Miesha Tate explains her gruesome injury at the hands of Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate came out with some specific details this weekend at Invicta FC 1 concerning her brutal arm injury. Stemming from her Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight title loss in March to Ronda Rousey, Tate has since kept quiet on the subject. However it now appears that she is ready to talk about the loss. When asked about the extent of her injuries she answered the following via fightlinker.com:

“I basically tore everything. I tore the inner and outer sides of my ligaments attached to the muscles and bone. They actually pulled the bone off with the ligament and then I tore all the muscles around that. So… it was pretty bad, but you know for me it wasn’t really that bad. I think that… I have the motto that as long as you get up one more time than you fall down then… you know what I mean, you are doing something right? So I’ll be back stronger than ever.”

From the sound of things Tate’s injuries were quite severe and may require extensive recovery time. She may have experienced a terrible setback, but her attitude seems undeterred. While many have questioned the decision to let the hold go on for as long as it did, Tate would seem to have no remorse over the subject. Her goal is to get back to the top of WMMA as soon as possible, amazing for a women who had the aforementioned injuries so recently. Tate commented on this as well, saying:

“You know I haven’t got any clearance from the doctors yet. I’m going in for my two month checkup here in a minute. But you know the arm is doing really well. Definitely beating any predictions as far as my recovery. So… I’m really anxious to get back in there.”

Miesha Tate has not let her injury set her back, will she re-emerge as a force for the Strikeforce title with Ronda Rousey around?

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