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Marloes Coenen
BornMarloes Coenen
(1981-03-31) March 31, 1981 (age 43)
Olst, Netherlands
Other namesFemale Rickson
Rumina
NationalityDutch
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
StyleSubmission Grappling (Dutch Style), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Shooto
Fighting out ofAmsterdam, Netherlands
TeamGolden Glory
Years active10 (2000-present)
Mixed martial arts record
Total23
Wins19
By knockout3
By submission14
Losses4
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Marloes Coenen (born March 31, 1981) is a Dutch mixed martial artist. She has competed professionally since 2000 and became Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Champion on October 9, 2010.

Coenen is currently the #4-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com[1] and the #1-ranked 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.[2][3]

Early life

Coenen's brothers and grandfather were both involved with martial arts, with the latter having taken jiu-jitsu twenty years earlier, and this aided Coenen with her own transition into the sport.

She began training with Martijn de Jong at Shooto Holland while only 14, who recalls that, "I really had respect for that, because it didn't matter if it rained or snowed. She still kept on coming."

Along with her competitive career, Coenen is planning to study Communications Sciences in Amsterdam with a goal of future employment in that sector.

Mixed martial arts career

Coenen debuted in mixed martial arts in November 2000 and scored eight consecutive victories, winning the 2000 ReMix World Cup along the way.

Prior to a 2004 fight with Erin Toughill, Coenen was alleged to have referred to Toughill as the "personification of arrogance." However, she later confirmed that no such statements were made, and has mostly positive things to say about Toughill.[4]

She later advanced to the finals of the 2007 K-GRACE tournament, but lost to Roxanne Modafferi by split decision.[5]

Coenen signed a contract with Elite XC shortly before the promotion folded in 2008,[6] but did not receive a chance to compete before its closure.

Strikeforce

Following Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg on August 15, 2009, it was announced that Coenen would likely be the first challenger for new Strikeforce Women's Middleweight (145-Pound) Champion Cristiane Santos.

Coenen, who was in attendance at the post-fight press conference, later addressed the proposed fight with Santos and other potential fights under the Strikeforce banner.[4]

However, Santos suffered an injury and Coenen was then set to compete in a rematch with Toughill at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers to determine the first title challenger.[7][8]

On October 27, 2009, Toughill withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed medical condition, but Coenen still competed on the card in a rematch against Roxanne Modafferi.[9][10] She defeated Modafferi by armbar submission in the first round.[11]

Coenen challenged for Santos's title at Strikeforce: Miami on January 30, 2010.[12] She lost the fight by TKO in the third round.[13]

Coenen expressed a desire to fight again for Strikeforce on June 26, 2010,[14] but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed that Coenen would not be competing on the card.[15]

Coenen was invited to take part in the August 2010 Strikeforce women's tournament at 135 pounds[16] and verbally agreed to participate.[17] However, on July 10, 2010, it was confirmed that she was no longer scheduled to be part of the tournament.[18]

On July 22, 2010, Strikeforce announced that Coenen will drop down to 135 pounds to face Sarah Kaufman for the Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship. Coenen was named the number one contender for the title, while the winner of the Strikeforce 135-pound one-night tournament, Miesha Tate, will assume the number two contender spot behind Coenen.[19]

She will continue to compete at 145 pounds as well and Strikeforce had planned to set up a rematch between Coenen and Cindy Dandois sometime in 2010.[20] On August 19, 2010, it was reported that the rematch was off.[21]

Coenen faced Sarah Kaufman for the Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship on October 9, 2010 in San Jose, California.[22] Coenen won the fight by submission due to an armbar in the third round to become Women's Welterweight Champion (135 lbs).[23]

She was also scheduled to compete one week later at Ultimate Glory 12 on October 16, 2010 in Amsterdam, Holland against Lena Buytendijk.[24][25] However, it was announced during the event that the fight had been cancelled.[26]

Coenen was scheduled to defend her Strikeforce title against Miesha Tate at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson on March 5, 2011. Tate was forced off the card due to injury. Liz Carmouche has stepped in to face Coenen for the title.[27] Coenen defeated Carmouche via triangle choke in the fourth round.[28]

Mixed Martial Arts record

Professional record breakdown
23 matches 19 wins 4 losses
By knockout 3 2
By submission 14 0
By decision 2 2
Result Record Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 19-4 United States Liz Carmouche Submission (Triangle Choke) Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson 3/5/2011 4 1:29 United States Columbus, Ohio Defended Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship
Win 18-4 Canada Sarah Kaufman Submission (Armbar) Strikeforce: San Jose 10/9/2010 3 1:59 United States San Jose, California Won Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship
Loss 17-4 Brazil Cristiane Santos TKO (Punches) Strikeforce: Miami 1/30/2010 3 3:40 United States Sunrise, Florida For Strikeforce Women's Middleweight Championship
Win 17-3 United States Roxanne Modafferi Submission (Armbar) Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers 11/07/2009 1 1:05 United States Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Loss 16-3 Belgium Cindy Dandois Decision (Unanimous) BOTE - Beast of the East 1/24/2009 3 5:00 Netherlands Zutphen, Holland
Win 16-2 France Asci Kubra TKO (Punches) KOE - Tough Is Not Enough 10/5/2008 1 1:51 Netherlands Rotterdam, Holland
Win 15-2 France Romy Ruyssen Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) SLV 3 - Thaibox Gala Night 08/2/2008 2 4:45 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland
Win 14-2 France Asci Kubra Submission (Armbar) BOTE - Beast of the East 05/31/2008 1 N/A Netherlands Zutphen, Holland
Loss 13-2 United States Roxanne Modafferi Decision (Split) K - GRACE 1 05/27/2007 2 3:00 Japan Tokyo, Japan K-GRACE Tournament Final
Win 13-1 Poland Magdalena Jarecka Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) K - GRACE 1 05/27/2007 2 1:35 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 12-1 Japan Keiko Tamai Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) K - GRACE 1 05/27/2007 1 2:01 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 11-1 Belgium Majanka Lathouwers Submission (Armbar) Shooto Holland - Ultimate Glory 2 01/21/2007 2 3:10 Netherlands Utrecht, Holland
Win 10-1 Japan Yoko Takahashi Submission (Armbar) G-Shooto - G-Shooto 04 03/11/2006 1 0:39 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 9-1 Japan Yuuki Kondo KO (Punch) Smackgirl - Cool Fighter's Last Stand 04/30/2005 2 0:50 Japan Shizuoka, Japan
Loss 8-1 United States Erin Toughill KO (Punch) Smackgirl - World ReMix 2004 12/19/2004 1 5:00 Japan Shizuoka, Japan
Win 8-0 Japan Yoko Takahashi TKO (Punches) Smackgirl - World ReMix 2004 12/19/2004 1 2:30 Japan Shizuoka, Japan
Win 7-0 Japan Miwako Ishihara Decision (Majority) Shooto - Wanna Shooto 2002 04/14/2002 2 5:00 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 6-0 Japan Megumi Yabushita Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Jd' - No Holds Barred 01/13/2002 1 2:27 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 5-0 Japan Yoko Takahashi Submission (Armbar) ReMix - Golden Gate 2001 05/3/2001 1 1:11 Japan Japan
Win 4-0 Japan Megumi Yabushita Decision (Unanimous) ReMix - World Cup 2000 12/5/2000 3 5:00 Japan Nippon Budokan, Japan Won 2000 ReMix World Cup
Win 3-0 United States Becky Levi Submission
(Flying Armbar) 		ReMix - World Cup 2000 12/5/2000 1 1:25 Japan Nippon Budokan, Japan
Win 2-0 Japan Mika Harigai Submission
(Rear-Naked Choke) 		ReMix - World Cup 2000 12/5/2000 1 0:31 Japan Nippon Budokan, Japan
Win 1-0 Japan Yuuki Kondo Submission (Armbar) LLPW - L-1 2000: The Strongest Lady 11/22/2000 1 2:37 Japan Tokyo, Japan

Championships

  • Dutch Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion
  • 2000 ReMix World Cup Champion
  • Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Champion (October 9, 2010)
  • 2007 ADCC Bronze - Women's Under 67KG

References

  1. ^ "Women's MMA Pound-For-Pound Rankings". MMARising.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "Unified Women's Mixed Martial Arts Rankings". MMARising.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "Unified Women's Rankings". FighterGirls.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Video Interview With Marloes Coenen". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  5. ^ "Modafferi Wins Big in K-Grace". Sherdog.com. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  6. ^ "EliteXC Signs Three Female Talents". TheFightNetwork.com. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  7. ^ "Toughill vs Coenen For Strikeforce On CBS". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  8. ^ "Coenen vs Toughill 2 Set For November 7th". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  9. ^ "Erin Toughill Out Of Fight With Marloes Coenen". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  10. ^ "Modafferi To Rematch Coenen In Strikeforce". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  11. ^ "'Fedor vs. Rogers' Results and Live Play-by-Play". Sherdog.com. 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  12. ^ "Cyborg vs Coenen In January". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  13. ^ "'Cyborg' Santos dominates Coenen to keep belt". YAHOO! Sports. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  14. ^ "Five Questions with Marloes "Rumina" Coenen". LowKick.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  15. ^ "Scott Coker: Women's Title Fights, Tournament". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  16. ^ "Coenen Likely For Strikeforce Women's Tournament". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  17. ^ "Strikeforce Women's Tournament Participants". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  18. ^ "Lineup Set For Strikeforce Women's Tournament". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  19. ^ "Strikeforce 135-pound tourney official; Marloes Coenen named No. 1 contender". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  20. ^ "Update: Coenen To Compete At Both 135 & 145". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  21. ^ "Dandois Rematch Off, Coenen Fights October 16th". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  22. ^ "Kaufman vs. Coenen, Lindland vs. Rockhold set for Oct. 9 Strikeforce; Diaz also likely". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  23. ^ "Strikeforce Live Blog: Sarah Kaufman vs. Marloes Coenen Updates". MMAFighting.com. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  24. ^ "Golden Glory: Marloes Coenen Will Fight At Glory 12". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  25. ^ "Marloes Coenen vs Lena Buytendijk Set For Glory 12". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  26. ^ "Marloes Coenen vs Lena Buytendijk Off Glory 12". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  27. ^ "Tate Injured; Coenen Defends Against Carmouche". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  28. ^ http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/05/champ-comes-back-marloes-coenen-submits-liz-carmouche/

See also

Preceded by 2nd Women's Welterweight Championship
October 9, 2010 - present 		Current holder

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