Ilima-Lei MacFarlane lives and breathes Hawaii, and she is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her brothers and sisters protesting the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
“Yesterday was day 150 that the protesters have been up there,” she told Bloody Elbow ahead of her headlining bout at Bellator 236. “I’ve made two trips to the big island since day one and I’m going to go up again after my fight. I’m still very passionate about it. In fact, my walkout is going to be dedicated to what’s happening up on the the Mauna.