Lorena Klijn (born 20 September 1987) is a Dutch kickboxer who competes in the flyweight and bantamweight 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 19 March 2011, when she took on Alexis Rufus for the IKF Women's World Bantamweight (-55.45 kg/122.2 lb) Muay Thai title in London, England. The first two rounds were close but Rufus began to pull away in the third and inflicted Klijn's first defeat by unanimous decision.Championship Muay Thai She then also lost by decision in her next two fights, to Jemyma Betrian at Klaar Om Te Bossen 3 in Paramaribo, Suriname on 23 December 2011Nieky Holzken vs. Cyrus Washington and Marco Pique vs. Michael Corley set for December 23rd event in Suriname Nieky HOLZKEN defeats Cyrus WASHINGTON in Suriname and to Ilsury Hendrikse at Haarlem Fight Night III in Haarlem, Netherlands on 26 February 2012.Lorena Kleijn vs Ilsury Hendrikse

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 Tokyo, Japan on 25 August 2012.Four Fighters Added to Girls S-Cup Including VV.Mei In what was named as a contender for LiverKick.com's "Upset of the Year",Japanese Scene Year in Review: 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 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.Shootboxing Girls S-Cup Results: Rena Wins 2012 Girls S-Cup, Inoue and Mio Claim Tournament TitlesRena Kubota Wins 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Tournament

She made her return to shoot boxing in a 53.5 kg/118 lb bout at Shootboxing 2013: Act 2 on 20 April 2013, and took a majority decision win over Miyo Yoshida.Japanese Scene Weekly Recap: April 14th - 21stShootboxing 2013 act.2 Results: Shishido Tops Takaya, Mohan Dragon KOs Suzuki Klijn then rematch Mei Yamaguchi at Shootboxing 2013: Act 3 on 23 June 2013. She scored two shoot points in round one by executing a suplex but twisted her ankle in round two. She fought on nonetheless and continued to score with knees throughout round three and won by unanimous decision.Weekend Results: Andy Souwer Wins at ShootBoxing, Plus K-1 MAX Brazil ResultsAi Takahashi, Lorena Klijn Victorious At Shoot Boxing 2013: Act 3

In a -50 kg/110 lb non-tournament bout during the 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival on 3 August 2013, Klijn lost to Rena Kubota by majority decision following an extension round. Rena managed to avoid the Dutchwoman's haymakers and attempted an arm triangle choke in round three, but Klijn also had success with throws and knees from the clinch and thus the bout was called a majority draw 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.Mizuki Inoue, Mio Tsumura Win 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cups

Klijn lost to Iman Barlow by UD at -54 kg/119 lb Enfusion Live 15 in Dublin, Ireland on 22 March 2014.Weekend Results: Enfusion March 22nd

Championships and awards

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

Kickboxing record

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2016-02-28 || Loss ||align=left| Orinta van der Zee || Haarlem Fight Night || Haarlem, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2014-11-21 || Win ||align=left| Mellony Geugjes|| Enfusion 34 || Groningen, The Netherlands || Extension round decision(unanimous) || 4 || 3:00 || 21–6 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2014-03-22 || Loss ||align=left| Iman Barlow || Enfusion Live 15 || Dublin, Ireland || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 20–6 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2013-08-03 || Loss ||align=left| Rena Kubota || 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival || Tokyo, Japan || Extension round decision (majority) || 4 || 3:00 || 20–5 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2013-06-23 || Win ||align=left| Mei Yamaguchi || Shootboxing 2013: Act 3 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 20–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2013-04-20 || Win ||align=left| Miyo Yoshida || Shootboxing 2013: Act 2 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (majority) || 3 || 3:00 || 19–4 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2012-08-25 || Loss ||align=left| Mei Yamaguchi || 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Semi Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 2:00 || 18–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2012-08-25 || Win ||align=left| Erika Kamimura || 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Quarter Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Extension round decision (unanimous) || 4 || 2:00 || 18–3 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2012-02-26 || Loss ||align=left| Ilsury Hendrikse || Haarlem Fight Night III || Haarlem, Netherlands || Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 17–3 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2011-12-23 || Loss ||align=left| Jemyma Betrian || Klaar Om Te Bossen 3 || Paramaribo, Suriname || Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 17–2 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2011-03-19 || Loss ||align=left| Alexis Rufus || Championship Muay Thai || London, England || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 || 17–1 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2011-02-20 || Win ||align=left| Samantha van Doorn || Haarlem Fight Night II || Haarlem, Netherlands || || || || |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2009-00-00 || Win ||align=left| Ana Isabel Sordo || || Spain || KO (left knee) || 1 || 1:39 || |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2007-04-28 || Win ||align=left| Linda Sijbesma || Muay Boran Gym Gala || Deventer, Netherlands || Decision || 3 || 3:00 ||

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