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PFL announces 2025 women’s flyweight tournament roster – but no Dakota Ditcheva

BAD MMA News — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:42:35 +0000

The 2025 PFL women’s flyweight tournament will feature eight fighters – but Dakota Ditcheva is not one of them. Tuesday, the promotion announced the roster will include former Bellator women’s flyweight champions Liz Carmouche (22-8) and Juliana Velasquez (13-3), and former UFC title challenger Taila Santos (22-4) as well as Bellator alumni Kana Watanabe (13-3-1), Ilara Joanne (12-9), Jena Bishop (7-2), and Diana Avsaragova (6-1). Additionally, the promotion has signed Jungle Fight champion Elora Dana (7-0), who will make her promotional debut in the tournament. The women’s flyweight tournament will be single elimination with $1 million going to the winning fighter. It kicks off April 11 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., and airs on ESPN2/ESPN+.

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Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4: Best photos

BAD MMA News — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:08:41 +0000

Check out these photos from Liz Carmouche ’s win over Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (Photos by Cooper Neill, PFL MMA) Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4 Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4 Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe at 2024 PFL 4 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Liz Carmouche def

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2024 PFL 4 video: Liz Carmouche beats buzzer with armbar of Kana Watanabe, clinches playoffs

BAD MMA News — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 02:03:28 +0000

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Over 13 years into her professional career, Liz Carmouche might be hitting new highs with nine straight wins. At 2024 PFL 4 on Thursday, Carmouche (22-7) submitted Kana Watanabe (13-3-1) with eight seconds left in the fight to earn four points and clinch her spot in the women’s flyweight playoffs. The stoppage came at 4:52 of Round 3. The fight took place at Mohegan Sun Arena. Carmouche was on the bottom, in guard, when she threw up a lightning-fast submission attempt and locked it in.

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Bellator free fight: Liz Carmouche swarms Kana Watanabe with punches in quick TKO win

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:43:07 +0000

Liz Carmouche proved she still has power in Bellator. Back in the summer of 2021, Carmouche (18-7 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) picked up her first TKO victory since putting away Jessica Andrade in 2013 during her UFC days, as she quickly dispatched Kana Watanabe in a first-round TKO win at Bellator 261. It was a quick and dominant finish that got a chance to fight for the Bellator women’s flyweight title – an opportunity she made the most of by dethroning then-champ Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 278 last April.

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Bellator free fight: Liz Carmouche swarms Kana Watanabe with punches in quick TKO win

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:43:07 +0000

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Bellator free fight: Liz Carmouche swarms Kana Watanabe with punches in quick TKO win

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:43:07 +0000

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Kana Watanabe: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane ‘a really good grappler, but I’m also confident in my grappling’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:58:54 +0000

HONOLULU – Kana Watanabe isn’t afraid to hit the ground with Ilima-Lei Macfarlane . Watanabe (11-1-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) meets former flyweight champion Macfarlane (12-2 MMA, 11-2 BMMA) in Saturday’s Bellator 295 co-main event at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. Macfarlane ruled the flyweight division for two years with four title defenses

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Sara McMann’s debut, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane’s return, more added to Bellator’s Hawaii doubleheader

BAD MMA News — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:41:30 +0000

Former UFC title challenger Sara McMann has a date and opponent for her Bellator debut. McMann will take on veteran and former Bellator title challenger Arlene Blencowe (15-9 MMA, 6-3 BMMA) in a women’s featherweight bout at Bellator 294 . The event is part of a two-night series set to go down on April 21 and April 22, which marks Bellator’s return to Hawaii. News of the matchup was announced Wednesday by the promotion. Both Bellator 294 and Bellator 295 go down at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

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Bellator 281 post-event facts: Lyoto Machida in career-worst slump after brutal KO

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 May 2022 18:00:49 +0000

Bellator made its return to London on Friday with Bellator 281 , which took place at OVO Arena Wembley and saw a new interim welterweight champion crowned in the main event. With reigning Ukrainian champion Yaroslav Amosov fighting a war on his home soil, Logan Storley (14-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) stepped up and took hold of the interim belt with a split decision win over Michael Page (20-2 MMA, 16-2 BMMA) in a bout that came under criticism from Bellator president Scott Coker. For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from Bellator 281

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Bellator 281 predictions: Who’s picking Michael Page to upset favorite Logan Storley?

BAD MMA News — Thu, 12 May 2022 18:07:37 +0000

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