Marloes Coenen is coming for Ronda Rousey after win at inaugural Invicta FC
Posted on April 29, 2012, 08:25 PM by Mike DrahotaRight after she claimed a dominant victory in the very first Invicta FC, Marloes Coenen wasted no time in calling out Strikeforce Women's champion Ronda Rousey, who owns the belt that Coenen once possessed. After putting on a ground-game clinic by utilizing short elbows and beating Romy Ruyssen handily, Coenen looks to be back on her winning ways. She had not fought since she lost a title bout to Miesha Tate in July of 2011. Coenen had the following to say, via mixedmartialarts.com:
"It was a long hiatus since my last fight. I'm not too happy with my performance, but I promise you, next time I will do better. Ronda, I'm coming for you.”
Coenen's strong words towards Rousey add some much-needed suspense to the Women's MMA arena on an evening where the first-ever all-female card debuted. While the male side of MMA has many faces to feature, vocal fighters like Coenen could work wonders for the female side of the sport. Rousey, an undefeated judo whiz who has looked nigh-unstoppable in running over each opponent, sits atop the Strikeforce bantamweight division.
A Coenen-Rousey battle could be a great step towards more popularity for WMMA, with two recognizable fighters possessing legitimate skills going head-to-head. However, there are many roadblocks to this bout being made, such as the much-publicized issue of Coenen's release from the Zuffa umbrella last summer. She would have to someway make it back to the good graces of Zuffa to fight Rousey, who is most likely not going anywhere else soon. Coenen sits at an impressive 20-5 in her career, does she have what it takes to beat the champion Ronda Rousey?
Further Reading: Marloes Coenen talks Alistair Overeem and Golden Glory
Comments
The trend is that you call out Rousey, she breaks your arm..then again if you don't she does the same, but if you...no that is the same result.
hahahha ! I wonder if she will be able to break cyborg's arm
i wouldnt be surprised after all this time if we found out that cyborg is actually big foot silva in a wig
Thats the fight I want to see. Cyborg is probably the only woman that can be a challenge to Rousey.
Coenen will get taken down too easy and if she tries a triangle or arm bar from the bottom Rousey will just slam her. Her only chance is on the feet and i've never seen her KO anyone.
Yikes!!!
Careful about coming out guns a blazing Marloes; Ronda has a way of "disarming" you.
I saw an interview from the InvictaFC event where Miesha Tate finally admitted the damage done to her elbow. No details but she said all the ligaments were separated from the bone.
i guess if your going to call out Rousey, you had better clear your schedule for the rehab time if you lose
If Tate managed to sub Coenen form the top position I reckon Ronda could do it but with a lot less trouble.
Tate used an arm triangle which is a wrestling submission.
Rousey gets armbars because of the years of perfecting that technique in Judo. I've never seen her use one but she has only been training mma for a year or so. She is definitely strong and agile enough to use an arm triangle from the top.
...or you could tap before all the ligaments separate from the bone
I'll say this about Tait. She's tough. She got up after that and stood for the judgement and looked calm and cool. Props to her for toughness.
Too bad for Marloes Coenen.
I may be the only guy that actually thinks Coenen is a good opponent for Rousey. Coenen ws sloppy and over confident with Meisha and was caught because of it but she was dominating until that point. I think Coenen has a better chance than Tate but I still feel Rousey will win. But for me it's 60-40.
To add to that, Coenen is a much better fighter all around but Rouseys one area of greatness is on another level.