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, sekä merkittäviä voittoja Katlyn Chookagianista ja Jessica Andradesta.
Taistelevat pois San Diego, the 35-year-old Team Hurricane Awesome-product also formerly competed for Strikeforce, lyönyt parin voittoja ylennyksen kanssa. She earned an additional win over Valentina Shevchenko earlier in her career.
Prior to her days as a professional athlete, Lafayette, Louisianalainen palveli viisi vuotta lentosähköasentajana Yhdysvaltain merijalkaväessä, jossa hän suoritti kolme työmatkaa Lähi-idässä. 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, kuka otsikoita Bellator 236on DAZN tomorrow night in Honolulu, Havaiji. The division also features Macfarlane’s opponent Kate Jackson, as well as other top athletes competing this weekend in Hawaii, mukaan lukien Juliana Velasquez, Veta Arteaga, Bruna Ellen ja Alejandra Lara.