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, precum și victorii notabile asupra lui Katlyn Chookagian și Jessica Andrade.
Luptând din San Diego, the 35-year-old Team Hurricane Awesome-product also formerly competed for Strikeforce, bifând o pereche de victorii odată cu promovarea. She earned an additional win over Valentina Shevchenko earlier in her career.
Prior to her days as a professional athlete, Lafayette, Născut în Louisiana a petrecut cinci ani servind ca electrician în aviație în United Stated Marine Corps, unde a realizat trei tururi de serviciu în Orientul Mijlociu. 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, who headlines 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, inclusiv Juliana Velasquez, Veta Arteaga, Bruna Ellen și Alejandra Lara.