Despite Ilima-Lei Macfarlane ’s prior dominance as Bellator flyweight champion, promotion president Scott Coker doesn’t think her next fight will be for the title. Macfarlane (11-1 MMA, 10-1 BMMA), who successfully defended her title four times, experienced her first career blemish when she was dethroned by Juliana Velasquez in a unanimous decision loss earlier this month at Bellator 254. Macfarlane is one of the promotion’s most popular fighters, but Coker would rather see both women move in different directions in an attempt to hype up a potential rematch even more. “If Ilima wants to do it, sure we’ll consider it, but I’m not sure it’s something that’ll happen right away,” Coker told MMA Junkie . “That’s something that I think we should build up then promote it back, and maybe we take that back to Hawaii sometime before the end of the year
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