As seen at UFC 196, Miesha Tate survived the onslaught that Holly Holm was dishing out and came back to score a late fight rear-naked choke victory to become the new UFC women’s bantamweight champion. The question that everyone is asking, what does the UFC do next? Holm vs. Tate 2? or Tate vs. Ronda Rousey again or Rousey vs. Holm 2?
UFC president Dana White joined SportsCenter on Saturday night and revealed the big news. Tate’s first bantamweight title defense will come against Rousey.
“I think that Ronda now will fight Miesha Tate for the title. That’s what’s going to happen,” White said. “That’s what I said before this fight even happened. Whoever wins tonight will fight Ronda for the title.”
White said on the UFC 196 post-fight show that he was the one who told Rousey that Tate beat Holm at UFC 196 to become the new champion.
“I text Ronda, and she said, ‘What happened?’” White said. “I said, ‘Miesha just choked her unconscious.’ She said, ‘Looks like I gotta get back to work.’”
Rousey has beaten Tate twice. Rousey beat Tate in March of 2012 by first-round armbar to become the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion and then in December of 2013 at UFC 168; Rousey submitted Tate with an armbar in the third round to retain her UFC Women’s bantamweight championship.
For those hoping that the fight will take place at UFC 200, it isn’t happening. Rousey will be busy taping movies during that time and not only did she, but the UFC has talked about her returning to the octagon in November.
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