Liz Carmouche is not slowing down.
Despite turning 41 earlier this year, Carmouche (25-8) is still adding records and titles to her already impressive resume. Carmouche won the 2025 PFL women’s flyweight tournament this Friday in the co-main event of 2025 PFL World Tournament 9 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. She scored a TKO victory over Jena Bishop (9-3) at the 2:56 mark of Round 3 of their championship fight.
On top of taking the 2025 PFL women’s flyweight tournament title, Carmouche receives a $500,000 prize for her tournament win.
Although the momentum appeared to be on Carmouche’s side though the majority of the fight, “Girl-Rilla” had to work hard for her big win. It appeared she edged out Bishop in a close first round, and then found herself in trouble in the second, surviving several close submission attempts from Bishop. In Round 3, that’s where the magic happened for Carmouche. She connected a brutal, counter left hook on Bishop’s shin, dropped her, and then followed up with a few shots on the ground to close out the show.
After the fight, in her post-fight interview, Carmouche called for the opening of the a women’s bantamweight division in the PFL and a fight with PFL star and 2024 tournament champion Dakota Ditcheva.
“I would love to do a super fight at 135 (pounds), and get that division in here and headline,” Carmouche said. “I think that would be amazing. I think when Dakota is healthy, I would love to get a chance to fight Dakota.”
With this win, Carmouche finds herself on a three-fight winning streak and 12-1 since leaving the UFC in 2020. This latest feat adds to Carmouche’s impressive resume. She’s a former two-time UFC title challenger, was the last Bellator women’s flyweight champion – a title she defended three times, and is now a PFL tournament winner.
