Canadian MMA fighter Valerie Letourneau goes after Bellator title in Hawaii
Canadian MMA fighter Valerie (Trouble) Letourneau went halfway around the world last time she fought for a title.
While she only had to go to Hawaii this time, she will find herself on hostile ground Saturday night when she faces Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane, a local, at Honolulu’s Neal S. Blaisdell Center.
The 35-year-old from Montreal isn’t fazed. Like most Canadians, she savours a winter trip to the islands.
“I cannot complain about this place. How can ask for a better place to fight than Hawaii?” she said with a laugh. “It’s a dream place to go … Also I think she deserves to fight in her place. She’s been promoting (Hawaii) in every fight.