Marloes Coenen

Marloes Coenen, the “Female Rickson”, is a Dutch submission specialist who was one of the first stars of women’s MMA, fighting in Japan from 2000. She won the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title from Sarah Kaufman in 2010 and defended it against Liz Carmouche.

She lost the title to Miesha Tate in 2011, then challenged Cris Cyborg in Invicta FC and Julia Budd for the inaugural Bellator women’s featherweight title. CagePotato covered her Strikeforce title reign.

Marloes Coenen fact file
Full nameMarloes Coenen
NicknameFemale Rickson / Rumina
Date of birth
Place of birthOlst, Netherlands
Organisations fought in
  • Strikeforce
  • Bellator
  • Invicta FC
  • Shooto
  • DREAM
Accolades
  • Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion (one title defence)
  • 2000 ReMix World Cup Openweight winner

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