Marloes Coenen
Retires following title fight loss
Coenen lost to Julia Budd via TKO (punches) at 2:42 of Round 4 at Bellator 174 in Thackerville, Okla. on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Coenen announced her retirement following a fourth-round loss to Budd. Coenen tried to used her guard skill to catch Budd in a submission. In the first two rounds, she came close. However, she ended up getting tired and eventually faded. In the fourth round, Budd took the mount position and punches for the finish. Coenen has been fighting professionally since 2000. She has picked up signature victories over Roxanne Modafferi, Sarah Kaufman and Liz Carmouche. She held the Strikeforce bantamweight title and fought for the featherweight titles of Strikeforce, Invicta FC and Bellator.
Coenen announced her retirement following a fourth-round loss to Budd. Coenen tried to used her guard skill to catch Budd in a submission. In the first two rounds, she came close. However, she ended up getting tired and eventually faded. In the fourth round, Budd took the mount position and punches for the finish. Coenen has been fighting professionally since 2000. She has picked up signature victories over Roxanne Modafferi, Sarah Kaufman and Liz Carmouche. She held the Strikeforce bantamweight title and fought for the featherweight titles of Strikeforce, Invicta FC and Bellator.
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Coenen will face Alexis Dufresne at Bellator 155 instead of Julia Budd, who was forced out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury, Dave Doyle of SB Nation reports.
ANALYSIS
Coenen was originally scheduled for a Bellator featherweight title bout, but will now compete against Dufresne in a three-round, non-title fight due to Budd's injury. Coenen is a submission specialist, winning 17 of her 23 career wins by submission. Dusfresne has five wins and two losses to date, with all five of her wins coming in the first round of the fight. Coenen has the experience to win the fight, but will have to watch out for Dufresne's first round dominance.
Coenen was originally scheduled for a Bellator featherweight title bout, but will now compete against Dufresne in a three-round, non-title fight due to Budd's injury. Coenen is a submission specialist, winning 17 of her 23 career wins by submission. Dusfresne has five wins and two losses to date, with all five of her wins coming in the first round of the fight. Coenen has the experience to win the fight, but will have to watch out for Dufresne's first round dominance.
Marloes Coenen: Easily Earns Submission Win At Bellator 141
Coenen defeated Arlene Blencowe via submission (armbar) at 3:23 of Round 2 at Bellator 141 on Friday in Temecula, California.
ANALYSIS
It's hard to tell exactly what Bellator hoping to accomplish with Coenen. She wasn't even scheduled to be on the main card until an injury forced them to reshuffle the order of the bouts. The former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion is one of the better featherweights in the world, but there is no competition for her in Bellator. It doesn't make much sense for any notable female fighter to be fighting outside of the UFC or Invicta these days.
It's hard to tell exactly what Bellator hoping to accomplish with Coenen. She wasn't even scheduled to be on the main card until an injury forced them to reshuffle the order of the bouts. The former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion is one of the better featherweights in the world, but there is no competition for her in Bellator. It doesn't make much sense for any notable female fighter to be fighting outside of the UFC or Invicta these days.