CHICAGO – Kai Kamaka III got tossed into the deep end of the pool for his PFL debut Friday, but had a confidence boost thanks a family bond. Kamaka (13-5-1) outworked Bubba Jenkins (21-8) for a unanimous decision at the PFL’s third and final event of the first half of the 2024 regular season in Chicago. The win gave Kamaka 3 points in the featherweight standings . After the fight, Kamaka, a Bellator transfer from Hawaii who now has won four of his past five, said advice from his cousin, Ray Cooper III , helped ahead of his PFL debut. Cooper is a two-time $1 million PFL winner at welterweight. “I was kind of teary-eyed this morning,” Kamaka told MMA Junkie and other reporters after his win over Jenkins