Liz Carmouche is trying to go 2-0 in opposition to Kana Watanabe.
Carmouche and Watanabe fought again in 2021 at Bellator 261 and it was the American successful by TKO in simply 35 seconds. Since then, Carmouche went on to turn out to be the Bellator ladies’s flyweight champion, however the two will rematch within the common season of the PFL match at PFL 4 on this Thursday.
Will probably be the second combat for Carmouche within the match, which is one thing she wished to do after the Bellator and PFL merger.
“It was a little bit of each, I undoubtedly had the intrigue of the attraction of the PFL and getting the prospect to carry a belt in one other group, that appeared tremendous interesting. Then, getting $1 million, and when Bellator was purchased out, I obtained the choice to do PFL and it was a no brainer,” Carmouche stated on Simply Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com.
Though Carmouche has already fought Watanabe earlier than, she says she is treating this as a model new combat. She isn’t wanting again on these 35 seconds, as she expects a a lot harder combat this time round.
“I don’t really feel like I can use that as coaching footage in preparation, I’ve to have a look at the opposite fights, whether or not it’s a call or she obtained a end. I can’t use the combat we had as a result of it was so transient and there isn’t sufficient to use to this combat,” Carmouche stated.
Nevertheless, Liz Carmouche does have faith she will end Kana Watanabe once more to safe herself within the playoffs.
“I’m hopeful it’s a fast end once more, that I can knock her out. A KO as a substitute of a TKO, however I’ve seen a lot development and evolution on her half because the final time we fought. She discovered a lot in opposition to me, so I do assume it will go within the second or third spherical earlier than I end her,” Carmouche stated.
If Carmouche does punch her ticket into the playoffs, she has confidence she is going to have the ability to win all the factor to additional safe her legacy.