Miesha Tate Claims She Doesn’t Owe Holly Holm A Rematch For UFC Title

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While speaking with reporters in Australia ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 85 event in Brisbane, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate shared her belief that she doesn’t owe former champion Holly Holm a remat…

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While speaking with reporters in Australia ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 85 event in Brisbane, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate shared her belief that she doesn’t owe former champion Holly Holm a rematch.

Tate spoke with the media prior to the event, which features Frank Mir vs. Mark Hunt in the main event, and revealed that she would like to compete on the landmark UFC 200 event scheduled for July 9th.

“I’ve been kind of tossing around the idea if it would be possible to fight at UFC 200. That would be awesome, but I really have no idea what the UFC has in mind for that. I think they already have a couple of title fights, so it may not be realistic. But I’ll stay ready for that, if that’s something that becomes an option or available, then great. If not then we’ll see what comes next.”

Tate, who claimed that she doesn’t necessarily owe Holly Holm a rematch for the title she just lost at UFC 196 earlier this month, spoke about the fact that as the new champion, she has everyone in the division gunning for her.

“I know that there’s a lot of really top contenders, a lot of girls in the division, that are really chomping at the bit. I think I’ve been called out by probably everybody in the top-6, if not potentially the top-10. So, they’re all gunning for me, and they’re all dangerous, and they all have their different attributes to bring to the table, so I think my job as the champ is just to stay ready for whoever. I’m just going to stay in the gym, and I have to be able to beat every single one of them.”

H/T to MMAJunkie.com for transcribing.

Miesha Tate: “I’d Like To Fight One More Time Before Ronda Rousey’s Return”

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They say lightning never strikes twice, but it looks like new UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate is determined to put that theory to the test.

Tate revealed during her recent appearance on Submission Radio that much like her recent opponent and former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm, she wants to take another fight instead of waiting for a guaranteed big money showdown with Ronda Rousey.

As seen at UFC 196, Holm rolled the dice and it cost her — big time — however Tate seems determined to take a similar approach. She told Submission Radio the following this week:

“I think it’s a long time to wait [for Ronda Rousey]. Ideally, I think I’d like to fight one more time before [her return]. I know that there’s a lot of really top contenders, a lot of girls in the division, that are really chomping at the bit. I think I’ve been called out by probably everybody in the top six, if not potentially the top 10. So they’re all gunning for me, and they’re all dangerous, and they all have their different attributes to bring to the table, so I think my job as the champ is just to stay ready for whoever. I’m just going to stay in the gym, and I have to be able to beat every single one of them.”

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They say lightning never strikes twice, but it looks like new UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate is determined to put that theory to the test.

Tate revealed during her recent appearance on Submission Radio that much like her recent opponent and former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm, she wants to take another fight instead of waiting for a guaranteed big money showdown with Ronda Rousey.

As seen at UFC 196, Holm rolled the dice and it cost her — big time — however Tate seems determined to take a similar approach. She told Submission Radio the following this week:

“I think it’s a long time to wait [for Ronda Rousey]. Ideally, I think I’d like to fight one more time before [her return]. I know that there’s a lot of really top contenders, a lot of girls in the division, that are really chomping at the bit. I think I’ve been called out by probably everybody in the top six, if not potentially the top 10. So they’re all gunning for me, and they’re all dangerous, and they all have their different attributes to bring to the table, so I think my job as the champ is just to stay ready for whoever. I’m just going to stay in the gym, and I have to be able to beat every single one of them.”

Video: Miesha Tate Says Holly Holm “Crumbled Under The Pressure” At UFC 196

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While Holly Holm may have been ahead on the cards going into the end of her fight with Miesha Tate at UFC 196, but according to Tate, after round two, the stage was set for her to pull off the upset later in the fight.

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While Holly Holm may have been ahead on the cards going into the end of her fight with Miesha Tate at UFC 196, but according to Tate, after round two, the stage was set for her to pull off the upset later in the fight.

Tate spoke about the fight during her appearance on The Fight Network this week.

“I think she just crumbled under the pressure when I took her down in that second round,” Tate told Fight Network’s John Pollock. “My coaches and Bryan [Caraway] actually told me, ‘She’s either going to stay down and be so scared about being submitted that you’re going to ground and pound her and beat her up or she’s going to try desperately to get up. Because your top pressure is so heavy she’s going to be forced to leave something out there and you’re going to grab it and you’re going to submit this girl.’

“We saw both cases. In the second round she stayed down there and took some heavy ground and pound. In the fifth round she definitely didn’t want to get stuck down there again so she tried to zealously get up and I saw the opening and I took it. We planned for that and we assumed that was going to happen.”

While the UFC brass has been critical of Holm’s decision to take a fight with Tate instead of waiting for the guaranteed immediate rematch money-fight with Ronda Rousey, Tate said that she admires Holm for making the decision.

“I think Holly took the advice of her coaches who she trusts with everything,” said Tate. “They said, ‘Holly, you’ve always been an active fighter. Let’s not change who you are now that you’re the champion because that’s when you’re going to lose sight of who you are.’ I think the idea was to keep her grounded just the same as if she wasn’t the champion. Fighting often, through the top 10 and I admire that. I respect that. I think that’s what any champion should do. She didn’t want to wait. She wanted to get in there and prove why she was the best in the world.

“It didn’t work out for her this time but that’s the mindset that makes a champion. You’re not going to win every fight in this sport but she has the mentality of a champion and that’s why she beat Ronda. If she would have said, ‘I’m not ready to fight Ronda’ she would have missed that opportunity. She’s just the kind of woman who wants to stay ready, be ready and she’s passionate about this. I have a lot of respect for her and I don’t think it was a mistake. I think she’s going to learn from it and she’ll come back better.”

Will Ronda Rousey Truly Ever Be The Same?

Four months have passed since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was shockingly dethroned by Holly Holm at UFC 193, but the mixed martial arts (MMA) world still waits on pins and needles for the announcement of ‘Rowdy’s’ return. Still the queen of MMA and most recognized athlete in the UFC, the popular fighter/movie

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Four months have passed since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was shockingly dethroned by Holly Holm at UFC 193, but the mixed martial arts (MMA) world still waits on pins and needles for the announcement of ‘Rowdy’s’ return.

Still the queen of MMA and most recognized athlete in the UFC, the popular fighter/movie star teased this week that she could now bite an apple online, one of her gauges to test her readiness to potentially return to the cage, and indeed, there are some signs that may point to her coming back relatively soon.

However, there are possibly even more signs that suggest she may not, and the serious nature of those could also point to her being a shell of her former self even if she does decide to come back.

Overall, it’s a polarizing debate that undoubtedly has the entire sport of MMA wondering just what will happen next. Let’s take a look at some of the factors why – or why not – Rousey will be her dominant self once again.

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Will Ronda Rousey Truly Ever Be The Same?

Four months have passed since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was shockingly dethroned by Holly Holm at UFC 193, but the mixed martial arts (MMA) world still waits on pins and needles for the announcement of ‘Rowdy’s’ return. Still the queen of MMA and most recognized athlete in the UFC, the popular fighter/movie

The post Will Ronda Rousey Truly Ever Be The Same? appeared first on LowKick MMA.

Four months have passed since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was shockingly dethroned by Holly Holm at UFC 193, but the mixed martial arts (MMA) world still waits on pins and needles for the announcement of ‘Rowdy’s’ return.

Still the queen of MMA and most recognized athlete in the UFC, the popular fighter/movie star teased this week that she could now bite an apple online, one of her gauges to test her readiness to potentially return to the cage, and indeed, there are some signs that may point to her coming back relatively soon.

However, there are possibly even more signs that suggest she may not, and the serious nature of those could also point to her being a shell of her former self even if she does decide to come back.

Overall, it’s a polarizing debate that undoubtedly has the entire sport of MMA wondering just what will happen next. Let’s take a look at some of the factors why – or why not – Rousey will be her dominant self once again.

The post Will Ronda Rousey Truly Ever Be The Same? appeared first on LowKick MMA.

BJJ Star Mackenzie Dern Confirmed To Make MMA Debut For Legacy FC On 7/22

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The MMA debut of one of the best female grapplers in the world is now official.

On Thursday, Legacy FC officials announced the MMA debut of Mackenzie Dern, a black belt in jiu-jitsu under her father, Wellington “Megaton” Dias, as she will make her transition from the grappling world to the fighting world at the promotion’s event scheduled for July 22nd.

“I hope I can represent jiu-jitsu well and put on a good performance,” said Dern of her upcoming MMA debut. “Of course, I will try to be aggressive, but it’s my first fight, so I will still feel everything, see what I have to improve.”

Legacy FC officials have yet to announce an opponent for Dern’s debut.

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The MMA debut of one of the best female grapplers in the world is now official.

On Thursday, Legacy FC officials announced the MMA debut of Mackenzie Dern, a black belt in jiu-jitsu under her father, Wellington “Megaton” Dias, as she will make her transition from the grappling world to the fighting world at the promotion’s event scheduled for July 22nd.

“I hope I can represent jiu-jitsu well and put on a good performance,” said Dern of her upcoming MMA debut. “Of course, I will try to be aggressive, but it’s my first fight, so I will still feel everything, see what I have to improve.”

Legacy FC officials have yet to announce an opponent for Dern’s debut.