Coenen and Toughill added to Strikeforce card

MMA Junkie is reporting that a 145-pound bout between Marloes Coenen (16-3) and Erin Toughill (10-2-1) is in the works for the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers preliminary card on November 7 and could air live if one of the four main-card fights falls through or the fights end quickly.

Women’s 145-pound champ Cris “Cyborg” Santos was scheduled for the event but was injured during the ADCC submission wrestling world championships last month. The winner of Coenen vs. Toughill is expected to challenge Cyborg in her first title defense.

Coenen, who was an understudy for August’s Gina Carano vs. Cyborg Santos title fight, will be looking to avenge her only loss, a first-round knockout at the hands of Toughill at a Smackgirl event in 2004. The Dutch fighter is 16-1 with 14 wins by stoppage (including 11 by submission), while Toughill is 10-2-1 in MMA and 8-2-1 (one NC) as a professional boxer.

While I don’t want any of the main-card bouts ti be canceled I’d love to see one of them end quickly enough to squeeze this fight onto the broadcast.