Miesha Tate är besviken för att hon inte får möta Ronda Rousey. Nu visar hon istället intresse för en match mot Cristiane ”Cyborg” Justino.
Miesha Tate blev lovad av UFCs VD Dana White att hon efter sin seger mot Jessica Eye skulle få nästa match mot mästaren Ronda Rousey. Kort därefter blev det istället officiellt att Holly Holm blev den nästa utmanaren på bältet. Tate berättar i en intervju vad hon tycker om UFCs agerande:
”They definitely want to get that undefeated versus undefeated record (for Rousey vs. Holm). I’m not going to say that from a business perspective it doesn’t make sense, but the problem I have with it is the UFC promised me a title fight in the entire lead-up to my fight with Jessica. It was a ‘title-eliminator, No. 1 contender eliminator fight.’ Even after, it was reaffirmed that I was going to get that title shot. Then finding out not from the company itself, but finding out from an announcement and waking up to text messages saying, ‘I’m so sorry this isn’t happening’ – that was a little bit harder pill to swallow than if they had called me up and said, ‘Hey, this is what makes sense at the time.'”
Tate tänker inte haka upp sig på att jaga Rousey utan siktar vidare på nästa match. Hon berättar att hon även skulle vara intresserad av att möta Invictas fjäderviktsmästare Cristiane ”Cyborg” Justino fast hon vill att matchen ska ske i UFC:
“I would love to fight Cris because it would be just an amazing opportunity to step in with someone that’s as accomplished as her. I love those kinds of tough fights. However, I believe her fight at 140 is going to be happening under the Invicta FC banner, and not the UFC banner. So, I think I’m correct in assuming that, and therefore I don’t plan on fighting for Invicta anytime soon. But if it was to happen in the UFC, then yeah, I’m your girl.”
