Ilima-Lei Macfarlane wants good friend and training partner Liz Carmouche to sign with Bellator, and she’s more than open to meeting her in a championship bout. Not only would Macfarlane (10-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) be down to put her Bellator flyweight title on the line against Carmouche (13-7 MMA), but she wouldn’t be mad if she ended up dropping it and suffering the first loss of her career in that fight. “I want her to come to Bellator,” Macfarlane told MMA Junkie on Tuesday. “I want to lose the belt to her. I’m not overlooking (my next fight against) Kate Jackson at all or any of these other girls, but my dream would be to lose the belt to Liz.” Carmouche, the former two time UFC title challenger, had her nearly seven-year tenure with the organization come to an unceremonious end this past week. Carmouche was informed of her UFC release while doing promotional activities at UFC on ESPN 7 in Washington, and spoke to MMA Junkie first following the news.
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