Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has powerful walkout in Hawaii at Bellator 279 🌸🍍

Former champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane had a special walkout ahead of her return to action on Saturday at Bellator 279 in her native Hawaii.
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[@KHALABEEB]

If you cant beat Justine Kish who was cut from UFC, was on a 3 fight skid, who's unranked in a Set Up fight....as a former champ, and you're the number 1 ranked contender? Damn that looks bad for bellator 🤥

[@notstewie519]

Yeah that was a sad performance. Ex-champ and is the current #1 contender who just lost the belt her previously match gets dusted by an unknown 9-5 journey-woman on a 3 fight skid who was brought in as a tune up fight and to make Lema look good. I can't lie I was rooting for Kish though 😂

[@KHALABEEB]

@@notstewie519 Yo commentary was tryin hard to make excuses for her too🤣

[@emergencyexitonly3668]

All of that for nothing. Hopefully next time she'll just get to the ring and take care of business. Sad

[@donnydogpiss4533]

Oh my god, give her a break. Is it really so unreasonable that she would want to have a big walkout for her return after a long layoff where she was considering retirement? You make it sound like she planned on losing, lol. She had a long layoff, came back from surgery, and had a really flat night. It's not an easy sport to compete in and it happens every now and then - sometimes in humiliating fashion. Please try to have a little empathy and respect for these fighters and what they go through. She's still a human being and we don't know what kinds of shit she might have had going on behind the scenes in her life.

[@sbz88]

They tried to ease her back in with a can and she lost. Yikes. Laying an egg like that after doing all this is pretty embarrassing. The Bellator brass didn't see that coming lol.

[@fredettaboutit]

Eh Kish was competitive in the UFC so they could have picked a lesser Can then her. Either way neither of these two girls are good and this is just another example of how much of a joke womens mma still is in general

[@GHOST-dl3ve]

Just literally what the fuck on that intro 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@123downthecount5]

They giving a WWE wrestling vibe on that intro.. the pina colada’s is getting to her pineapple head

[@GHOST-dl3ve]

@@123downthecount5 🤣🤣😆

[@smoothshot8925]

How tf u gon have this walkout and still lose 😂

[@donnydogpiss4533]

Talk about disrespectfully kicking someone when they're down...yeesh...

[@slowery43]

maybe have someone who can speak and write in English help you post next time

[@XII.XXI.LXXXIV.]

Powerful Walkout and Weak Performance.

[@flipper184]

Maybe stick to doing the prefight show, seemed to be a crowd-pleaser. Dang all that and the floor, too.

[@raulmacias8407]

And BJ penn as new governor will be more awesome 💯👌

[@Jamesfrancosdog]

What the hell does BJ know about running a state? FFS 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@KHALABEEB]

@@Jamesfrancosdog if you get ko'd by a fat drunk guy at lava shack....you can run a State, apparently 🤣

[@bs1355]

@@Jamesfrancosdog Right. Let's elect someone who regularly gets in bar fights, has been accused of abusing his wife, and has a known drug problem. Not to mention CTE.

[@spacemandriver]

808 forever!!

[@sainttrunks1982]

Your Doin Too Much

[@naiksunilk]

Powerful..? R u sure.. crowd even not bothered when she entered.. they wr enjoying song & when she enteted, infact reaction like 'who is she..?' & till she reaches ring..

[@Erexos]

All that... just to lose 🤣

[@donnydogpiss4533]

Imagine having a bad night on a massive stage and having internet randos mocking and kicking you while you're down at your lowest point... That's some baby-brain juvenile shit right there.

[@nl-ds2ov]

Been following Ilima on her social media. She hadn't been seriously about fighting for a while!!! To much partying not enough training!!!!

[@Theemilioyap]

Though poor performance but that is due to long lay off and knee survey. Here is hoping to see her soon back at top form as champion.

[@EightOEight808]

🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@x_HuLiMaKaFLip_x]

Cheeeeeeeeeee ponoooooooo!

[@akevai2457]

She won after that?

[@Jamesfrancosdog]

Negative

[@docgun5019]

@@Jamesfrancosdog aladeen

[@sundaymorning4488]

Amateur fight that was. Both ladies looks like they don't belong and this is bellator for crying out loud

[@sayville_silver]

Right where they should be.

[@philjenkins1138]

Kish was obviously the stronger woman during first failed takedown attempt. That’s bad coaching. Her stand up was good enough to win

[@o.g.budnlean3873]

All this just to get beat? Epic L.

[@itsurboy9032]

Got your ass handed to you 🤣. Should've put all that time into your intro into training

[@mahinacobian4827]

Chicken skin!!