American mixed martial arts fighter Liz Carmouche has come out as a lesbian. She is the current Bellator Women's flyweight World Champion. She has also fought in different weight divisions for Bellator and the UFC. Before joining Bellator, she competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the women's flyweight & bantamweight divisions.
Liz Carmouche is an openly gay mixed martial arts fighter in mixed martial arts.
Liz Carmouche (mixed-martial arts) is openly transgender and was the first lesbian fighter in UFC. In 2014, she came out in a women’s bantamweight championship fight against Ronda. Carmouche served in the Marine Corps for five years as an aviation electrician. She has completed three tours in the Middle East. Carmouche started her professional MMA journey in 2010. She is currently a competitor in the UFC's women bantamweight division.
She won the UFC title by a ground-and pound attack
Liz Carmouche, an openly gay champion of the UFC, is a proud UFC fighter. She's a native of San Diego, California, and a former U.S. Marine. She has been working to improve her striking, in particular her ground and pound style. She can be found everywhere, even in scrambles. After a takedown, she can easily get on her feet again.
Bellator title was won by her with a TKO during the fourth round
Carmouche took control during the championship round. She made a good takedown and then landed a barrage with ground-and pound from a commanding position. Her fight came to an abrupt halt when Mike Beltran, referee, intervened and called a halt. This is a significant win for Carmouche, who is now 4-0 in the Bellator cage. Velasquez had previously been unbeaten before, and this win marks the end of Velasquez's streak as the Bellator flyweight champion.
She is now 4-0 at Bellator
Liz Carmouche, now 4-0 in Bellator cage, has defeated Juliana Velasquez who was the former world champion. She was also awarded the Bellator flyweight champion. The win came as part of Bellator 278's main event, and it ended 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 wrestling champion
Liz Carmouche is an amateur wrestler and an ambassador of Medical Marijuana Inc. She was the first openly transgender UFC combatant. She has enjoyed a lot of attention and respect. Dana White expressed admiration for her decision to come out.
She was raised in Okinawa on a military base
Liz Carmouche, daughter of an Air Force pilot and a mother, grew-up on Okinawa Military Base, Japan. Her father served there in the Air Force. Her mother also remarried there. She graduated from a Christian school in San Diego. Now, she's studying at San Diego City College to become a kinesiologist.