PFL flyweight match winner Liz Carmouche has booked her first combat in 2026 to be one half of the PFL San Diego co-main occasion scheduled for June twenty seventh at Pechanga Enviornment.
Carmouche will face fellow UFC veteran Vivian Araujo on the cardboard, a Brazilian who simply earned her first PFL victory with a call win over Shana Younger in April.
Lengthy ranked as among the best 125-pounders on this planet, Carmouche bounced again from her solely loss within the PFL (a call loss to Tyra Santos in 2024) when she superior to the 2025 flyweight match. Carmouche had a three-fight successful streak, together with a KO of Jena Bishop within the last.
Total, Carmouche has a 12-1 file since leaving the UFC in 2019.
As for Araujo, she had a profitable PFL debut after a sequence of wins and losses earlier than leaving the UFC. Throughout her time with the promotion, Araujo had wins over Karine Silva, Jennifer Maia, and Andrea Lee, however misplaced choices to Tracy Cortez, Natalia Silva, and Alexa Grasso.
Araujo is now seeking to set up himself within the PFL flyweight division when he takes on Carmouche in June.
Though the title is just not on the road, Calmouth vs. Araujo might crown the No. 1 contender within the flyweight division, with undefeated PFL star Dakota Dicheva anxiously awaiting her subsequent project after coming back from months on the sidelines with a hand damage.
The primary occasion of the cardboard is a featherweight showdown between AJ McKee and Salamat Isblayev.
