Miesha Tate Targeting Showdown with Ronda Rousey at Madison Square Garden

Miesha Tate already has a featured spot on one of the UFC’s most anticipated events of all-time, but if all goes as planned this summer, she also hopes to help welcome mixed martial arts to the Empire State in November. Tate will defend her bantamweight crown for the first against Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 on July 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “Cupcake” defied the odds to capture 135-pound gold by submitting Holly Holm in the fifth round at UFC 196 this past March. Even with Nunes looming, Tate is confident enough to look ahead to her next title defense — and it could be a blockbuster. “I think …

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