Video | Miesha Tate had extra motivation to win the belt at UFC 196

By Chris Taylor - March 6, 2016

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Miesha Tate sat down with the UFC on FOX panel after shocking the world by submitting Holly Holm in the fifth-round of their co-main event fight at UFC 196.

The new UFC women’s bantamweight champion told the panel that she had some extra motivation heading in to the bout, this after tragedy had struck her family just a week prior to the event.

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