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, както и забележителни победи над Катлин Чокагиан и Джесика Андраде.
Бой от Сан Диего, the 35-year-old Team Hurricane Awesome-product also formerly competed for Strikeforce, засичане на двойка победи с промоцията. She earned an additional win over Valentina Shevchenko earlier in her career.
Prior to her days as a professional athlete, Лафайет, Местният жител на Луизиана прекара пет години като авиационен електротехник в Обединения морски корпус на САЩ, където тя завърши три обиколки на служба в Близкия изток. A longtime friend and teammate of Hawaii’s own Ilima-Lei Макфарлейн, “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, който заглавия Bellator 236on DAZN tomorrow night in Honolulu, Hawaii. The division also features Macfarlane’s opponent Кейт Джаксън, as well as other top athletes competing this weekend in Hawaii, включително и Джулиана Веласкес, Veta Arteaga, Браун Елън и Алехандра Лара.