by Tonight, at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., the flyweight title is on the line as Veta Arteaga challenges Ilima-Leo Macfarlane.
🍍👊The champ is here! @Ilimanator makes her walk to the cage in typical and extravagant fashion. pic.twitter.com/7quLTaZVMF
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Behold, your tale of the tape for @Ms_Veta vs. @Ilimanator at #Bellator220, exclusively on @DAZN_USA.@SkySports in the 🇬🇧. pic.twitter.com/VYlZZokyYQ
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Nicely done by the champ! @Ilimanator with the takedown in round one!#Bellator220 pic.twitter.com/1rPNd78VDn
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Catch the FULL FIRST ROUND between the champ – @Ilimanator and the challenger – @Ms_Veta at #Bellator220. pic.twitter.com/LTQfArg26o
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Straight war! #Bellator220
— LUCKY_LEE (@KING_LEE212) April 28, 2019
Holy smokes. Veta Arteaga is sporting a gruesome crimson mask courtesy of a vicious Macfarlane cut over in Bellator.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 28, 2019
Big elbow from the champ, @Ilimanator in round two. 💪💥 pic.twitter.com/sTAlCSajzk
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Ilima-lei Macfarlane retains her Bellator flyweight title via doctor stoppage after she cut Veta Arteaga with a brutal elbow. Arteaga fought her tough.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 28, 2019
Pic of the cut. It was gushing. https://t.co/K66x8oWpE5
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 28, 2019
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane split open Veta Arteaga's forehead. Wins by cut stoppage. pic.twitter.com/lnwqM4EILf
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 28, 2019
🍍💪@Ilimanator's elbow finishes the fight tonight and she remains the flyweight women's world champ.#Bellator220 #AndStill pic.twitter.com/QdO2DRGTEI
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) April 28, 2019
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane def. Veta Arteaga via round three TKO (cut; doctors stoppage).
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That was brutal, but Veta did much better than I expected. Hope Ilima Lei grants her a rematch once Veta is heeled up.
Have since heard that Ilima Lei does want to give her a rematch. She’d better come in better prepared next time as, up until the cut, this one was too close for comfort.
yeah, there’s gotta be somebody else who’s a better choice right now for her next opponent. I would hope, even if it was closer than some thought it would be. The elbows and the cut say otherwise !
I’d love to see Ilima Lei go against Bullet Valentina. Of course for that to happen under the current set-up, she’d have to give up her Bellator title and join the UFC.
Me too. Ilima’s never going to get the respect she feels she deserves by staying in Bellator fighting people like Arteaga.