Bellator has been waiting for almost a year to crown its first women’s featherweight champion. On Friday, the promotion finally will do it when Julia Budd and Marloes Coenen meet in Bellator 174’s main event. Budd and Coenen initially were set to fight for the title at Bellator 155 in May 2016, but an injury forced Budd from the contest. Alexis Dufresne replaced her on the card, stepping in to face Coenen in a non-title bout on less than two weeks’ notice
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