Miesha Tate has put her iconic rivalry with Ronda Rousey behind her. If it weren’t for the pair of former UFC bantamweight champions, there’s a strong chance that women wouldn’t have been added to the UFC roster when they inevitably were in 2013. Rousey defeated Tate with her patented first-round armbar in round one to become the Strikeforce champion before the company was absorbed by the UFC, leading to an eventual rematch.
Rousey won once again, that time with an armbar in round three, and the rivalry was resolved, but the bad blood remained. Rousey’s Tate rematch was the second defense of her reign as UFC champion, and she ultimately dropped that label in tough fashion when Holly Holm knocked her out in round two of their November 2015 clash at UFC 193 . Rousey, 37, has recently claimed during media promotion for her new books that she dealt with concussions throughout her life, some occurring as early as age six.
The “Rowdy” one has also expressed how she’s felt “vilified” from the sport, which Tate disagrees with. “I personally don’t have the animosity that I had for Ronda at one point,” Tate told MMA on Sirius XM . “The disdain, the frustration, I’ve been able to work through those things and see my fault in it and try to be a better person.
I wish that I could say that I saw the same growth from Ronda, but it doesn’t seem that way. It certainly seems that she’s holding onto the resentment, the frustration, and the anger, and allowing it .
