Liz Carmouche misses weight for PFL semifinal vs. Taila Santos

Liz Carmouche missed the flyweight limit for Friday's PFL playoff semifinal bout with Taila Santos , and it complicates her bid to advance to the final.

Carmouche, who is also the Bellator MMA champion, tipped the scale at 127 pounds -- two pounds over the limit -- at Thursday's weigh-ins in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to surrendering 20% of her purse to Santos, Carmouche also will be deducted one point on the judges' scorecards -- not in the official athletic commission result but for the PFL's playoff advancement purposes.

Should the three-round bout end with Carmouche winning 29-28 on the scorecards, the PFL would treat it as a 28-28 draw and Santos would advance to the fall finale because she made weight. For Carmouche to advance, she would need a knockout, submission or scorecards lopsided enough in her favor to withstand the point deduction.

Three other fighters on the 10-bout card also missed weight, but none of the others is competing in the two heavyweight and two women's flyweight semis. The main card fights are on ESPN and ESPN+.

Carmouche, 40, had never missed weight in 29 previous fights.