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Julia Budd[/autotag] was pleased to get a matchup with [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] to open the 2023 PFL women’s featherweight season.
Budd (16-5)Â faces Pacheco (19-4)Â in Friday’s 2023 PFL 2 main event, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. The main card airs on ESPN2 following prelims on ESPN+.
The former Bellator featherweight champion finds extra added motivation facing Pacheco first. The Brazilian won the 2022 PFL season at women’s lightweight, and Budd wants to use Pacheco’s success to elevate her career to start the new season.
“I always want to test myself against the best of the best,” Budd told reporters, including MMA Junkie, during Wednesday’s 2023 PFL 2 media day. “I’m excited. Whoever it is, but I’m totally focused on Friday night and making sure I come out on top, so that’s my focus for now.
“What I’m excited about is that it’s 145, I’m fighting her right off the bat. She was the champ from last year. It’s kind of one of those fights that wake you up in the morning, light that fire and get you going. So focusing on that right away and having that, it helped set my year off. Just like a huge kickstart. I’m excited for it now.”
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Budd and Pacheco are on different career trajectories. Pacheco is on a six-fight winning streak and coming off a huge upset win over Kayla Harrison. Meanwhile, Budd is on a two-fight losing skid for the first time in her career.
“It’s funny because it’s like two paths,” Budd said. “She went through a bunch of wins last year, I went through two losses. So, I was forced to go back and completely develop, take a look at every aspect of who I am, and how I want to be in this sport, and that is a dangerous person to fight I believe.
“Is the person that had to go back and reevaluate, and sharpen all their skills. Her coming off being the champion, having a couple of those quick wins in the beginning, and then beating Kayla in the finals, I think she might be underestimating me a little bit.”
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 2.
