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COVID-19 pandemic canceled Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane’s wedding

Bellator strawweight champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane planned an April Fool’s joke that wasn’t really a joke. Then COVID-19 came along and ruined the setup.

Macfarlane and her fiance, Jason Tupuola-Aiono, were going to get married in Jamaica on April 1, a day with all the significance of a national holiday for the Bellator champ.

Born on April 2, Macfarlane’s birthday celebrations were one long string of pranks. One of the most important days of her life was nothing short of the perfect opportunity.

”So people didn’t know whether if it was serious or not,” Macfarlane explained Monday on the A-Side.