Lorena Klijn (born September 20, 1987) is a Dutch

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who competes in the

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and

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divisions.

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

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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

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. The first two rounds were close but Rufus began to pull away in the third and inflicted Klijn's first defeat by

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. She then also lost by decision in her next two fights, to

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at ''Klaar Om Te Bossen 3'' in

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on December 23, 2011 and to Ilsury Hendrikse at ''Haarlem Fight Night III'' in

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on February 26, 2012. 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

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on August 25, 2012. In what was named as a contender for LiverKick.com's "Upset of the Year", 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

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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

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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. 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

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win over Miyo Yoshida. 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

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but twisted her ankle in round two. She fought on nonetheless and continued to score with

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s throughout round three and won by unanimous decision. 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

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by majority decision following an extension round. Rena managed to avoid the Dutchwoman's haymakers and attempted an

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in round three, but Klijn also had success with

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s and knees from the clinch and thus the bout was called a

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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. Klijn lost to Iman Barlow by UD at -54 kg/119 lb ''Enfusion Live 15'' in

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Championships and awards

Kickboxing

*World Professional Kickboxing League **WPKL Women's World Flyweight Championship

Kickboxing record

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References

External links

Official Shoot Boxing profile

Awakening profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klijn, Lorena 1987 births Living people Bantamweight kickboxers Dutch female kickboxers Flyweight kickboxers Sportspeople from Groningen (city) Sportspeople from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women