It was no secret that, after successfully defending her Bellator title for the first time, women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane wanted a chance to perform in her native Hawaii . On Wednesday, Macfarlane’s wish officially came true . She’ll compete Dec. 15 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, in what will be not only Bellator’s first trip to Hawaii – but also the first time a major MMA promotion has landed there since 2008. Just how big a deal this is, that’s not lost on Macfarlane (8-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), who’ll get to headline the card against Valerie Letourneau (10-6 MMA, 2-0 BMMA).
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