Coenen is currently the #4-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and is ranked in the top two at both 135 and 145 pounds according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.
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.
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.
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. She defeated Modafferi by armbar submission in the first round.
Coenen challenged for Santos's title at Strikeforce: Miami on January 30, 2010. She lost the fight by TKO in the third round.
Coenen expressed a desire to fight again for Strikeforce on June 26, 2010, but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed that Coenen would not be competing on the card.
Coenen was invited to take part in the August 2010 Strikeforce women's tournament at 135 pounds and verbally agreed to participate. However, on July 10, 2010, it was confirmed that she was no longer scheduled to be part of the tournament.
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.
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. On August 19, 2010, it was reported that the rematch was off.
Coenen faced Sarah Kaufman for the Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship on October 9, 2010 in San Jose, California. Coenen won the fight by submission due to an armbar in the third round to become Women's Welterweight Champion (135 lbs).
She was also scheduled to compete one week later at Ultimate Glory 12 on October 16, 2010 in Amsterdam, Holland against Lena Buytendijk. However, it was announced during the event that the fight had been cancelled.
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Born : Marloes Coenen
March 31, 1981 (1981-03-31)
Olst, Netherlands
Nationality : Dutch
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight : 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Style: Submission Grappling (Dutch Style)
Fighting out of : Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team : Golden Glory
