Miesha Tate Felt Bad For Ronda Rousey Going Into Fight With Bethe Correia
Miesha Tate, who is the number one contender for the UFC bantamweight championship thanks to her recent four-fight winning streak, stated that she knew prior to the fight that Ronda Rousey would make short work of Bethe Correia this past Saturday at UFC 190.
“It was a pretty quick fight, which I kind of anticipated,” Tate said on an appearance at the MMA Hour. “I actually thought she might finish it at the end of the first round because I know she really wanted to punish Bethe. But Bethe ended up going down like a sack of potatoes before Ronda could really punish her like she wanted to.”
Even though Tate and Rousey do not get along, Tate felt bad for Rousey going into the fight due to all of the negative things that Correia said about Rousey and bringing up the fact that her father committed suicide.
“If there was any time that I actually felt bad for Ronda and kind of sympathized with her, it was in this fight,” she said. “I really thought that Bethe overstepped some personal boundaries that she just shouldn’t. I mean, Ronda and I are probably never going to get along. We’re probably never going to be friends, but there’s a certain amount of respect that one another should have for each other, as fighters, if nothing more.”
“No matter how much you dislike someone, there are personal lines you just don’t cross. I think Bethe did that, and so I think she got what was coming to her.”
Rousey has beaten Tate twice in the past and impressive fashion. Rousey beat Tate in March of 2012 by first-round armbar to become the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship and then in December of 2013 at UFC 168, Rousey submitted Tate with an armbar in the third round to retain her UFC Women’s bantamweight championship.
As noted, Miesha Tate was named number one contender for Rousey’s women’s bantamweight championship and will be fighting her at a later date.
