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, asook noemenswaardige oorwinnings oor Katlyn Chookagian en Jessica Andrade.
Veg uit San Diego, the 35-year-old Team Hurricane Awesome-product also formerly competed for Strikeforce, met die bevordering 'n paar oorwinnings behaal. She earned an additional win over Valentina Shevchenko earlier in her career.
Prior to her days as a professional athlete, die Lafayette, Louisiana-boorling het vyf jaar as 'n lugvaartelektrisiën in die United State Marine Corps gedien, waar sy drie dienstoere in die Midde-Ooste voltooi het. 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, wie opskrifte 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, insluitend Juliana Velasquez, Veta Arteaga, Brown Ellen en Alejandra Lara.