After all, during this age in which women's mixed martial arts has reached unimaginable levels of visibility, others reap the biggest rewards off the foundation Coenen helped build.
But Coenen, is in the 15th year over his professional fighting journey, and she doesn't want to waste her remaining time in the sport tearing anyone else down.
"I love every minute of this," Coenen told MMAFighting.com. "I'm happy for everyone. I'm not going to begrudge anybody of their success, or their stardom. I'm living my own life and doing my own thing, why would I want to waste my energy with stuff like that?