HONOLULU – Liz Carmouche is familiar and comfortable in title opportunities, but she isn’t taking her Bellator 278 shot for granted.
Friday, Carmouche (16-7 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) will, for the fourth time, challenge for a major promotional title when she takes on champion Juliana Velasquez (12-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) in a five-round main event.
The first three title shots didn’t go her way. In Strikeforce, she lost to Marloes Coenen. She lost to Ronda Rousey in the first women’s title fight in promotional history at UFC 157, then lost to Valentina Shevchenko six and a half years later at UFC Fight Night 156. Now, she has a fourth chance.
