This is the UFC on FOX 16 live blog for Miesha Tate vs. Jessica Eye, a bantamweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the United Center in Chicago.
Tate, who has won three of her past five fights, will face Eye, who is 3-1 (with one no-contest) in her past five fights, on the main card.
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Round 1: Both fighters opend orthodox. Yves Lavigne is the referee. Tate throws a huge overhand right and misses, eats punches and backs out. Eye working behind a very successful jab right now. Tate misses with a front kick, but eats a barrage of punches after it. Tate eats a big right as a counter, but seems to be hanging on. Tate shoots, is stuffed, but fires another right twice, the second one drops Eye hard to the canvas. Tate is on top in Eye’s half guard. Tate isn’t able to do much with it.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Tate
Round 2: Tate just grazes Eye’s chin with a right to open the frame. Tate is faking the takedown and trying to land the overhand. Tate drives Eye into the fence, but Eye escapes. Eye catches a kick from Tate, but eats another big right. Both fighters exchange as Tate presses forward. Tate fakes a level change and drops Eye AGAIN with the same shot. Now Tate works from a high side control, but weirdly puts her own leg into half guard. Tate is elbowing Eye’s right side and as Eye tries to recover, Tate locks in a one-arm guillotine. Eye lasts the round.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Tate
Round 3: Eye opens with two small inside leg kicks. Tate counters with a hard left hook. Tate pushes back a double, but Eye stuffs it easily. Tate slowly pushing forward, but Eye is steady with outside leg kicks. Another big right hand scores with Tate, but Eye is ok. Tate, however, times a nice double. Eye tries to stand, but Tate whizzers hard and drives her forward, taking the back. Eye locks down on Tate’s gloves, yet somehow referee Lavigne stands them up. Unforgivable. Tate burrows into another takedown attempt before the final bell.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Tate and the fight 30-27 Tate
Miesha Tate def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)