By The Numbers: Larissa Pacheco vs. Olena Kolesnyk

A familiar impediment stands between Larissa Pacheco and a second seven-figure payday in the Professional Fighters League.

The surging Brazilian will meet Olena Kolesnyk for a third time when their 2023 women’s featherweight semifinal serves as the PFL 8 co-main event on Friday inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pacheco, who has beaten the Ukrainian twice, enters their rematch on the strength of an eight-fight winning streak. She last appeared at PFL 5, where she buried Amber Leibrock with punches just 45 seconds into their confrontation. Meanwhile, Kolesnyk has rattled off back-to-back victories. She last fought on June 16, when she outpointed Yoko Higashi to a unanimous decision in their three-round clash at 145 pounds.

As Pacheco and Kolesnyk approach their latest encounter, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

28: Years of age for Pacheco, who was born in Belem, Brazil, on Sept. 7, 1994.

8: Pacheco wins by submission, accounting for 38% of her career total. Her methods of choice: two armbars, two triangle chokes, two guillotine chokes, one anaconda choke and one keylock. Pacheco holds 10 other wins by knockout or technical knockout (48%) and three more by decision (14%).

1,326: Days since Pacheco last experienced defeat—a five-round unanimous decision loss to two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison on Dec. 31, 2019.

36: Seconds needed for Pacheco to punch out Dinha Wollstaein at a Jungle Fight event in October 2013. Nearly a decade later, it remains her fastest finish to date.

49: Combined victories between the three opponents—Harrison (twice), Germaine de Randamie and Jessica Andrade—who have beaten Pacheco. They boast a cumulative .742 winning percentage at 49-17.

32: Years of age for Kolesnyk, who was born on Nov. 2, 1990 in Odessa, Ukraine.

4: Kolesnyk victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 44.5% of her career total (nine). Her complete list of victims: Tatiana Portnova, Zhenlin Liu, Jing Sun and Yulia Drukteynite. She owns one other victory by submission (11%) and four more by decision (44.5%).

29: Rounds completed by Kolesnyk as a professional mixed martial artist. She has gone the distance on six different occasions and carries a 4-1 record with one no contest in those bouts.

5: Organizations for which Kolesnyk has plied her MMA trade. In addition to her 4-3 mark in the PFL, she has gone 3-0 with one no contest in WBK, 1-0 in Real Fight Promotion, 1-0 in Tech-KREP Fighting Championship and 0-2 in Invicta Fighting Championships.

.737: Cumulative winning percentage between the four opponents—Pacheco (twice), Taylor Guardado, Felicia Spencer and Pam Sorenson—who have defeated Kolesnyk. They sport a combined record of 42-15.