Miesha Tate obtained a tough actuality test from Dana White.
A former UFC girls’s bantamweight champion, Tate is commonly thought to be certainly one of MMA’s prime feminine fighters. Sadly, a lot of her success was overshadowed by Ronda Rousey.
First crossing paths underneath the Strikeforce banner in 2012, Tate and Rousey took the Octagon by storm a year later, working it again at UFC 168. On the time, it was the largest girls’s battle in UFC historical past, and her subsequent title victory over Holly Holm 4 years later left Tate wanting an even bigger piece of the pie.
However when she went to White along with her grievance, the UFC CEO didn’t pull any punches.
“He pissed me off,” Tate stated throughout an look on the Jaxxon Podcast with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. “I used to be arguing. I feel I wished extra pay. I wished one thing totally different. He’s like, ‘Look, you’re not Ronda Rousey.’ Rattling. All proper. Nicely, good. I don’t wish to be, however nonetheless, present me the cash. You recognize, I’m the opposite half of that equation.”
Miesha Tate talks ‘actual Beef’ with Rousey on TUF Set
Earlier than Tate and Rousey went to conflict underneath the UFC banner, they competed as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter. For a lot of, it was their first glimpse into how each fighters conduct themselves exterior the Octagon. Evidently, Rousey rubbed lots of people, together with Tate, the fallacious manner.
“It was actual beef, and the followers noticed most of it, as a result of it occurred publicly,” Tate stated whereas discussing her rivalry with Rousey on TUF. “The issues that individuals didn’t see, although, on The Final Fighter, there was undoubtedly [hatred]. As a result of they clipped that up a lot, and there’s solely such a small little bit of what you’ll truly see.
“I anticipated her to be all pissy in direction of me and every little thing, and I used to be like, ‘I’m wonderful with that as a result of we’re going to punch one another within the face on the finish of the day.’ However what folks didn’t get to see is how impolite she was to the folks behind the digicam, the producers, these sorts of people that she knew she may very well be a d***head to.”
Whereas it’s been practically a decade since Rousey’s final battle, Tate nonetheless competes on a semi-regular foundation. After unretiring in 2021, she’s gone 2-4 along with her two wins coming through third-round finishes towards Marion Reneau and Julia Avila.
