Lorena Klijn (born September 20, 1987) is a Dutch kickboxer 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 world title on March 19, 2011 when she took on

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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

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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

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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. 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 Rena Kubota 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) Martial artists from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch sportswomen