Miesha Tate targets former title challenger, Lauren Murphy for her flyweight debut
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Miesha Tate vs Lauren Murphy
The former UFC women’s Bantamweight champion, Miesha Tate is considering a move to the women’s Flyweight division since her friend, Julianna Pena created one of the biggest upsets in the UFC title fight history and defeated Amanda Nunes at the co-main event of UFC 269.
Along with this the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade also lost her shot to the Flyweight title when he faced a TKO loss against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261. Now Andrade was eyeing a fight against Rose Namajunas, but the UFC president, Dana White revealed Carla Esparza is next for Namajunas.
Instead of waiting for the next title shot, Jessica Andrade is ready to welcome her former foe, Miesha Tate in the new division. Talking to MMA Fighting, he said, “I recently read that Miesha is thinking about the idea of going down to 125 pounds and I would love to be her first opponent in this new weight class, maybe she never thought about it, but I entered the UFC because of her, when she went to shoot TUF with Ronda Rousey and withdrew from a fight with Liz Carmouche and I was signed as her replacement.”
Miesha Tate is looking to make the most of her flyweight debut against Lauren Murphy
Lauren Murphy lost her last fight against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 266. She got dominated by the champ, but she could get the chance to redeem herself against the former champion, Tate. Tate is also coming off from a loss, and this would be an important fight for her career.
Tate stepped inside the octagon after a long break from the competition, she claimed this isn’t just an adventure and she is definitely aiming for the title. If she can defeat Murphy then she would bust into the flyweight title picture, and the champ Valentina Shevchenko would be more than happy to test her skills against the former champion.
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