Carmouche vs Velasquez

Who won Carmouche vs Velasquez?

Liz Carmouche beat Juliana Velasquez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Liz Carmouche.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Carmouche vs Velasquez stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Juliana Velasquez made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Liz Carmouche's 5th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2024. Juliana Velasquez marked her 3rd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Liz Carmouche's PFL record stood at 4-1-0, while Juliana Velasquez's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Carmouche had an advantage in power over Velasquez, with a 45% knock out percentage over Velasquez's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Carmouche had an advantage over Velasquez, with a 25% submission rate over Velasquez's 8%.

Liz Carmouche was the older woman by 3 years, at 41 years old.

Velasquez had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Carmouche was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Velasquez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 36 more professional rounds, 86 to Velasquez's 50.

Carmouche vs Velasquez form

Velasquez had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Liz Carmouche at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Liz Carmouche 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.

Going into that contest, she had won against Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by split decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had beaten Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had defeated Kristina Williams at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

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Velasquez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Carmouche vs Velasquez?

Liz Carmouche was a 11/20 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Juliana Velasquez made her way into the ring at 13/10 (+140) with oddsmakers.