Carmouche vs Porto

Who won Carmouche vs Porto?

Liz Carmouche beat Vanessa Porto by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest, during the co-main event of Bellator 256, on Friday 9th April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of 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 Porto stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Vanessa Porto made her way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out and 11 by submission.

The stats suggested Carmouche had a large advantage in power over Porto, boasting at 43% knock out percentage over Porto's 18%.

Liz Carmouche was the same age as Vanessa Porto, at 38 years old.

Carmouche had a height advantage of 3 inches over Porto. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Carmouche was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made her debut in 2010, 12 year and 3 months later than Porto, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 11 less professional rounds, 62 to Porto's 73.

Carmouche vs Porto form

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

In her last fight before this contest, she had beat Kana Watanabe at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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

Going into that contest, she had won against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 246 on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had been beaten by 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.

She had beat Lucie Pudilov at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Activity check

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.