Carmouche vs Macfarlane

Who won Carmouche vs Macfarlane?

Liz Carmouche beat Ilima Lei Macfarlane by knockout in the 5th round during the main card of Bellator 300, on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship.

Carmouche vs Macfarlane stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Liz Carmouche's 7th fight in Bellator, having made her debut for the promotion in 2020.

Liz Carmouche's Bellator record stood at 7-0-0, while Ilima Lei Macfarlane's came in at 12-3-0.

The stats suggested Carmouche had a large advantage in power over Macfarlane, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Macfarlane's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had an advantage over Carmouche, with a 46% submission rate over Carmouche's 26%.

Liz Carmouche was the older woman by 6 years, at 41 years old.

Carmouche had a height advantage of 2 inches over Macfarlane. Despite this, Macfarlane had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Carmouche was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Macfarlane, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 34 more professional rounds, 83 to Macfarlane's 49.

Carmouche vs Macfarlane form

Carmouche had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Kana Watanabe at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Vanessa Porto at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she was victorious against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 246 on 12th September 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had lost to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kana Watanabe at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Bruna Ellen at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Justine Kish at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had been defeated by Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Kate Jackson at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ilima Lei Macfarlane had been fighting more than Liz Carmouche.

Going to this contest, Liz Carmouche had last fought 3 years and 16 days ago, while Ilima Lei Macfarlane's last outing had been 2 years and 16 days ago.

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Macfarlane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Carmouche vs Macfarlane?

Liz Carmouche was a 2/7 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Ilima Lei Macfarlane made her way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.