American mixed martial artist Liz Carmouche is openly lesbian. She is currently the Bellator Women's Flyweight World Champion and has fought for the UFC and Bellator in various weight divisions. Before moving to Bellator, she competed in the women's bantamweight and flyweight divisions for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Liz Carmouche is an openly gay mixed martial arts fighter in mixed martial arts.
Liz Carmouche was the first UFC female mixed-martial-arts fighter openly gay and is a lesbian mixed fighter. In 2014, she was in a women's bantamweight fight against Ronda Rousey. Carmouche was an aviation electrician in the Marine Corps for five-years. She served three tours of duty in Iraq and the Middle East. Carmouche began her professional MMA life in 2010. She currently competes in the women's bantamweight division for the UFC.
She won the UFC Title with a ground and pound assault
Liz Carmouche is an openly gay UFC champion. She's originally from San Diego and is a former Marine. She has been working hard to improve both her ground-and–pound and striking. She can be found everywhere, even in scrambles. She is also able to get up and walk again after a takedown.
Bellator champion with a TKO in round four, she was crowned
Carmouche took control of the fight during the championship round with an opportune takedown and landed a barrage of ground-and-pound from a dominant position. However, her fight ended prematurely with referee Mike Beltran stepping in and calling a halt to the fight. This is a huge win for Carmouche. She is now at 4-0 in Bellator. Velasquez had been previously unbeaten and this victory ends Velasquez’s reign as Bellator flyweight champion.
She is now 4-0 with Bellator
Liz Carmouche now stands at 4-0 in Bellator's cage after a spectacular victory over Juliana Velasquez, former world champion. Her victory also landed her the Bellator flyweight championship. The win came as part of Bellator 278's main event, and it ended just 4:47 into Round Four. It was the first time Carmouche had defeated Velasquez. Velasquez was unbeaten in professional MMA.
She is a professional wrestling champion
Liz Carmouche, a professional wrestler and an ambassador for Medical Marijuana Inc. has a huge fan base. As the first openly lesbian combatant in the UFC, she has received a great deal of respect and attention. Dana White expressed admiration for her decision to come out.
She was raised at Okinawa's military base
Liz Carmouche is the daughter of an Air Force pilot. She grew up at Okinawa's military base. Her father was stationed there in the Air Force and her mother got married there. She went to a Christian school there, graduating in 2003. Now, she's studying at San Diego City College to become a kinesiologist.