Lorena Klijn

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Lorena Klijn
Born (1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 (age 36)
Groningen, Netherlands
Other namesLady Pitbull
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50.0 kg (110.2 lb; 7.87 st)
Division Flyweight
Bantamweight
Style Kickboxing, Shoot boxing
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Haarlem, Netherlands
TeamGym Haarlem
Souwer Sports Institute
Years active2006-present
Kickboxing record
Total26
Wins20
Losses6
By knockout0
Draws0
Last updated on: March 22, 2014

Lorena Klijn (born September 20, 1987) is a Dutch kickboxer who competes in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions.

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Career

Lorena Klijn rose to prominence by winning the World Professional Kickboxing League (WPKL) Women's World Flyweight Championship and garnering an unbeaten record of 17-0. She challenged for another world title on March 19, 2011 when she took on Alexis Rufus for the IKF Women's World Bantamweight (-55.45 kg/122.2 lb) Muay Thai title in London, England. The first two rounds were close but Rufus began to pull away in the third and inflicted Klijn's first defeat by unanimous decision. [1] She then also lost by decision in her next two fights, to Jemyma Betrian at Klaar Om Te Bossen 3 in Paramaribo, Suriname on December 23, 2011 [2] [3] and to Ilsury Hendrikse at Haarlem Fight Night III in Haarlem, Netherlands on February 26, 2012. [4]

Klijn made the switch to shoot boxing later that year when she was recruited to compete in the 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup in Tokyo, Japan on August 25, 2012. [5] In what was named as a contender for LiverKick.com's "Upset of the Year", [6] she defeated Erika Kamimura by unanimous decision after an extension round was needed to separate the pair in their quarter-final match. Kamimura had a slight edge in the striking, but Klijn used the clinch to her advantage and was able to score a shoot point in the extension round which was the difference. She again went to an extension round in the semis with Mei Yamaguchi but came out on the losing end of a unanimous decision this time. Both fighters looked to use their clinch game to advance, but Yamaguchi proved to be superior in that department, scoring a shoot point in the second round and two shoot points in the extension round, as well as a yellow card to Klijn, which secured the lopsided extension round win. [7] [8]

She made her return to shoot boxing in a 53.5 kg/118 lb bout at Shootboxing 2013: Act 2 on April 20, 2013, and took a majority decision win over Miyo Yoshida. [9] [10] Klijn then rematch Mei Yamaguchi at Shootboxing 2013: Act 3 on June 23, 2013. She scored two shoot points in round one by executing a suplex but twisted her ankle in round two. She fought on nonetheless and continued to score with knees throughout round three and won by unanimous decision. [11] [12]

In a -50 kg/110 lb non-tournament bout during the 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival on August 3, 2013, Klijn lost to Rena Kubota by majority decision following an extension round. Rena managed to avoid the Dutchwoman's haymakers and attempted an arm triangle choke in round three, but Klijn also had success with throws and knees from the clinch and thus the bout was called a majority draw after the regulation three rounds. In the decisive round, Rena picked up the pace and scored throughout with punch-kick combinations to take the judges' decision. [13]

Klijn lost to Iman Barlow by UD at -54 kg/119 lb Enfusion Live 15 in Dublin, Ireland on March 22, 2014. [14]

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
20 wins (? KOs), 6 losses, 0 draws
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeRecord
2014-11-21Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mellony Geugjes Enfusion 34 Groningen, The Netherlands Extension round decision(unanimous)43:0021-6
2014-03-22Loss Flag of England.svg Iman Barlow Enfusion Live 15 Dublin, Ireland Decision (unanimous)33:0020-6
2013-08-03Loss Flag of Japan.svg Rena Kubota 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival Tokyo, Japan Extension round decision (majority)43:0020-5
2013-06-23Win Flag of Japan.svg Mei Yamaguchi Shootboxing 2013: Act 3 Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)33:0020-4
2013-04-20Win Flag of Japan.svg Miyo YoshidaShootboxing 2013: Act 2 Tokyo, Japan Decision (majority)33:0019-4
2012-08-25Loss Flag of Japan.svg Mei Yamaguchi 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)32:0018-4
2012-08-25Win Flag of Japan.svg Erika Kamimura 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Extension round decision (unanimous)42:0018-3
2012-02-26Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilsury HendrikseHaarlem Fight Night III Haarlem, Netherlands Decision33:0017-3
2011-12-23Loss Flag of Curacao.svg Jemyma Betrian Klaar Om Te Bossen 3 Paramaribo, Suriname Decision33:0017-2
2011-03-19Loss Flag of England.svg Alexis Rufus Championship Muay Thai London, England Decision (unanimous)53:0017-1
For the IKF Women's World Bantamweight (-55.45 kg/122.2 lb) Muay Thai Championship.
2011-02-20Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha van DoornHaarlem Fight Night II Haarlem, Netherlands
2009-00-00Win Flag of Spain.svg Ana Isabel Sordo Spain KO (left knee)11:39
2007-04-28Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Linda SijbesmaMuay Boran Gym Gala Deventer, Netherlands Decision33:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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