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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Marloes Coenen had her own Anderson Silva moment on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio, as she bounced back from a beating in rounds two and three to submit challenger Liz Carmouche in the fourth round of their Championship bout.
The Women's 135 lb. Champion made her first successful title defense after a rough beginning to the fight. A rather innocuous first round saw Coenen edge the scorecard, but things picked up in the second.
Carmouche took Coenen down with a couple of minutes left in the second round, and very quickly moved to the mount. In both the second and third rounds, she achieved the mount with relative ease, and spent the bulk of the rounds laying down punishment on Coenen. In all, Carmouche out-landed Coenen 221 to 48 overall in the fight, but the success she had in the second and third wouldn't do her any good in the fourth.
Coenen took Carmouche down early in the round, but Carmouche got back to her feet and took Coenen down yet again. However, Coenen worked immediately toward a triangle choke that she locked on, and forced Carmouche to tap out.
The win was her second straight, and her successful defense likely keeps the originally planned bout for this card with Meisha Tate next in line.
Penick's Analysis: This was a really fun fight. Carmouche proved herself to be a very game challenger despite only two week's notice for a five round Championship fight, and she came close to taking the title there a couple of times when she was on Coenen in the mount. But Coenen proved why she's an extremely dangerous fighter with that fourth round submission. It was beautifully applied after she was taken down and she got it on tight in quick fashion.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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