Champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane seems perfectly content fighting for Bellator. Macfarlane (8-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), the organization’s reigning women’s flyweight champion, recently headlined Bellator 201 and scored a third-round submission victory over Alejandra Lara (7-2 MMA, 1-1 BMMA). Following the bout, which aired on Paramount from Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., the 28-year-old fighter admitted she geeked out seeing former UFC champ and fellow Hawaiian B.J. Penn.
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Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane: ‘Why would I go to the UFC?’ – MMA Junkie