Marloes Coenen is convinced she won’t be overpowered by Cristiane Santos when they meet again at Invicta FC 6 on Saturday. “I think I’m a completely different fighter than three years ago,” she told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “We work out with a group of 12 to 15 persons. Every body goes deep and everybody is screaming and sweating. That’s so much better. “When I look in the mirror, I see a difference in my muscles.” Coenen underestimated the Brazilian fighter’s strength when they first met and paid the price with a third-round TKO loss to “Cyborg” in the now-defunct Strikeforce. It was her first opportunity to win a major title. She doesn’t plan on falling back again. “['Cyborg'] completely out-powered me,” she said about their January 2010 fight. “I was like, ‘Ah, the girl looks tough, I can handle that.’ Until I was in the cage, and she really smashed my face in.” More specifically, she said her face was like “jello pudding.” But it was also was something of a badge of honor for Coenen, who held up longer amid the onslaught of Santos’ ferocious punches, unlike countless others. “I really felt good about it,” Coenen said.
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