Ronda Rousey Gets Next Title Shot Against Miesha Tate
As seen at UFC 196, Miesha Tate survived the onslaught that Holly Holm was dishing out and came back to score a late fight rear-naked choke victory to become the new UFC women’s bantamweight champion. The question that everyone is asking is what does the UFC do next? Holm vs. Tate 2? Or is Tate vs. Rousey again? Perhaps Rousey vs. Holm 2?
UFC president Dana White joined SportsCenter after last night’s card and revealed the big news, saying that Tate’s first bantamweight title defense will come against Rousey.
Check out his interview here:
“I think that Ronda now will fight Miesha Tate for the title. That’s what’s going to happen,” White said. “That’s what I said before this fight even happened. Whoever wins tonight will fight Ronda for the title.”
White said on the UFC 196 post-fight show that he was the one who told Rousey that Tate beat Holm at UFC 196 to become the new champion.
“I text Ronda, and she said, ‘What happened?'” White said. “I said, ‘Miesha just choked her unconscious.’ She said, ‘Looks like I gotta get back to work.'”
Rousey has beaten Tate twice. The first win was a first-round armbar to win the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight championin March of 2012 and then again at UFC 168 in December of 2013, where Rousey again submitted Tate with an armbar in the third round after a heated buildup during the groundbreaking 18th season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF).
For those hoping that the fight will take place at UFC 200, it isn’t happening. Rousey will be busy taping movies during that time and not only did she, but the UFC has talked about her returning to the octagon in November.
