Tag: Amanda Nunes

Miesha Tate Would Be ‘Disappointed’ If Rousey Trilogy Bout Doesn’t Happen

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha ‘Cupcake’ Tate is set to make her first career title defense against a very game Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 this July, however, the newly crowned champ admitted she is still hoping for a third crack at former 135-pound queen Ronda Rousey. In a recent media event (courtesy of MMA

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UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha ‘Cupcake’ Tate is set to make her first career title defense against a very game Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 this July, however, the newly crowned champ admitted she is still hoping for a third crack at former 135-pound queen Ronda Rousey.

In a recent media event (courtesy of MMA Junkie) to promote her upcoming bout at UFC 200, Tate spoke on her rivalry with ‘The Rowdy One’ and her desire to get one last opportunity against her in the Octagon:

“I would be disappointed if (Rousey) doesn’t come back and if I don’t get that opportunity,” Tate said. “I definitely would be. There would be a certain void that I would feel didn’t get filled.

I hope that (Rousey never returning to MMA) is not the case. But if there is, life goes on. And I feel there are still a lot of things I am yet to accomplish regardless.”

Although Tate would love a third crack at Rousey in the near future, the fact remains that she has a tough enough test ahead of her at UFC 200 against the No. 4-ranked Nunes:

“I believe Amanda Nunes is going to be a great challenge for me,” Tate Said. “I hope that I go out there and have the best one of my career.

But I’m always prepared for a knockdown, drag-out, barn-burning fight, and I think Amanda is going to be a very good challenge. I think this fight is going to show more people why she deserved to be where she’s at.

I think a lot of people see her as sort of not deserving of this, and I’m sure she’s training really hard. I’m sure she really wants this.

You get a fiery Brazilian woman in there that really wants to take that belt, I don’t think that’s anything to scoff at. I don’t think it’s anything to discredit, discount, undermine or overlook. I don’t want to make that mistake.”

Tate was asked about Nunes’ tendency to gas out in the later stages of her previous fights, and although she acknowledged this flaw in the Brazilian’s game, she is reluctant to bank on it and potentially risk everything she’s ever worked for:

“I know that’s a tendency of hers, seems like she definitely hits a wall in fights,” Tate said. “But I think would be a really piss-poor gameplan to count on someone getting tired.

I have to assume she’s making changes, she’s making the proper adjustments, she’s adding the things she needs to her camp to get her conditioning and cardio where it needs to be.

I’m looking at her as a well-rounded fighter. The fighter she is for the first round, we’re preparing like that’s gonna be for five rounds. We’ll be prepared either way.”

Tate and Nunes will meet on the main card of UFC 200, which takes place live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 9, 2016.

You can check out Tate’s interview in it’s entirety here bellow:

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UFC 200 Video Preview: Miesha Tate Vs. Amanda Nunes

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan offers up his thoughts in the above video on the UFC 200 fight between Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes.

Set for July 9, the bout marks the first female bantamweig…

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan offers up his thoughts in the above video on the UFC 200 fight between Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes.

Set for July 9, the bout marks the first female bantamweight title defense for Tate, who won the belt with a fifth round submission of Holly Holm earlier this year.

Five Best Fights To Book For UFC 205 In New York

The UFC’s first event in New York City is finally set to go down on November 12, 2016 when the long-awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) card hits the airwaves. While it’s too early for the promotion to make any fights official for the big-time card, you can expect the biggest names in the game to

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The UFC’s first event in New York City is finally set to go down on November 12, 2016 when the long-awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) card hits the airwaves.

While it’s too early for the promotion to make any fights official for the big-time card, you can expect the biggest names in the game to be in ‘The Big Apple’ for the colossal event.

There’s little doubting that the promotion wants to have both Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey involved if possible, and there are also some New York-born stars that they definitely want involved as well.

So how about we help Dana White and UFC brass out and start fantasy booking what could be the biggest card of the year? Here are the best matches to make for UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden.

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Julianna Pena Willing To Fight Good Friend Miesha Tate For Title

The UFC women’s bantamweight title picture may be a bit messy due to the uncertain return of former champion Ronda Rousey, but current champion Miesha Tate will still defend her championship against Amanda Nunes on the main card of UFC 200 directly after quickly rising Julianna Pena faces off against Cat Zingano in the featured preliminary

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The UFC women’s bantamweight title picture may be a bit messy due to the uncertain return of former champion Ronda Rousey, but current champion Miesha Tate will still defend her championship against Amanda Nunes on the main card of UFC 200 directly after quickly rising Julianna Pena faces off against Cat Zingano in the featured preliminary card bout.

The winner of three straight bouts capped off by a dominant decision win over Jessica Eye at last year’s UFC 192, the No. 5 Pena is now looking to burst into the upper echelon of women’s MMA by defeating former title contender Zingano, who’s been out of action for almost 15 months following her 14-second loss to Rousey at 2015’s UFC 184. If and when she does, Pena told FOX Sports she believes it should earn her a title shot:

“I definitely think so. I beat everybody that they put in front of me, from all those girls on “The Ultimate Fighter” to everybody they’ve put in front of me since. No one else has been on that big of a win streak besides Ronda (Rousey) and I think that I definitely have earned getting a title shot.”

While that could be the case, realistically there’s more of a chance for Rousey to get the next title shot when she decides to return, and if she doesn’t, No. 1-ranked Holly Holm, who infamously beat Rousey and recently lost her belt to Tate via fifth-round submission, will face Valentina Shevchenko at July’s UFC on FOX 20 from Chicago, where a win could see her vaulted back into her desired title rematch.

But Pena is still considered an eventual title contender at 135 pounds regardless, so “The Venezuelan Vixen” has already begun discussing a potential fight with her good friend and former TUF 18 coach Tate, and it’s a fight they’ll apparently both accept:

“Me and Miesha have discussed fighting each other. We said the only way we would fight each other is if her or I had the belt,” Pena said. “Now that she has the belt and I get my hand raised be it July 9, I will ask for a title shot. I only think that that’s right.

“I’m sure she will accept, be it that she wins, which I’m sure she will.”

It sounds a good plan, and four straight wins would be tough to deny. The shadow of Rousey and Holm will always loom large, however, so Pena will have to defeat Zingano very impressively to leapfrog the gargantuan contenders currently ahead of her on the 135-pound order.

With Rousey and Holm’s results and plans unknown, that may just be a distant possibility for the near future.

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Miesha Tate Previews UFC 200, Amanda Nunes Fight; Takes On Cupcake Challenge

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Miesha Tate was a guest on both “UFC Tonight” and “TUF Talk,” discussing her upcoming UFC 200 title fight with Amanda Nunes.

Tate also took part in a cupcake eating challenge with Ultimat…

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Miesha Tate was a guest on both “UFC Tonight” and “TUF Talk,” discussing her upcoming UFC 200 title fight with Amanda Nunes.

Tate also took part in a cupcake eating challenge with Ultimate Fighter competitor Khalil Rountree.

Holly Holm Rumored To Return At July’s UFC Chicago

After former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm was denied a rematch with Miesha Tate following ‘Cupcake’s’ fifth-round submission win in their first match-up at March 5’s UFC 196, the fighting future of ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ was left up in the air a bit. There was always the awaited rematch with Ronda Rousey, the dominant

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After former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm was denied a rematch with Miesha Tate following ‘Cupcake’s’ fifth-round submission win in their first match-up at March 5’s UFC 196, the fighting future of ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ was left up in the air a bit.

There was always the awaited rematch with Ronda Rousey, the dominant former champion whom Holm shockingly knocked out with a jaw-dropping head kick at last November’s UFC 193, and even though the rematch had obviously lost some luster since neither fighter holds the belt right now, it remained Holm’s most lucrative option.

But for Holm, a true fighter who (perhaps hastily) wanted to put her title on the line against Tate rather than wait an uncertain amount of time for Rousey to return, sitting on the sidelines didn’t seem an option. Former Rousey opponent Cat Zingano was also brought up as an option for ‘The Preacher’s Daughter,’ but when ‘Alpha’ signed on to face rising contender Julianna Pena at July 9’s UFC 200, that was ruled out as an option as well.

Tonight (Wed., May 4, 2016), however, news has come on UFC Tonight that Holm is being targeted for a main event bout against No. 9-ranked contender Valentina Shevchenko at July 23’s UFC Chiecago:

The touted “Bullet’” just lost to current title contender Amanda Nunes at UFC 196. Prior to that, Shevchenko edged former Strikeforce champ Sarah Kaufman by split decision in her debut at last year’s UFC on FOX 17

The rumored bout is a match tailor-made for 17-time world boxing champion Holm and decorated 56-2 Muay Thai fighter Shevchenko, who owns wins over women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in that sport. With both fighters’ ground games garnering recent criticism, this fight could be a perfect opportunity for both women to put on a show in their glaring area of strength.

The fight is reportedly slated to join a light heavyweight bout between top contenders Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Glover Teixeira, and also a lightweight  bout between the rising Edson Barboza and returning veteran Gilbert Melendez.

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