2015 UPPER MIDWEST GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION ANGEL PACHECO MAKES UFC DEBUT TONIGHT!

March 30, 2024 Jesse Kelley 0 AMATEUR BOXING, MN BOXING NEWS,

2015 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves 147 pound champion Angel Pacheco of Saint Cloud, MN will make is UFC debut tonight in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pacheco (7-2 MMA) will face Caolan Laughran (8-1) of Ireland in a UFC Fight Night preliminary bout to be shown live on ESPN2 and ESPN+ Pacheco got into MMA as a teenager and was always a good striker, stating that his favorite punch is either the left hook to the head or body.

Pacheco, 31, trains under coach Brock Larsen at Start BJJ and earned a UFC contract after engaging in what is considered Dana White’s Contender Series’ most exciting bout ever against Danny Silva last September.

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