Larissa Pacheco is a minority. The 2022 PFL women’s lightweight champion is an openly gay, married fighter who never tried to hide her sexual orientation or her beliefs. Coming from Northern Brazil, just like my previous guest, Antonio Arroyo, it should not surprise most fans that Larissa holds strong feelings against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.
For that reason and many others that will be shown in this story, Pacheco is the third guest of the ‘Not All Brazilian’ series, where I interview fighters to discuss their antifascist political views, their backstories and the reasons behind those beliefs.