Women's flyweight prospect Ilima MacFarlane faces Amber Tackett at Bellator 148

Bellator's first event of the New Year is getting a women's bout.
Prospect Ilima MacFarlane will meet Amber Tackett in the featured prelim of Bellator 148 on Jan. 29 in Fresno, Calif., sources told MMA Fighting. UFC officials confirmed the bout Tuesday night.
MacFarlane (2-0) was one of the principles in a fight that spurred a California state investigation last year. The San Diego resident viciously knocked out Katie Castro, an opponent who seemed unfit to fight, in a bout for controversial, un