Tate Injured; Coenen Defends Against Carmouche March 5 in Columbus
Mike Whitman Feb 23, 2011
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Carmouche (top) will now challenge Marloes Coenen on March 5. |
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Miesha Tate has suffered a knee injury in training and has withdrawn from her scheduled March 5 title bid against Strikeforce 135-pound women's champion Marloes Coenen.
Coenen will instead make her first title defense against two-time Strikeforce veteran Liz Carmouche at Strikeforce “Henderson vs. Feijao,” which goes down from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio and airs on Showtime.
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Also scheduled for the show is a middleweight attraction between former Strikeforce title challenger Tim Kennedy and hard-hitting Dutchman Melvin Manhoef, and a lightweight affair between Jorge Masvidal and Billy Evangelista.
Coenen comes in off of her title-winning performance last October, where she submitted champ Sarah Kaufman with a third-round armbar. Prior to that victory, the Golden standout was defeated in another championship endeavor, as the game but overmatched Coenen was stopped by Strikeforce's 145-pound titleholder Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos the previous January.
A 10-year veteran of the sport, the 29-year-old submission specialist has tapped out 13 of her 18 career victims.
A member of Team Hurricane Awesome and a former U.S. Marine, Carmouche is undefeated in her nascent MMA career at 5-0 after beginning her career just nine months ago.
After earning a unanimous decision over Colleen Schneider at Strikeforce Challengers 10 in August, “Girl-rilla” finished her next two foes, including Jan Finney in the Strikeforce cage in November.
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