Last night, Dutch submission specialist Marloes Coenen challenged Sarah Kaufman for the Strikeforce welterweight title at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, on the Showtime portion of Saturday night's Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II card.
In the first round, Marloes stayed on her feet and went toe to toe with Sarah who is known as a striker. Marloes being four inches taller than Sarah helped her stand up game.
In the second round, Sarah managed to reverse a takedown attempt and fight off an arm bar.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) star Kyra Gracie says that she will be debuting in female MMA "soon".
Kyra Gracie has stirred up a lot of controversy here before, and it looks like some more may be coming.
According to MMA Fighting.com, Kyra is considering the move from grappling to MMA.
MMA Hawaii.com is holding it's 2010 MMA Hawaii Awards and you can vote online at their site.
Of course the reason I'm mentioning this is that they have a Female Fighter of the Year award.

Female MMA is still in it's beginning stages.
But it has already pretty much overtaken female boxing as the number one female combat sport.
(Okay, I'm not counting womens pro wrestling).
Although there is a lot of division among fans on the sport, the Gina Carano vs Cristiane Santos bout at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg got both fighters and the sport a lot of press.
Here are a few of the best known and most promising ladies in the sport.