(1984-02-19) February 19, 1984 (age 40) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Other names
Girl-Rilla
Residence
San Diego, California, U.S.
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight
125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)
Division
Bantamweight Flyweight
Reach
66 in (168 cm)[1][2]
Fighting out of
San Diego, California, U.S.
Team
Team Hurricane Awesome
Trainer
Manolo Hernandez
Rank
Black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu[3] Yellow belt in American Kenpo[4]
Years active
2010–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total
28
Wins
21
By knockout
9
By submission
5
By decision
7
Losses
7
By submission
2
By decision
5
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
2004–2009
Battles/wars
War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Liz Carmouche (born February 19, 1984) is an American mixed martial arts fighter currently signed to Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Flyweight World Champion. Carmouche competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Women's Flyweight and Women's Bantamweight divisions. At the time of her UFC departure, she was #4 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.[5]
Carmouche competed in the first ever women's MMA match in the UFC when she competed against Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship at UFC 157. A two-time title challenger, Carmouche also challenged for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship in August 2019 against Valentina Shevchenko. Carmouche was the first openly lesbian fighter in the UFC and was praised by company president Dana White for coming out.[6]
^"Liz Carmouche - Official UFC Fighter Profile". UFC.com. September 14, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
^"Fight Card - UFC Fight Night Werdum vs. Browne". UFC.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
^Averi Clements (December 3, 2018). "UFC Fighter & Marine Veteran Liz Carmouche Has Received Her BJJ Black Belt". Jiu-Jitsu Times.
^Key Martial Arts/The Dojo Oceanside, CA
^"Rankings | UFC". www.ufc.com. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
^"Dana White on gay fighter Liz Carmouche: 'I love what she did'". MMAFighting.com. December 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
LizCarmouche (born February 19, 1984) is an American mixed martial arts fighter currently signed to Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's...
Carmouche is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edward M. Carmouche (1921–1990), American attorney and politician LizCarmouche (born...
in Anaheim, California. The headline bout between Ronda Rousey and LizCarmouche was the first-ever women's fight in UFC history. The two fought in the...
title against LizCarmouche on February 23, 2013, at UFC 157. Despite being caught in an early standing neck crank attempt from Carmouche, Rousey went...
competition and made her US debut against a future UFC title contender LizCarmouche on September 30, 2010, at C3 Fights in Concho, Oklahoma. Despite dominating...
submission attempts, Tate lost to an armbar in the third round. Tate faced LizCarmouche in the co-main event at UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne on April 19, 2014...
there was a women's bantamweight bout between former title challenger LizCarmouche and Katlyn Chookagian. A light heavyweight bout between Gian Villante...
champion LizCarmouche defending her title against DeAnna Bennett on April 21 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. Bennett and Carmouche previously...
Women's Flyweight World Championship bout between current champion LizCarmouche and former champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane completed the triad of title...
against Karina Rodriguez. Bennett made her promotional debut against LizCarmouche at Bellator 246 on September 12, 2020. She lost the bout via a rear-naked...
fight via split decision. Pennington was set to take on LizCarmouche at UFC 191. Carmouche was then replaced by former opponent Jéssica Andrade. Pennington...
Murphy. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Cerminara next fought LizCarmouche at UFC 205. She lost the bout via split decision. Cerminara faced Irene...
round. McMann was expected to face LizCarmouche at UFC Fight Night 105, on February 19, 2017. However, Carmouche was forced to pull out of the fight...
August 16, 2014. McMann won the fight by split decision. Murphy faced LizCarmouche on April 4, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 63. She lost the fight by unanimous...
World Championship between champion LizCarmouche and Juliana Velasquez took place as the co-main event. Carmouche won the title from Velasquez in April;...
Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on Jun 8, 2019 2. def. LizCarmouche at UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 on Aug 10, 2019 3. def. Katlyn Chookagian at...
0 3–5 11–9 Kana Watanabe 35 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) PFL 4 - LizCarmouche 0 5–2 13–2–1 LizCarmouche 40 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Girl-Rilla PFL 4 - Kana Watanabe...
feature a women's flyweight bout between former UFC title contender LizCarmouche and Mandy Bohm. On March 30, Bellator announced that the event would...
Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2018. Maia made her UFC debut against LizCarmouche at UFC Fight Night 133 on July 14, 2018. Maia lost the fight by unanimous...
later reverse this decision in February 2013 when Ronda Rousey faced LizCarmouche in the first women's UFC bout. In May 2017, the UFC announced White...
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