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 2nd fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2024. Kana Watanabe marked her 2nd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2024.

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

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 40 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 41 more professional rounds, 79 to Watanabe's 38.

Carmouche vs Watanabe form

Carmouche had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 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.