Marion Reneau (born June 20, 1977) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist who competed as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
However, she was allegedly told by UFC brass that she was too old to be a contestant on the show, but to keep pressing on and to win a couple of more fights.
On the heels of her submission victory over Maureen Riordan in July 2014 at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 16, she was signed by the UFC.
At the post fight press conference, Dana White made a point to mention the TUF snub and publicly praised her performance.
[7] Reneau won the fight via first round submission, earning a Performance of the Night bonus.
[15] Reneau faced Milana Dudieva on November 19, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
[18] After the fight, Reneau disagreed with the result and said “I believe she won the first round; maybe she might’ve edged me out a little bit.
[22] Reneau was scheduled to face former Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros on February 18, 2018.
[34] However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed to a future date.
She began training for the Olympics after college, however she was injured during a meet and later she became pregnant with her son and stopped her track career.
She is currently married to Armando Perez Jr. She has recently resigned as a physical education teacher at Farmersville High School where she taught for 17 years.