The inaugural Bellator women’s featherweight title will be on the line in May at Bellator 155 as Marloes Coenen will meet Julia Budd in the featured preliminary bout.
The fight booking was confirmed by Bellator following a report by Bleacher Report.
Bellator 155 will come from the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho on May 20 and will be headlined by a title fight as Rafael Carvalho defends the middleweight title against Melvin Manhoef.
Coenen (22-6) made her Bellator debut in 2014 and she has won both of her fights in the promotion. Her most recent win came at Bellator 141 last year as she submitted Arlene Blencowe. Budd (8-2) has also won both of her fights in Bellator and she is currently on a six fight winning streak. Both of her wins in Bellator have come by decision and her most recent win came at Bellator 146 against Roberta Rovel.
The current Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Rafael Carvalho (12-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1, 2NC)
Pat Curran (21-7) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1)
Dan Charles (10-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0)
Dave Jansen (20-3) vs. Marcin Held (21-4)
Joey Beltran (17-12) vs. Chase Gormley (12-5)
Preliminary Card: (Bellator.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Marloes Coenen (22-6) vs. Julia Budd (8-2)
Joe Hamilton (3-0) vs. Tyler Freeland (3-0)
Veta Arteaga (1-0) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (0-1)
Vince Morales (3-1) vs. Hamilton Ash (3-1)
Brendon Raftery (4-2) vs. Casey Johnson (4-0)
Scott Thometz (9-5) vs. Josh Tyler (7-3)
Sean Powers (9-5) vs. Will Noland (15-6)
Ricky Steele (5-0) vs. Erick Cronkhite (2-1)
Jesse Brock (21-8) vs. Olly Bradstreet (39-12)