Liz Carmouche to Challenge Marloes Coenen; Miesha Tate Injured

Filed under: Strikeforce

Just 10 days before she's set to defend her Strikeforce title belt for the first time, Marloes Coenen has been given a new opponent.

Liz Carmouche will fight Coenen for the Strikeforce women's 135-pound title, replacing Miesha Tate, who suffered a knee injury in training.

Carmouche is 5-0 and is coming off an impressive third-round TKO win over Jan Finney on a November Strikeforce Challengers card. She's also got a good personal story that Strikeforce can sell, as a former Marine and Iraq War veteran. But Carmouche isn't quite on Tate's level, and she'll have to be considered a major underdog against Coenen.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/23/liz-carmouche-to-challenge-marloes-coenen-miesha-tate-injured/

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