SAN DIEGO – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official Bellator 300 fighter weigh-ins, where a former champ missed weight and now cannot win the title.
Women’s flyweight champion Liz Carmouche (19-7 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) takes on longtime teammate, friend and former titleholder Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (13-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA). Carmouche was the first fighter to weigh in and was 124.8. But when Macfarlane came to the scale, she was 127.4. She removed her clothing and was 126.6 with the towel and was given an additional hour to cut weight.
But when she returned at the end of her window, she was 128.2. A Bellator official said her final weight will be 126.6, but she cannot win the title from Carmouche. The fight will go on, and if Carmouche loses, the title will be vacant since Macfarlane can’t win it. In April, Carmouche had a title fight in Honolulu against Deanna Bennett – but Bennett missed weight, and Carmouche was in the same situation.
