Miesha Tate News

Chris Taylor - July 10, 2016

Miesha Tate lost her UFC women’s bantamweight title to Amanda Nunes in the main event of UFC 200 last night in Las Vegas. Nunes was able to batter Tate in the stand-up game before eventually taking her down and scoring the fight-ending rear-naked choke submission in the bouts opening round.

Chris Taylor - July 10, 2016

Amanda Nunes became the UFC women’s bantamweight champion in the main event of UFC 200 by submitting Miesha Tate in the very first-round.

Russell Ess - July 8, 2016

The drama of UFC 200 continued today during the weigh-ins in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighters are getting used to a new early weigh-in procedure that the UFC petitioned the Nevada Athletic Commission to implement, which gives fighters more time to hydrate before their actual fights.

bjpenndotcom - June 22, 2016

At UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil, Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her highly anticipated UFC debut against Leslie Smith. The fight was a short one, with Cyborg getting the TKO win over Smith in the 1st round. Following the win, Cyborg expressed her interest in going back to Invicta to defend her featherweight championship. Despite that, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate eyes a future fight with Cyborg.

Russell Ess - June 20, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - June 17, 2016

Ahead of her UFC 200 title defense against Amanda Nunes, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate found herself woken up early Friday morning for a random drug test courtesy of the US Anti-Doping Agency. Early morning of #USADA drug testing

Russell Ess - June 16, 2016

Curious at all about how the stunning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate looked in high school? One of her high school classmates uploaded a couple of her yearbook photos to the Internet and her fans have been loving it.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

Since Ronda Rousey was knocked out cold by Holly Holm at UFC 193 last year, there has been much speculation as to whether or not Rousey will return to the Octagon. While initial reports stated that Rousey would be returning to the Octagon after filming a series of movies, the former champ’s return has continually been pushed back.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

The landscape of the UFC women’s bantamweight division changed greatly on November 15th at UFC 193 as Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to claim the women’s bantamweight championship. Rousey had reigned as the only women’s bantamweight champion in UFC history until she was knocked out by Holm in Australia. In Holm’s first title defense at UFC 196, she was choked out cold by Miesha Tate in the 5th round of their co-main event scrap. With Tate now the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, many are wondering when Rousey will return from her hiatus for a trilogy fight with Tate.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has been competing in MMA professionally for nearly a decade. In addition, ‘Cupcake’ was one of the first women in the UFC. Ahead of her UFC 200 fight against Amanda Nunes, Tate appeared on SiriusXM Fight Club, Tate tried to impart some wisdom on UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who was pulled from UFC 200 after refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

While former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is currently on an indefinite hiatus from competing in the UFC, she has continued to make headlines. During a recent podcast appearance, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate told a story about an encounter Rousey had with UFC strawweight Paige VanZant. As the story goes, VanZant and Rousey were doing a Reebok promo shoot, during which Rousey cursed out VanZant for congratulating Holly Holm on winning the UFC championship when she knocked out Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

Ahead of UFC 200 on July 9th, where Miesha Tate will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion sat down to check out old footage from early on in her MMA career, as well as footage of her wrestling in high school.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is no stranger in front of the camera. Tate, who has won the hearts of many fans got dolled up recently for an editorial photo shoot and looked amazing.

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

Current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was very impressed by Cristiane Justino’s octagon debut last night at UFC 198. “Cyborg” earned a dominant first-round TKO victory over Leslie Smith at yesterday’s pay-per-view event in Curitiba, Brazil.

Russell Ess - May 9, 2016

Miesha Tate is a big fan of Holly Holm’s polite character and they have been friendly to one another even after Tate put Holm to sleep with a rear-naked choke at UFC 196. However, Tate revealed on Joe Rogan’s podcast last week that she has a problem with Tate’s manager Lenny Fresquez.

bjpenndotcom - May 5, 2016

The world of MMA rarely carries over into the world of politics. With Donald Trump unofficially claiming the Republican nomination this week, Miesha Tate was asked about her support of ‘The Donald’.

Chris Taylor - May 1, 2016

Top UFC women’s bantamweight contender Amanda Nunes will square off with division champion Miesha Tate at this summer’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Nunes is confident that she can expose the ‘holes’ in Miesha Tate’s fight game and become the UFC’s new women’s bantamweight title holder on July 9 in Sin City.

Russell Ess - April 29, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is already looking past UFC 200 and her opponent Amanda Nunes. Tate wants to avenge her losses to former champion Ronda Rousey, and would love for it to take place at the UFC’s big event in New York City. “I think everything happens for a reason,” Tate said at the UFC 200 presser in New York (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “I told everybody I was going to beat Holly and I did, and I’m going to beat Amanda on the 9th, and I’m going to go on, and hopefully I’m going to see Ronda in Madison Square Garden. That’s going to be great.”