Female UFC Fighters: Why Miesha Tate Hates Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate is one of the best female UFC fighters out there. Defeating Holly Holm made her the current holder of the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship. Miesha is an accomplished grappler and wrestler, and she showed it in the match against Holm. Miesha Tate will defend her title this July vs Amanda Nunes. Before this bout was scheduled, however, Dana White announced that Tate would face Ronda Rousey. Meisha is one of the most well-versed female UFC fighters, her vocabulary of techniques includes wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and submission defenses. She proved she can out-grapple the best wrestlers like Olympic medalist Sara McMann. Miesha was the first fighter ever to escape Ronda Rousey’s armbar. Miesha considers herself to be a dominant and powerful fighter ready to take on anyone, anytime. Her confidence stems from the fact that no matter what technique her opponent uses, she can make things go ugly pretty fast with her array of chokes, holds, heel hooks, guillotines, and kimura locks. Miesha is best known for her double-leg takedowns. Tate is dangerous while standing as well, being powerful and deploying range of jabs, hooks, and even a right cross and knee shots from the clinch. Miesha is growing and evolving. Part of her secret is that she approaches every fight as if it was the most important one in her career. Thinking of a title shot is exciting, but Miesha tends to focus on the match at hand. The biggest thing for her is training in the camp, overtiming …

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