Liz Carmouche

2024 PFL 4 video: Liz Carmouche beats buzzer with armbar of Kana Watanabe, clinches playoffs

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Over 13 years into her professional career, Liz Carmouche might be hitting new highs with nine straight wins. At 2024 PFL 4 on Thursday, Carmouche (22-7) submitted Kana Watanabe (13-3-1) with eight seconds left in the fight to earn four points and clinch her spot in the...

UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action June 13-16

This week, the UFC returns to its home base in Las Vegas for UFC on ESPN 58. The event at the UFC Apex features a flyweight bout between Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place, featuring several familiar names who have competed...

With emotional Macfarlane matchup in rearview mirror, Liz Carmouche sets sights on Kana Watanabe in Japan – and a belt at 135

SAN DIEGO – The future may be a little murky for Bellator as a promotion right now, but that doesn’t have to transfer to all of its fighters. Liz Carmouche, who quickly has become one of Bellator’s most dominant champions with four finishes in four title fights in less...

Bellator 300 referees, judges assigned for three title fights

Referees and judges for the three Bellator 300 title fights have been assigned. California State Athletic Commission executive officer Andy Foster informed MMA Junkie of the assignments for the event, which takes place Saturday at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The three title-fight main card airs on Showtime after...

Friends Liz Carmouche, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane embrace being foes – for one night only at Bellator 300

SAN DIEGO – Friends and former teammates competing against each other is common in sports. Take the NFL, for example, where each Sunday players are always up against guys with whom they used to share the locker room. Like MMA, football is a violent sport. Unlike MMA, there is...

Scott Coker eyes Liz Carmouche vs. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane title fight for late 2023: ‘We have to do that fight’

" HONOLULU – We’re just hours away from Liz Carmouche’s latest title defense, and it looks like there’s already another one on the horizon. Bellator president Scott Coker says former champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is next in line following the pair of events this weekend in Hawaii; Bellator 294 on...

Hawaii denies Juliana Velasquez appeal of Bellator 278 loss to Liz Carmouche – despite letter from ‘Big’ John McCarthy

As of now, Juliana Velasquez still has a loss to Liz Carmouche on her record. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has denied a written appeal by Velasquez and her attorney to overturn the result of her Bellator 278 loss vs. Carmouche to a “no contest.” A...

Bellator 261 results: Liz Carmouche swarms Kana Watanabe for 35-second knockout

Liz Carmouche wasted no time making her statement for a title shot at Bellator 261. Not only did Carmouche (16-7 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) take the unbeaten record from Kana Watanabe (10-1-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), but she did it in a mere 35 seconds, finishing the women’s flyweight co-headliner by...

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