Carmouche vs Macfarlane

Who won Carmouche vs Macfarlane?

Liz Carmouche beat Ilima Lei Macfarlane by during the main card of Bellator 300, on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator women’s flyweight championship.

Carmouche vs Macfarlane stats

Liz Carmouche stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 6 by submission.

The stats suggested Carmouche had a large advantage in power over Macfarlane, boasting at 42% knock out percentage over Macfarlane's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had an advantage over Carmouche, with a 46% submission rate over Carmouche's 26%.

Liz Carmouche was the older woman by 6 years, at 39 years old.

Carmouche had a height advantage of 2 inches over Macfarlane. Despite this, Macfarlane had 1-inch reach advantage.

Carmouche was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Macfarlane, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 24 more professional rounds, 73 to Macfarlane's 49.

Carmouche vs Macfarlane form

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

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had beat 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.

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

She had won against Vanessa Porto at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had defeated Kana Watanabe at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Bruna Ellen at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Justine Kish at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, she had lost to Juliana Velasquez 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 beat Kate Jackson at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Liz Carmouche had been fighting more than Ilima Lei Macfarlane.

Going to this contest, Liz Carmouche had last fought 7 months and 9 days ago, while Ilima Lei Macfarlane's last outing had been 7 months and 8 days ago.

Carmouche's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Macfarlane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Carmouche vs Macfarlane?

Liz Carmouche was a 2/7 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Ilima Lei Macfarlane made her way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.