{"id":310930,"date":"2019-04-26T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310930"},"modified":"2019-04-26T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:40:53","slug":"exclusive-with-a-today-is-a-good-day-to-die-mentality-ilima-lei-macfarlane-is-well-prepared-for-bellator-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/exclusive-with-a-today-is-a-good-day-to-die-mentality-ilima-lei-macfarlane-is-well-prepared-for-bellator-220\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | With a &#8216;Today is a good day to die&#8217; mentality, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is well prepared for Bellator 220"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At Bellator 220, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane expects Veta Arteaga to be her most dangerous opponent to date\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xYXngaRUKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s rare to see that zero stay a zero for all too long. However, despite being both undefeated and a champion, these descriptions wouldn&#8217;t be fitting for Bellator&#8217;s first and only flyweight queen, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, like another undefeated champion in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-virna-jandiroba-grounded-champion-soaring-high-like-the-carcara\/\">Virna Jandiroba<\/a> who is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/virna-jandiroba-officially-ufc-bound-set-to-debut-at-ufc-fort-lauderdale\/\">also fighting this weekend<\/a>, Macfarlane manages to stay very grounded and humble on her journey although many others in her position wouldn&#8217;t be. And that she attributes to her realistic view of the MMA landscape after having seen others fall before her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a mindset that I have going in that I <em>accept<\/em> losing, I <em>accept<\/em> defeat because once I do that it actually takes a lot of the pressure off,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1xYXngaRUKU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Macfarlane told BJPenn.com (opens in a new tab)\">Macfarlane told BJPenn.com<\/a>. &#8220;When you&#8217;re like, &#8216;Alright, I could actually very well lose this. It&#8217;s just kind of a mindset I&#8217;ve adopted since the beginning and it&#8217;s kind of worked so far so it&#8217;s like, if it ain&#8217;t broke don&#8217;t fix it. It doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t enjoy winning or like I&#8217;m looking to lose, it just means that like if it happens, it happens. 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