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Bellator MMA fighters

By Cindy Ellen Russell

Dec. 13, 2018

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Video by Billy Hull / bhull@staradvertiser.com
Punahou graduate Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will headline Bellator's first mixed martial arts show in Hawaii on Saturday, Dec. 15. Macfarlane is the undefeated flyweight champion defending her title against Valerie Letourneau.
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Detail of the Bellator MMA belt on display at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (L) will be defending her Bellator flyweight champion title against Valerie Letourneau on Saturday. Macfarlane and Letourneau are pictured facing off during press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Holding the belt is Bellator MMA president Scott Coker.
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Kona Oliveira (L) and Nainoa Dung have a tension filled face-off at the Bellator 213 press conference the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Oliveira and Dung will fight in the Bellator 213 being held at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Saturday.
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Lyoto Machida and Rafael Carvalho pose at the Bellator 213 press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Machida and Carvalho will fight in the Bellator 213 at the Neal S. Blaisdell on Saturday.
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Brysen Bolahao, from Waianae, HI, and Robson Gracie, from New York, NY embrace after weighing-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. The two will fight in the Bellator 212 at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Tywan Claxton (L), from Cleveland, OH, and Kaeo Meyer, from Hilo, HI, pose after the weigh-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Claxton and Meyer will fight in the Bellator 212 at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Edward Thommes, from Waipio, and Toby Misech, from Ewa Beach, pose after their weigh-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Thommes and Misech will fight Friday at the Bellator 212 being held at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena.
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Paul Lopes, from Honolulu, HI, and Nick Badis, from San Diego, CA, face-off after the Bellator MMA weigh-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Lopes and Badis will fight in the Bellator 212 at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Derek "The Stallion" Campos, from Lubbock, TX, and Sam Sicilia, from Spokane, WA, pose after the Bellator MMA weigh-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Campos and Sicilia will fight in the Bellator 212 at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Alejandra "Azul" Lara, from Medellin, Colombia, and Juliana Velasquez, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pose after weigh-ins for the Bellator 212 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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"Iron Michael" Chandler from Nashville, TN goes to weigh-in for Bellator MMA 212 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Chandler will fight Brent Primus in a rematch for the Bellator title at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Brent Primus (L) and "Iron Michael" Chandler pose at the Bellator MMA weigh-in at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Primus will fight Chandler in a rematch to defend his title at the Bellator 212 being held at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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Scott Coker, Bellator MMA president, led a press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will be defending her Bellator flyweight champion title against Valerie Letourneau on Saturday. Macfarlane is pictured before a press conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will be defending her Bellator flyweight champion title against Valerie Letourneau on Saturday. Macfarlane is pictured during press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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Kona Oliveira broke into laughter at the Bellator 213 press conference the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Oliveira will fight Nainoa Dung at the Bellator 213 being held at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Saturday.
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Valerie Letourneau will be fighting Ilima-lei Macfarlane for the Bellator 213 title. Letourneau is pictured at a press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday.
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Nainoa Dung spoke at the Bellator 213 press conference the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Dung will fight Kona Oliveira at the Bellator 213 being held at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Saturday.
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Rafael Carvalho listened to his interpreter during the Bellator 213 press conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Carvalho will fight Lyoto Machida in the Bellator 213 at the Neal S. Blaisdell on Saturday.
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"Iron Michael" Chandler from Nashville, TN speaks to the media after a weigh-in for Bellator MMA 212 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Thursday. Chandler will fight Brent Primus in a rematch for the Bellator title at the Neal S. Blaisdell arena on Friday.
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