American mixed martial artist Liz Carmouche is openly lesbian. She is the current Bellator Women's flyweight World Champion. She has also fought in different weight divisions for Bellator and the UFC. Prior to joining Bellator as a fighter, she competed at flyweight and women's bantamweight 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. She came out during a women's bantamweight title fight against Ronda Rousey in 2014. Carmouche served five years in Marine Corps as an aircraft electrician. She has completed three tours in the Middle East. Carmouche started her professional MMA career in 2010. She competes in the UFC's women’s bantamweight section.
She won the UFC title with a ground-and-pound attack
Liz Carmouche was an openly homosexual champion in UFC. She's originally from San Diego and is a former Marine. She has been working on her striking, particularly her ground-andpound style. She is good everywhere on the ground, including in scrambles. She can also quickly get back on her feet following a takedown.
She won the Bellator title with a TKO in the fourth round
Carmouche took the fight to the champion round with an opportune knockdown. She then launched a barrage from her dominant position, landing a barrage ground-and-pound. But, her fight was stopped prematurely by Mike Beltran, the referee. This is Carmouche's fourth win in the Bellator cage. Velasquez, who had been unbeaten in the past, won this fight. This win ends Velasquez’s run as the Bellator flyweight champion.
She is now 4-0 at Bellator
Liz Carmouche is now at 4-0 in Bellator after her stunning win over Juliana Velasquez (previous world champion) in Round Four. Her victory also landed her the Bellator flyweight championship. The victory was part of Bellator278's main event and it concluded just 4:47 into round four. This was Carmouche's first defeat of Velasquez. Velasquez had never been beaten in professional MMA.
She is a professional wrestler
Liz Carmouche, a professional wrestler and an ambassador for Medical Marijuana Inc. has a huge fan base. She is the UFC's first openly-lesbian fighter. This has earned her a lot respect and attention. Even Dana White has expressed admiration for her coming out.
She was raised at Okinawa's military base
Liz Carmouche, daughter of an Air Force pilot and a mother, grew-up on Okinawa Military Base, Japan. Her dad was posted there in the Air Force, and her mother remarried there. She went to a Christian school there, graduating in 2003. She is now studying at San Diego City College in order to become a kinesiologist.