Miesha Tate is trying to dethrone the champion and primary lady’s pound for pound fighter Valentina Shevchenko, a lot favored Julianna Pena did to Amanda Nunes.
Tate first got here again to attempt to reclaim her bantamweight championship she as soon as had, however is now shifting her focus to a different GOAT, Shevchenko. Shevchenko has dominated the Flyweight division and had her closest struggle in fairly someday at UFC 275 towards Taila Santos. She gained that struggle by cut up resolution and an unintentional head butt might have been the distinction maker within the struggle.
Tate returned to the UFC after a 5 yr layoff and was defeated by Ketlen Vieira in her first struggle again within the octagon. The bout was an in depth one, however sadly for Tate, she walked away the loser of the struggle. After seeing her shut good friend take out Nunes within the greatest upset in UFC historical past, Tate shifted her focus and now has no intention of creating one other run at bantamweight.
Miesha Tate was interviewed by MMA Preventing when she touched upon the opportunity of going after Valentina Shevchenko
“I might have cherished to have a rematch with Amanda, however I really feel like Julianna getting it performed the way in which she did, I acquired my success from that,” Tate mentioned on Wednesday. “Now, I need to take out the opposite GOAT.” (H/T MMAFighting)
Tate is wanting ahead to the transfer all the way down to 125 and even believes it could even be a faster street to a title shot in that division, in comparison with the 135 pound division.
“I mentioned, ‘Nicely, which one’s going to get me to the title quicker?’ He appeared to assume that 125 was going to get me quicker, and I mentioned, ‘You understand what? It makes loads of sense.’ Julianna has the title proper now at 135. This units me up completely, and who wouldn’t need to struggle Valentina with all that she’s completed.”
