Scott Coker: Held-Jensen better fight for Bellator 155 digital stream than Coenen-Dufresne

When news came out that Julia Budd would face former Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen for the inaugural featherweight title on the Bellator prelims, there was a fair amount of public consternation. A lot of people disagreed with Bellator’s decision to put a title fight on a digital stream, regardless of the logic behind it.The logic behind it, of course, was to draw more attention to Bellator’s streaming presence, which in a roundabout way it did.Yet when Budd injured herself in training, Coenen was rebooked in a non-title fight against Alexis Dufresne. And rethinking the whole thing, Bellator moved that particular bout to this Friday’s main card at Bellator 155, while dropping Marcin Held’s fight with Dave Jensen down to the prelims.Asked about it on Wednesday’s media call, …

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