Liz Carmouche shaves head to make weight for PFL Chicago title fight

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Liz Carmouche wasn’t taking any chances on the scale ahead of Friday’s Professional Fighters League event in Chicago. Carmouche is set to face Jena Bishop in a rematch in the main event of PFL Chicago, this time, for the vacant PFL women’s flyweight title. On Thursday, the former Bellator champion hit the scales — but not before she shaved her head to do so. In the end, she made championship weight at 125 pounds. Watch Carmouche get a haircut before stepping on the scale below. View this post on Instagram In their first meeting in August 2025, Carmouche destroyed Bishop with a brutal knockout at PFL Charlotte to win the flyweight tournament. The 42-year-old has won four straight, finishing three of her opponents, including former UFC ranked contender Viviane Araujo in her most recent bout in June. Bishop is also good to go after weighing in slightly under the championship limit at 124.6 pounds. The rest of the card successfully made weight, which you can check out the full results below. PFL Chicago weigh-in results Main Card (11 p.m. ET, ESPN2) Liz Carmouche (125) vs. Jena Bishop (124.6) Timur Khizriev (145.4) vs. Gabriel Braga (145.8) Sarvarjon Khamidov (135.8) vs. Rafael Do Nasicmento (135.4) JP Saint Louis (172.8) vs. Oualy Tandia (170) Preliminary Card (6 p.m. ET, ESPN+) Trey Waters (170.4) vs. Eliezer Kubanza (170.2) Emiliano Sordi (205.2) vs. Abraham Bably (205.8) Cassio Barao (154.2) vs. Kevin Pease (155.6) Shannon Clark (125.8) vs. Lucero Acosta (125) Gamid Khizriev (155.6) vs. Michael Boylan (155) Cobey Fehr (136) vs. Rosario Romero (135.8) Lenan Khabalaev (155) vs. Brock Hamer (156) Paulina Wisniewska (125.6) vs. Chelsea Hackett (125.6) Noah Hermosillo (146) vs. Caden Cox (145.6)