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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane eyes retirement fight against friend and mentor Liz Carmouche for the belt: “I have four fights left on this contract and that will be it for me”
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will be looking to return to the win column in a big way at Bellator 284. Macfarlane ended her nearly year-and-a-half layoff back in April in Hawaii and suffered a decision loss to Justine Kish. After the loss, Macfarlane told Bellator she wanted to return as soon as possible and got her wish […]
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Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: “I’ve already accomplished a lot in my career”
Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is getting close to hanging the gloves up. ‘The Ilimanator’ has been out of the ring since her decision defeat to Justine Kish in April. The bout was a massive upset and was the second defeat in a row for MacFarlane. She had previously lost her flyweight title to […]
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane explains why she felt “relieved” following first career loss at Bellator 254
Bellator star Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has explained her relief after losing the Women’s Flyweight Championship to Juliana Velasquez last night. Macfarlane was viewed by some as an underdog heading into the bout last night that saw the two put their respective unbeaten records on the line. In the end, it was Velasquez who was able to […]
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane suing former basketball coach for sexual abuse
Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and two other women are suing a former basketball coach for sexual abuse. Macfarlane and the two other student-athletes filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Honolulu Circuit Court that names Punahou School and their former basketball coach Dwayne Yuen among the defendants. Hawaii News Now was the first to […]
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Bellator Hawaii Results and Highlights: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane dominates
Bellator Hawaii was another showcase card for some of the promotion’s brightest young stars including Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, who put her belt on the line against Kate Jackson in the main event of the evening. Also on the card was the first fight in the quarterfinals of the Bellator featherweight Grand Prix […]
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Ilima-Lei MacFarlane looking to be first person to submit Kate Jackson at Bellator 236 in Hawaii
Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is set to defend her Bellator women’s flyweight title at home in Hawaii for the second straight year. She takes on Kate Jackson this Saturday. Last year, she submitted Valerie Letourneau in Hawaii, and it was an emotional night for her. MacFarlane cried during her walkout, and the 29 year old expects to […]
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Ilima-Lei MacFarlane believes UFC did Liz Carmouche ‘dirty’, willing to fight her for Bellator belt
Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is not happy about how the way the UFC released her friend and teammate Liz Carmouche. The two-time UFC title challenger Carmouche was released while she was in Washington D.C. doing promotional work for the company. The Bellator flyweight champ MacFarlane believes that just shows how scummy the UFC is to fighters. “Yeah, […]
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Bellator announces return to Hawaii featuring Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and A.J. McKee
Bellator MMA is headed back to Hawaii, and they’re bringing two of their bright young stars with them. KHON2 in Hawaii was first to report that Bellator will be returning to Hawaii on December 21st at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Oahu, Hawaii. The card will feature Bellator’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane who will […]
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Ilima-Lei MacFarlane joins Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus in new music video
Bellator flyweight champion Ilima Lei-MacFarlane is featured in the official music video for the new song Don’t Call Me Angel by pop stars Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey. In the video for this song, which will serve as the lead single on the soundtrack for the new Charlie’s Angels movie, MacFarlane can […]
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Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane claims Valentina Shevchenko is ‘100%’ beatable
While many believe that current UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko may be unbeatable at this point, Bellator women’s 125-pound champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane begs to differ. Shevchenko successfully defended her title against Liz Carmouche over the weekend in the main event of UFC Uruguay via unanimous decision in a fight that was never in question. […]
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The biggest winners from Bellator 220
Bellator 220, from the SAP Center in San Jose, California, is a wrap. With a whopping 18 fights on the night (including the usual Bellator post-lims) there were plenty of opportunities for fighters to make a statement. Let us take a deeper look and see what fighters showed out in Central Cali. Gaston Bolanos Is […]
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Bellator 220 results: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane slices Veta Arteaga to remain champion (Highlights)
The first of Bellator 220’s two title fights went down within the always fun flyweight division as the undefeated champ, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane took on the hungry challenger, Veta Arteaga. Arteaga pushes the action instantly but Macfarlane stops the forward momentum with a single leg attempt that takes them to the cage. Arteaga tries to land […]
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EXCLUSIVE | With a ‘Today is a good day to die’ mentality, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is well prepared for Bellator 220
Often times when fighters are undefeated, they can understandably be arrogant and perhaps overly confident. The same can be said for champions. So when mixing the two, it’s rare to see that zero stay a zero for all too long. However, despite being both undefeated and a champion, these descriptions wouldn’t be fitting for Bellator’s […]
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More reasons to watch Bellator 220
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) isn’t the only show streaming live Saturday night as Bellator 220 will go head to head with the MMA juggernaut. While Bellator has a habit of filling up the undercard with local fighters to help move ticket sales, that often times affects the quality of fights the fans get. There’s […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Ilima-Lei MacFarlane welcoming another title defense in her second home
There is no question the emotions were running high for Ilima-Lei MacFarlane’s last fight. MacFarlane got to defend her Bellator flyweight title at home in Hawaii where she defeated Valerie Letourneau in the third-round by submission. The win capped off an emotional fight week for MacFarlane. Now, she is set for yet another title defense […]
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VIDEO | Relive Ilima-Lei MacFarlane’s unforgettable walkout at Bellator Hawaii
Last night, Bellator MMA capped off an action-packed weekend in Hawaii with its second show in as many nights. In the main event of this second show, Hawaii’s own Ilima-Lei MacFarlane returned to the cage to defend her Bellator flyweight strap against former UFC strawweight title challenger Valerie Letourneau. As expected, the Hawaiian champ had […]
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Bellator 213 Results: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane submits Valerie Letourneau (VIDEO)
Hawaii’s Ilima-Lei Macfarlane put her Bellator women’s flyweight title on the line against Valerie Letourneau in tonight’s Bellator 213 main event in Honolulu. Macfarlane enters tonight’s main event sporting a perfect professional record of 8-0. The Hawaiian‘s most recent win came via submission over Alejandra Lara at Bellator 201 this past June in California. Meanwhile, […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Ilima-Lei MacFarlane discusses the pressure surrounding her upcoming title fight in Hawaii
Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is quickly emerging as one of Bellator’s biggest stars. The current women’s flyweight champion is set to defend her title for the second time against Valerie Letourneau on December 15. Not only is it a big fight for MacFarlane, but she will also be the main event. Being the main event is obviously […]
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September 17 officially proclaimed as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane day
Bellator has officially won the race to Hawaii as their first event in the aloha state will take place on December 15 for Bellator 210. There was only one choice for a headliner when it came to the event and that was Bellator’s biggest Hawaiian star and just one of their biggest stars in general, […]
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Report | Bellator MMA is headed to Hawaii with Ilima-Lei Macfarlane title fight
According to a report from Rob DeMello of KHON 2, Bellator MMA is headed to Hawaii. The promotion is expected to take over Honolulu’s Neal S. Blaisdell Center on December 15. The card will be headlined by a Bellator women’s flyweight title fight between Hawaiian champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and former UFC strawweight title challenger Valérie Létourneau. The […]
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Ilima MacFarlane wants to settle ‘sexual tension’ with Anastasia Yankova in the Bellator cage
Undefeated flyweight Ilima MacFarlane is looking to establish herself as one of the primary names under the Bellator MMA promotion. MacFarlane, who went viral with her destruction of her opponent in her professional MMA debut is now gunning to become Bellator’s first women’s flyweight champion. With no champion crowned in the division, MacFarlane spoke with […]