Bellator 174: Coenen vs. Budd Discussion Thread

Wow. Talk about a mess. 

Bellator 174's weigh-ins did not go well, with both Joe Taimanglo and Mike Rhodes missing weight. The fighters were unable to come to catchweight agreements, so both fights are off, elevating a pair of prelims to the main card.

There's still a few solid fights, including the main event. Interested to see if Budd has a breakout performance. 

Prelims kick off on Spike.com at 7pm ET before switching to Spike TV at 9pm.

Enjoy!

Wow big third round by Gonzalez think it all goes down to how they score the second round

Them scorecards were all over the place 30-26 holy cow

Hard fought for both. I had gonzalez winning rounds 2 &3.

really excited for this main event even tho it likely wont be very entertaining. Number 1 &2 FWs (after the female GOAT Cyborg) can't help but be hyped for that.

I had Gonzalez round 2 and 3 also,although round 2 scored for Girtz wouldn't have surprised me one bit considering how judges often score heavy for td's. 30-26 was wacky.I guess rd 3 could be 10-8 I have no problem with that,but I just don't like the inconsistent 10-8 in Bellator.They are all over the place.

This cracked me up...

"One of the most anticipated fights in Bellator history"!

Ummmm....has anyone ever even anticipated a Julia Budd fight even a little?

Sean Grande is trash,he's much better (reserved) this event than he was in the last,he was ridiculous comment after ridiculous comment trying to be witty.Oh god here he goes as I type.

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Pure domination from Julia Budd. Didn't neccissarily see thay coming but didn't surprise me either. Good for her.

Budd just relentless with the ground and pound my lord 

Cheers Julia to bringing a title back here to Canada and also to Coenen for a amazing career and a farewell to retirement

Why didn't Coenen give up her back and then look to scramble instead of just covering up for a few minutes while mounted basically forcing the ref to stop it?John was warning her he's gonna stop it,jeez.At that point you gotta give up your back or something.

The game has totally passed Coenen by imo.Budd looked strong,and her cardio looked real good,but Coenen has always been flimsy.Honestly didn't have any title fight feel to it for me,it was just like here,you guys fight for a belt.So sad that those were the #2 and #3 ranked FFW fighters in the world (or whatever).UFC is ******** making that division.

Why do we need 3 women's FW tites (UFC, Bellator, Invicta) when theres like 15 fighters in the entire division?

Great fight and win for Julia. Want to see that Blencowe rematch. She was the only one i've seen challenge her in Bellator.

i feel for Marloes but it was her time. Wasnt sure what she'd do besides a dufresne rematch. She had a great career and paved the way for so many. Wish her well