“I’m going to spend whatever it takes to be a world champion again,” Miesha Tate clarifies her comment about UFC Vegas 31 purse

The former UFC women’s Bantamweight champion, Miesha Tate once again stepped into the Octagon after almost five years and defeated Marion Reneau in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 31.

After her win in the latest interview with the SiriusXM podcast, Tate revealed that she spends 98% of her purse for her fight against Reneau. A lot of people blamed UFC fighter pay for this issue but Miesha Tate clarified that she only revealed it to give people a glimpse of the reality of fighters’ salaries.

In her latest interview with Ariel Helwani, Tate says, “What I was trying to say is that, it’s not all just money that gets to go in the bank, “It’ll go to taxes, it’ll go to coaches, it’ll go to all these different things. I’m OK with that, because that’s me investing in myself. I’m not going to complain that I’m in a 37th percent tax bracket. That means I’m making a lot of money. Having to pay taxes is a good thing.”

“And also paying my coaches — I have more coaches, I have more people who understand what’s going on in the game. And hey, you know what? It’s alright. I’m down to spend the money on myself. I spent it on all-organic, grass-fed food. If it doesn’t run, fly, swim, or come straight out of the ground, I didn’t eat it. My diet was very expensive,”

Miesha Tate made stepped into the Octagon almost after five years and she further explained that a lot of money got spend due to this fight. She continued, “My food prep, all these things. And to be fair, a lot of them were first-time purchases that will benefit me, because I haven’t fought in five years.”

“You invest in new running shoes, you invest in a new bike, you invest in a new heart rate monitor or whatever, these kinds of things. My camp was very expensive, but the results were great and I’m going to continue on that trend. I would spent every last penny to touch that belt again. I’ll spend it all.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

Miesha Tate is satisfied with the money UFC is paying her

Miesha Tate earned a $50,000 post-fight bonus as well for her performance against Reneau along with the $11,000 she got from the UFC’s official sponsors Venom for her fight and she doesn’t regret spending even a single penny for this win.

Tate added, “I didn’t make the statement to make people feel sorry for me, I just want people to know how serious I am, like how serious I am in investing in myself and that I’m going to spend whatever it takes to be a world champion again. That’s really where it is.”

“It’s public information at most places, what we got paid. My pay was already released so I didn’t feel like it was a secret. Plus I got the $50,000 bonus — I was really happy about that, and I think we got another $11,000 from [Venum]. So, at the end of the day, I walked away with some and I’ll walk away with a lot more when I’m holding the belt again.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

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