MARLOES COENEN RECEIVES NEW OPPONENT AHEAD OF ‘BELLATOR 155’ — ALEXIS DUFRESNE REPLACES JULIA BUDD

Santa Monica, Calif. (Ka 10, 2016) – Due to injury, Julia Budd (8-2) has been forced to withdraw from her inaugural Bellator MMA Women’s Featherweight Championship Bout against Marloes Coenen (23-6). N'ihi ya, Alexis Dufresne (5-2) will take her place and challenge Coenen during the featured preliminary contest of "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " na CenturyLink Arena na Boise, Idaho, na Ka 20.

The fight joins a card that already features a colossal Middleweight World Championship main event, na nke Rafael Carvalho (12-1) ọnọ belt megide na-acha ọkụ Melvin "Ọ dịghị Ebere" Manhoef (30-12-1). Na mgbakwunye, former Bellator MMA featherweight titlist Pat Curran (21-7) ga-alaghachi edinam maka oge mbụ ebe June, mgbe chere ya ihu resilient Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1) na na kaadị si ngalaba-isi ihe omume. The last two men to challenge for Will Brooks’ lightweight title, Marcin N'ịbụ (21-4) na Dave Jansen (20-3) ga-ke edinam. Rounding out the televised portion of the event will be two heavyweight fights, mgbe ole Dan Charles (10-3) osobo Augusto Sakai (9-0) na Life Beltran (17-12) na-ewe ke Chase Gormley (12-5).

Tiketi maka "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " na-amalite mgbe dị nnọọ $25 na ndị na ere ugbu a, na Bellator.com, na CenturyLink Arena Box Office ma ọ bụ CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com. Na ihe onwe ndụ na free on Spike na 9 p.m. NA/8 p.m. CT, while the can’t-miss preliminary card airs live on Bellator.comna The Bellator Mobile App.

A former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Marloes Coenen, is riding a two-fight winning streak and undefeated record under the Bellator MMA fray into her bout with Dufresne. “Rumina” began her career winning eight consecutive fights and 13 of her first 14. The 35-year-old has been competing professionally since 2000 and has been an integral part of the progression of women’s mixed martial arts, challenging some of the best that the sport has to offer. Ugbu a, it’s back to the drawing board for the Dutch submission specialist when she looks to spoil the Bellator MMA debut of Alexis Dufresne.

The 25-year-old Alexis Dufresne began her career with a blazing start, earning victories in her first five scraps, all of which she ended in the first round. Born in Temecula, Calif., “Sneaky Zebra” has strung together an impressive resume, including three straight first round knockout wins dating back to her 2013-14 seasons and most recently two appearances for the UFC. Dufresne will be making her Bellator MMA debut Friday na-esonụ and hopes to get back to her winning ways when she fills in for the absent Julia Budd on short notice.

Complete "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "Ọgụ Kaadị

Bellator Emmanuel Middleweight World Title Ọgụ: Rafael Carvalho (12-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1)

Bellator Emmanuel Featherweight Co-Main Omume: Pat Curran (21-7) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1)

Bellator Emmanuel Heavyweight Njirimara n'obi: Dan Charles (10-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0)

Bellator Emmanuel fechaa Njirimara n'obi: Dave Jansen (20-3) vs. Marcin N'ịbụ (21-4)

Bellator Emmanuel Heavyweight Njirimara n'obi: Life Beltran (17-12) vs. Chase Gormley (12-5)

 

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Bellator Emmanuel Featherweight Preliminary n'obi: Marloes Coenen (23-6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (5-2)

Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Joe Hamilton (3-0) vs. Tyler Freeland (3-0)

Bellator Emmanuel Flyweight Preliminary n'obi: Veta Arteaga (1-0) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (0-1)

Bellator Emmanuel Featherweight Preliminary n'obi: Vince Morales (3-1) vs. Hamilton Ash (3-1)

Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Brendon Raftery (4-2) vs. Casey Johnson (4-0)

Bellator Emmanuel fechaa Preliminary n'obi: Scott Thometz (9-5) vs. Josh Tyler (7-3)

Bellator Emmanuel Middleweight Preliminary n'obi: Sean Powers (9-5) vs. uche Noland (15-6)

Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Ricky Steele (5-0) vs. Erick Cronkhite (2-1)

Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Jesse Brock (21-8) vs. Olly Bradstreet (39-12)

 

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