33 Facts About Marloes Coenen

Marloes Coenen was born on March 31,1981 and is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist.

Marloes Coenen competed professionally from 2000 to 2017 and is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.

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

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

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

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

On October 27,2009, Toughill withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed medical condition, but Marloes Coenen still competed on the card in a rematch against Roxanne Modafferi.

Marloes Coenen defeated Modafferi by armbar submission in the first round.

Marloes Coenen challenged for Cyborg's title at Strikeforce: Miami on January 30,2010.

Marloes Coenen lost the fight by TKO in the third round.

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

Marloes Coenen was invited to take part in the August 2010 Strikeforce women's tournament at 135 pounds and verbally agreed to participate.

Marloes 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 Marloes Coenen.

Marloes Coenen 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.

Marloes Coenen faced Sarah Kaufman for the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship on October 9,2010 in San Jose, California.

Marloes Coenen won the fight by submission due to an armbar in the third round to become Women's Bantamweight Champion.

Marloes Coenen was scheduled to compete one week later at Ultimate Glory 12 on October 16,2010 in Amsterdam, Holland against Lena Buytendijk.

Marloes Coenen was scheduled to defend her Strikeforce title against Miesha Tate at Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson on March 5,2011.

Marloes Coenen defeated Carmouche via triangle choke in the fourth round.

Marloes Coenen defended her title against Miesha Tate at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on July 30,2011 and lost via submission due to an arm-triangle choke in the fourth round.

However, Marloes Coenen remained under a verbal agreement with the promotion only and did not in fact sign a contract.

Marloes Coenen instead signed on as the first contracted athlete to Invicta Fighting Championships.

Marloes Coenen returned to 145 pounds to headline the first all-female Invicta Fighting Championships card against Romy Ruyssen on April 28,2012 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Marloes Coenen faced Fiona Muxlow at Dream 18 on December 31,2012.

Marloes Coenen defeated Muxlow by armbar submission in the first round.

Marloes Coenen faced Cris Cyborg in a rematch for the inaugural Invicta FC Featherweight Championship at Invicta FC 6: Marloes Coenen vs Cyborg on July 13,2013.

Marloes Coenen made her debut against Annalisa Bucci on October 24,2014 at Bellator 130.

Marloes Coenen won the fight via submission in the third round.

Marloes Coenen was set to face Julia Budd for the inaugural Bellator Woman's Featherweight Championship at Bellator 155, however Budd pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Alexis Dufresne, making the bout no longer for the title.

Marloes Coenen lost the bout via submission in the first round.

Marloes Coenen was scheduled to face Talita Nogueira at Bellator 163 but the bout was cancelled the day before the event when Talita failed to make weight.

Marloes Coenen faced Julia Budd for Bellator's inaugural women's featherweight championship, at Bellator 174 on March 3,2017.

Marloes Coenen lost the fight via TKO in the fourth round and subsequently announced her retirement from MMA after the fight.