Former undisputed bantamweight champion, Miesha Tate is reportedly set for her return to motion for the primary time because the finish of 2023, returning in a conflict towards former featherweight title chaser, Yana Santos at a deliberate UFC Battle Night time card in Des Moines, Iowa on Might 3.
Tate, the present quantity eleven ranked bantamweight contender, has been out of motion since he returned to winning-ways at UFC Battle Night time Austin again in 2023, snapping a two-fight skid in a 3rd spherical face crank submission win over the just lately retired, Julia Avila.
As for Santos, the present quantity ten ranked bantamweight challenger herself snapped a three-fight dropping skid at UFC Vegas 95 final summer season, touchdown a call win over Chelsea Chandler in her return to the Octagon.
Miesha Tate returns towards Yana Santos in Might
Previous to her submission win over Avila, Washington veteran, Tate had suffered a pair of back-to-back losses towards Ketlen Vieira and Lauren Murphy, having snapped a five-year retirement in a knockout win over the retired, Marion Reneau again in 2021.
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Profitable undisputed bantamweight gold at UFC 196, Tate would rally to cease former champion, Holly Holm with a spectacular fifth spherical rear-naked choke submission win.
Throughout her storied skilled profession, Miesha Tate has additionally racked up notable victories over the likes of Jan Finney, Hitomi Akano, Marloes Coenen, Julie Kedzie, Liz Carmouche, Rin Nakai, Sara McMann, Jessica Eye, and the above-mentioned, Avila.
A former Invicta FC featherweight champion, Santos unsuccessfully challenged then-featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg for the UFC title in her Octagon debut again in 2018, struggling a dominant first spherical knockout loss to the Brazilian megastar.
Throughout her Octagon tenure, Santos has overwhelmed common-foe, Vieira, in addition to the likes of Reneau, and Julija Stoliarenko.
