HONOLULU – Liz Carmouche is familiar and comfortable in title opportunities, but she isn’t taking her Bellator 278 shot for granted. Friday, Carmouche (16-7 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) will, for the third time, challenge for a major promotional title when she takes on champion Juliana Velasquez (12-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) in a five-round main event. The first two title shots didn’t go her way. She lost to Ronda Rousey in the first women’s title fight in promotional history at UFC 157 , then lost to Valentina Shevchenko six and a half years later at UFC Fight Night 156
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