Carmouche joins Bellator’s women’s flyweight division following a six-year run in UFC – a tenure that includes world title bouts in both the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, così come le vittorie di rilievo oltre Katlyn Chookagian e Jessica Andrade.
Combattimento da San Diego, the 35-year-old Team Hurricane Awesome-product also formerly competed for Strikeforce, intaglio un paio di vittorie con la promozione. She earned an additional win over Valentina Shevchenko earlier in her career.
Prior to her days as a professional athlete, Lafayette, Louisiana-native ha trascorso cinque anni al servizio come elettricista trasporto aereo nel Corpo dei Marine Stati Detto, dove ha completato tre giri del dovere in Medio Oriente. A longtime friend and teammate of Hawaii’s own Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, “Girl-Rilla” finally has the opportunity to compete alongside Bellator women’s flyweight world champion in an already-stacked 125-pound division.
Carmouche’s promotional debut will take place early 2020 in the flyweight division, which is championed by her training partner, Ilima-lei Macfarlane, che i titoli Bellator 236on DAZN tomorrow night in Honolulu, Hawaii. The division also features Macfarlane’s opponent Kate Jackson, as well as other top athletes competing this weekend in Hawaii, Compreso Juliana Velasquez, Veta Arteaga, Ellen brown e Alejandra Lara.