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By The Numbers: Juliana Velasquez vs. Liz Carmouche

No stranger to the spotlight, Liz Carmouche gets at least one more shot at glory.

Carmouche—who has already fought for titles in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce—will challenge the unbeaten Bellator MMA women’s flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez in the Bellator 278 headliner on Friday at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The Team Hurricane Awesome product enters the cage on the strength of a three-fight winning streak. Carmouche last appeared at Bellator 261, where she needed just 35 seconds to strike down Kana Watanabe with punches on June 25.