Marion Reneau was born on June 20,1977 and is an American retired professional mixed martial artist who competed as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
25 Facts About Marion Reneau
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Marion Reneau faced Alexis Dufresne on January 3,2015, at UFC 182.
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Marion Reneau faced Jessica Andrade on February 22,2015, at UFC Fight Night 61 in Brazil.
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Marion Reneau won the fight via first round submission, earning a Performance of the Night bonus.
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Marion Reneau faced Holly Holm on July 15,2015, at UFC Fight Night 71.
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Marion Reneau faced Ashlee Evans-Smith on February 21,2016, at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy.
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Marion Reneau lost the fight by a close split decision.
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Marion Reneau planned to appeal the decision with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission.
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Marion Reneau faced Milana Dudieva on November 19,2016, at UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Marion Reneau won the bout by TKO in the third round.
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Marion Reneau then faced Bethe Correia on March 11,2017, at UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Gastelum.
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The back-and-forth fight saw strong moments from both women, 2 of the 3 Judges gave the first two rounds to Correia and gave the third round to Marion Reneau ultimately causing the fight to end in a majority draw.
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Marion Reneau was expected to face former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie on September 2,2017, at UFC Fight Night: Struve vs Volkov De Randamie pulled out of the fight on August 25 citing injury and was replaced by Talita Bernardo Marion Reneau won the fight via TKO in the closing seconds of the third round.
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Marion Reneau was scheduled to face former Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Medeiros on February 18,2018.
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However, on January 9,2018, it was announced that Evinger was forced to pull out from the fight due to injury, resulting Marion Reneau being pulled from the event and rescheduled to face Sara McMann on February 24,2018, at UFC on Fox 28.
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Marion Reneau faced Cat Zingano at UFC Fight Night 133 on July 14,2018.
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Marion Reneau faced Yana Kunitskaya on March 9,2019, at UFC Fight Night 146.
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Marion Reneau was scheduled to face Irene Aldana on September 21,2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 17.
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Marion Reneau was scheduled to face Ketlen Vieira on May 9,2020, at UFC 250.
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However, Marion Reneau was pull from the bout, citing undisloced injury and she was replaced by Sijara Eubanks.
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However, during the week leading up to the fight, Marion Reneau was pulled from the card after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Marion Reneau faced former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate on July 17,2021, at UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs Moises, losing by TKO in the third round.
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Marion Reneau had announced her retirement before the bout, and confirmed as such after the fight.
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Marion Reneau began training for the Olympics after college, however she was injured during a meet and later she became pregnant with her son and stopped her track career.
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Marion Reneau has recently resigned as a physical education teacher at Farmersville High School where she taught for 17 years.