Manager shocked at Tate being passed over
Josh Jones: “To not even be given a head’s up is very disappointing. [Miesha Tate] doesn’t even know yet. She is going to be absolutely shocked.”
Today on Good Morning America, Ronda Rousey announced that her next fight would be against Holly Holm not Miesha Tate, which came as a complete shock to Tate’s manager and will be to Tate herself. Neither was notified in advance in the change of plans:
“I’m absolutely shocked,” Josh Jones of KHI Management told MMAFighting.com. “I found out just like you did. Very disappointed to hear the news.”
Friday morning at 7:49 a.m. ET, Rousey announced on “Good Morning America” that she will be fighting Holly Holm at UFC 195 on Jan. 2. As of 10:17 a.m. ET, Jones believed Tate, who lives on the West Coast, was still unaware she wasn’t going to get a third crack at Rousey. Tate was promised a title shot after defeating Jessica Eye last month in Chicago, her fourth win a row.
“I want to know the reasons behind [the decision],” Jones said. “To not even be given a head’s up is very disappointing. She doesn’t even know yet. She is going to be absolutely shocked.”
Jones said Tate had already begun training for the Rousey trilogy fight, and her sponsors were already under the assumption she was fighting Rousey next.