White: Tate needs a couple wins before title shot
Dana White: “Realistically when you look at it, Miesha Tate has lost to her twice. Miesha’s going to have to knock a couple more people off to get to Ronda Rousey.”
It was widely believed that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s next opponent would be Miesha Tate, on a four-fight win streak. It ended up of course being Holly Holm that got the title shot.
UFC president Dana White appeared recently on FOX Sports 1’s UFC Tonight” and explained why.
We had talked about that fight between Tate and Eye being the next contender fight, but when you really look at a fight, Miesha Tate has lost to her twice, said White as transcribed by Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. She’s lost to Ronda twice. Holly Holm is 9-0 in mixed martial arts. If you look at the range, the distance, the head kicks, all the attributes …
We originally brought Holly Holm into the UFC to fight Ronda Rousey. That fight makes sense. Miesha, at this point in her career, if she loses to Ronda Rousey a third time, it’s a career-killer.
I know it seems like Miesha got a bad break in this thing, but realistically when you look at it, Miesha has lost to her twice. Miesha’s going to have to knock a couple more people off to get to Ronda.
Ronda Rousey fights Holly Holm at UFC 193 on November 14, 2015 at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
