Kai Kamaka III Eyes Lasting Impact

Kai Kamaka III wants to build bridges from one generation to the next.

The 29-year-old Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator MMA veteran will pursue a second Professional Fighters League win in a little more than two months—and perhaps nail down a playoff berth at 145 pounds—when he toes the line against Pedro Carvalho in a PFL 6 featherweight prelim this Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Personal stakes aside, Kamaka hopes to maximize the platform he has been afforded and motivate future torchbearers for Hawaiian MMA.

“I would like to inspire the next big up-and-comer from Hawaii to make a splash in the MMA scene,” he told Sherdog.com. “If I could inspire a…