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By all accounts, the bout will indeed go on. And Macfarlane will need to be at her best despite circumstances that have not been ideal. Velasquez, who is undefeated, is Macfarlane's toughest test to date. In fact, some sportsbooks have Velasquez as a slight favorite. Macfarlane acknowledges that this is the fight with the "highest possibility of me actually losing the belt."
"I think she is physically very strong and intimidating and she just smells blood," Macfarlane said. "She's a killer. I think she hits really hard, from what I've watched on tape."
Macfarlane (11-0) has been with Bellator for five years and she's the only women's 125-pound champion the promotion has ever known, capturing the belt in November 2017. The Hawai'i native has seven finishes in 10 Bellator wins. ESPN has Macfarlane ranked No. 2 in the world among female flyweights.