The veterans will square off for the promotion's inaugural women's featherweight title at Bellator 174 on March 3 in Thackerville, OK, MMA Fighting has learned. The title fight is scheduled to headline the event, which will take place at the WinStar World Casino and Resort and air live on Spike.
The title bout was originally booked for last May, however, Budd was forced out of the fight due to an injury and replaced by Alexis Dufresne. Dufresne would go on to submit Coenen in the first round of their Bellator 155 fight, which was one of the biggest upsets of 2016.