(Editor’s note: This story published in Friday’s print edition of USA TODAY.) HONOLULU – There are times when one of the most popular fighters on the Bellator roster forgets she’s a champion. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has been Bellator’s women’s flyweight titleholder a little more than two years now. On Saturday, Macfarlane seeks her fourth title defense when she headlines Bellator 236 in the city where she grew up against British challenger Kate Jackson
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane starting to embrace life as one of Bellator’s most popular champs – MMA Junkie