Carmouche vs Watanabe

Who won Carmouche vs Watanabe?

Liz Carmouche beat Kana Watanabe by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of PFL 4, on Thursday 13th June 2024 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Watanabe stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kana Watanabe made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Liz Carmouche's 4th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2024. Kana Watanabe marked her 3rd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Liz Carmouche's PFL record stood at 3-1-0, while Kana Watanabe's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Carmouche had an advantage in power over Watanabe, with a 43% knock out percentage over Watanabe's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Watanabe had a slight advantage over Carmouche, with a 31% submission rate over Carmouche's 24%.

Liz Carmouche was the older woman by 5 years, at 41 years old.

Carmouche was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 42 more professional rounds, 83 to Watanabe's 41.

Carmouche vs Watanabe form

Carmouche had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Juliana Velasquez 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 beaten 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.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Kana Watanabe at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she was victorious against Vanessa Porto at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had won against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 246 on 12th September 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Kana Watanabe had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Liz Carmouche at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Shanna Young at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Veta Arteaga at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 31st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, she had been beaten by Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

She was victorious against Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kana Watanabe had been fighting more than Liz Carmouche.

Going to this contest, Liz Carmouche had last fought 2 years, 4 months and 28 days ago, while Kana Watanabe's last outing had been 10 months and 24 days ago.

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Watanabe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Carmouche vs Watanabe start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Carmouche vs Watanabe?

Liz Carmouche was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Kana Watanabe made her way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.