Result · PFL
Bishop takes the flyweight title
Carmouche had stopped Bishop in the third round of the 2025 World Tournament final. Bishop moves to 12-3, and Carmouche falls to 26-9.
PFL · flyweight
Liz Carmouche
26–9–0
11 KO · 7 SUB · 8 DEC
- Height
- 5′6″168 cm
- Reach
- 66″168 cm
- Weight
- 125 lb57 kg
- Age
- 42
- Born
- February 19, 1984
- From
- San Diego, California
- Style
- Jiu-jitsu
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Team
- The Arena MMA
- Streak
- 0wins
- UFC
- 5–5
- Last
- Jena BishopLoss · October 16, 2026
Liz Carmouche fights at women's flyweight in the PFL.
She was the Bellator women's flyweight champion and won the 2025 PFL women's flyweight tournament. In the PFL her record is 6–2.
She lost the inaugural PFL women's flyweight title to Jena Bishop at PFL Chicago on October 16, 2026, by unanimous decision, 48–47 on all three cards. The fight went five rounds. She had stopped Bishop with punches at 2:56 of the third round in the 2025 tournament final.
She is from Lafayette, Louisiana, fights out of San Diego, and trains at The Arena. She holds a 10th Planet jiu-jitsu black belt, served five years in the Marine Corps, and defended the Bellator women’s flyweight title three times. At UFC 157 she fought Ronda Rousey in the first women's bout in UFC history.
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Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jena Bishop | Loss | Decision (unanimous)For the inaugural women's flyweight title. Scores were 48–47. | 5 | 5:00 | PFL Chicago: Carmouche vs. Bishop 2 | |
| Viviane Araújo | Win | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:07 | PFL San Diego: McKee vs. Isbulaev | |
| Jena Bishop | Win | KO (punches)2025 World Tournament final. | 3 | 2:56 | PFL 9 (2025) | |
| Elora Dana | Win | Decision (unanimous)Semifinal. | 3 | 5:00 | PFL 6 (2025) | |
| Ilara Joanne | Win | TKO (punches)Quarterfinal. | 1 | 1:25 | PFL 2 (2025) | |
| Taila Santos | Loss | Decision (unanimous)Semifinal. Carmouche missed weight at 127 lb. | 3 | 5:00 | PFL 7 (2024) | |
| Kana Watanabe | Win | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:52 | PFL 4 (2024) | |
| Juliana Velasquez | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | PFL 1 (2024) | |
| Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | Win | TKO (leg kick)Defended the Bellator women's flyweight title. Macfarlane missed weight and was ineligible. | 5 | 0:17 | Bellator 300 | |
| DeAnna Bennett | Win | Submission (arm-triangle choke)Defended the Bellator women's flyweight title. Bennett missed weight and was ineligible. | 4 | 4:29 | Bellator 294 | |
| Juliana Velasquez | Win | Submission (armbar)Defended the Bellator women's flyweight title. | 2 | 4:24 | Bellator 289 | |
| Juliana Velasquez | Win | TKO (elbows)Won the Bellator women's flyweight title. | 4 | 4:47 | Bellator 278 | |
| Kana Watanabe | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:35 | Bellator 261 | |
| Vanessa Porto | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 256 | |
| DeAnna Bennett | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke)Catchweight, 131.7 lb. Bennett missed weight. | 3 | 3:17 | Bellator 246 | |
| Valentina Shevchenko | Loss | Decision (unanimous)For the UFC women's flyweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 | |
| Lucie Pudilová | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos | |
| Jennifer Maia | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov | |
| Alexis Davis | Loss | Decision (split)Flyweight debut. | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega | |
| Katlyn Chookagian | Win | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 205 | |
| Lauren Murphy | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas | |
| Miesha Tate | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne | |
| Alexis Davis | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC: Fight for the Troops 3 | |
| Jéssica Andrade | Win | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 3:57 | UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga | |
| Ronda Rousey | Loss | Submission (armbar)For the UFC women's bantamweight title. The first women's bout in UFC history. | 1 | 4:49 | UFC 157 | |
| Kaitlin Young | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:34 | Invicta FC 2 | |
| Ashleigh Curry | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:58 | Invicta FC 1 | |
| Sarah Kaufman | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Strikeforce Challengers: Voelker vs. Bowling 3 | |
| Marloes Coenen | Loss | Submission (triangle choke)For the Strikeforce women's bantamweight title. | 4 | 1:29 | Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson | |
| Jan Finney | Win | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:30 | Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Ribeiro | |
| Valentina Shevchenko | Win | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 3:00 | C3 Fights: Red River Rivalry | |
| Colleen Schneider | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Strikeforce Challengers: Riggs vs. Taylor | |
| Margarita de la Cruz Ramirez | Win | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | UWC Mexico 7 | |
| Aleena Albertson | Win | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 0:48 | Native FC 5 | |
| Trudie Ginn | Win | TKO (body kick)Bantamweight debut. | 1 | 2:59 | Independent Event |