White Next Holm fight is Rousey, not Tate, on 9 July
Dana White said that former champion Ronda Rousey will an immediate rematch with champion Holly Holm, denying Holm’s manager’s suggestion of a Miesha Tate fight.
Earlier in the week, UFC president Dana said that former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would get an immediate rematch with Holly Holm, ideally at the new (UFC) arena on July 9. Holm’s manager said that with Rousey in need to an extended period of time to recover from the beating she suffered at the fists and feet of new champion Holly Holm, he felt a fight with Miesha Tate was appropriate in the interim.
Holly’s used to staying active, said Fresquez said. We’re from the old school and we believe the No. 1 contender is there for a reason. … [Miesha Tate] deserves a shot, but it’s not for me to decide.
In an interview with Lance Pugmire for the LA Times, White agreed that it was not for Fresquez to decide, but did not agree with the Tate rematch idea, at all.
We’re real concerned with his opinion, said White, sarcastically.
Ronda is the fiercest competitor I have ever met in my life and she’s also very proud. What made the world love Ronda is that Ronda absolutely 100% knew she was not going to lose. … People rallied around this powerful female figure.
Ronda’s never lost a fight. She will overcome it and be back.
She got clipped, stayed in there and tried to fight through it. She told me she was in there, she was rocked, and she’d never been rocked like that before. And the things that were going on in her head – what she was doing – she’d never been in that situation.
So it will be Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey at the new arena in Vegas on July 9.
