Carmouche vs Joanne

Who won Carmouche vs Joanne?

Liz Carmouche beat Ilara Joanne by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 11th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

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 Joanne stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ilara Joanne made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Liz Carmouche's 4th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2024. Ilara Joanne 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 Ilara Joanne's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Carmouche had a slight advantage in power over Joanne, with a 41% knock out percentage over Joanne's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Carmouche had a slight advantage over Joanne, with a 27% submission rate over Joanne's 25%.

Liz Carmouche was the older woman by 11 years, at 41 years old.

Carmouche had a height advantage of 3 inches over Joanne. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Carmouche was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Joanne, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 38 more professional rounds, 83 to Joanne's 45.

Carmouche vs Joanne form

Carmouche had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Taila Santos at PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs on 2nd August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Kana Watanabe at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Juliana Velasquez at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Before that, she had defeated Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

She was victorious against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by submission in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Ilara Joanne had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Shanna Young at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Taila Santos at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Jena Bishop at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Before that, she had lost to Bruna Ellen at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

She had beaten Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Liz Carmouche had last fought 9 months and 14 days ago, while Ilara Joanne's last outing had been 11 months and 3 days ago.

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Joanne's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Carmouche vs Joanne start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 4:10 AM UTC , which was 12:10 AM EST or 9:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 5:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Carmouche vs Joanne?

Liz Carmouche was a 1/12 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Ilara Joanne made her way into the ring at 13/2 (+650) with oddsmakers.