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Liz Carmouche
American mixed martial arts fighter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liz Carmouche (born February 19, 1984) is an American mixed martial arts fighter currently signed to Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Flyweight World Champion. Carmouche competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Women's Flyweight and Women's Bantamweight divisions. At the time of her UFC departure, she was #4 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.[5]
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Born | (1984-02-19) February 19, 1984 (age 40) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
Other names | Girl-Rilla |
Residence | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st) |
Division | Bantamweight Flyweight |
Reach | 66 in (168 cm)[1][2] |
Fighting out of | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Team | Team Hurricane Awesome |
Trainer | Manolo Hernandez |
Rank | Black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu[3]
Yellow belt in American Kenpo[4] |
Years active | 2010–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 29 |
Wins | 22 |
By knockout | 9 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 7 |
Losses | 7 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 5 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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Years of service | 2004–2009 |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
Carmouche competed in the first ever women's MMA match in the UFC when she competed against Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship at UFC 157.[6] A two-time title challenger, Carmouche also challenged for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship in August 2019 against Valentina Shevchenko. Carmouche was the first openly lesbian fighter in the UFC and was praised by company president Dana White for coming out.[7]