Miesha Tate thinks Ronda Rousey will end her winning streak when the two collide next time. UFC champion has become known for her short knock-outs and domination recently, but every streak eventually ends.
Some professional fighters retire, or in the case of Floyd Mayweather Jr., they find they would have to forfeit one belt to hold another. As previously reported by the Inquisitr , his fight with Manny Pacquiao was a complicated one, beginning with “Pac-Man” having fought with a shoulder injury, and ending with the discovery that he would need to give up his previous belt in order to hold the one he won against Pacquiao.
Though Tate isn’t switching to another weight division to stop Rousey’s winning streak, she does feel a certainty that their upcoming match will be the decisive one. Miesha Tate thinks Ronda Rousey will go down, and she’ll be the one to take down the champion .
“It’s getting to a point where the [UFC] girls need to step up and prove it’s not a one-woman division, that others are pretty close, or on the same level, or potentially better. That’s what I see my role in this. I just know I have what it takes and I want to show the world that I can become a world champion.
I proved in my last fight I’m a better athlete and stronger than I was before and I beat one of the best strikers in the division at her own game. I added a new strength coach. I’ve done circuit and cardio training before, but I’ve realized there’s a different level of strength training.
That allows me to deliver the kind of power for a much longer time. The muscular endurance is a lot better now. I never get flat-footed now. It’s something I’ve worked hard on.”
If Miesha Tate is right, Ronda Rousey could see her first real fight in a long time in her next match. She isn’t saying that Bethe Correia wasn’t trying, just that she was allegedly out of her league, having gone down so quickly.
“I’ve proven I can take a punch and give a punch. I’m not taking anything away from what Ronda did. But Bethe went down so easy, she was just in over her head. I know I wouldn’t go down in that kind of situation.”
What do you think? Will the world be impressed by “Tate 2.0”? Will Miesha Tate be Ronda Rousey’s ultimate taker?
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