Ok wait, what? Yeah, #2 contender. Not #1 contender. The #1 contender is Marloes Coenen. She'll fight the winner of the upcoming title bout between champion Sarah Kaufmann and Roxanne Modafferi. The contestants are: - Hitomi Akano (15-7 MMA, 0-1 SF) - Carina Damm (15-3 MMA, 0-0 SF) - Maiju Kujala (4-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) - Miesha Tate (9-2 MMA, 1-1 SF) In order to make this happen Strikeforce will go back to 3 x 3-minute rounds. The match-ups will be determined randomly. As far as I know non-title fighters can't go more than 15 minutes in a night so how they figure to have two 9-minute fights is beyond me. Maybe they'll have 2.5-minute rounds. That way they can completely eliminate grappling from the competition. How did Coenen become the top contender at welterweight after posting a 1-1 record at middleweight, and losing her last fight? Your guess is as good as mine. I guess when you run a fly-by-night company like Strikeforce you can just throw shit together like they do in Japan. http://mmajunkie.com/news/20017/str...al-marloes-coenen-named-as-no-1-contender.mma
