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Carmouche shaves head to make weight for title fight
MMA veteran Liz Carmouche cut her hair at the scales to make weight for her PFL flyweight world title rematch against Jena Bishop in Chicago.
In brief
MMA veteran Liz Carmouche cut her hair at the scales to make weight for her PFL flyweight world title rematch against Jena Bishop in Chicago. Liz Carmouche shaved her head to make the one hundred twenty five pound weight limit for her PFL flyweight world title fight against Jena Bishop on Friday in Chicago. Originally…
Carmouche cuts hair to make weight
Liz Carmouche shaved her head to successfully make weight for her PFL flyweight world title fight in Chicago on Friday against Jena Bishop.
The weight cut challenge
Carmouche told Ariel Helwani on Uncrounded that flyweight was a crazy cut for her. My bone density keeps increasing, therefore my weight keeps increasing and I can keep reducing calories but that's not going to…
“My bone density keeps increasing, therefore my weight keeps increasing and I can keep reducing calories but that's not going to change the build of my body.”
Carmouche eyes title defence against Ditcheva
If Carmouche wins on Friday, she intends to fight Briton Dakota Ditcheva next. Ditcheva is recovering from surgery and Carmouche says March gives her enough time to heal.
Here's the gist
Liz Carmouche shaved her head to make the one hundred twenty five pound weight limit for her PFL flyweight world title fight against Jena Bishop on Friday in Chicago.
