‘I know it’- Miesha Tate calls out and is certain that she will defeat Valentina Shevchenko


‘I know it’- Miesha Tate calls out and is certain that she will defeat Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko & Miesha Tate

During the press conference, the former UFC bantamweight world champion also mentioned that her transition to flyweight was going well. Tate wants to win two division titles, but she must first defeat Lauren Murphy, the third-ranked 125-pounder.

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Tate seems to be moving through her fight week very nicely in all regards. Before turning her attention to flyweight, Tate split her first two fights at bantamweight in which she secured a third-round TKO victory over Marion Reneau and an unanimous decision defeat to Ketlen Vieira.

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“We just ran into each other”- Miesha Tate describes her encounter with Valentina Shevchenko

Meisha Tate
Meisha Tate

Tate believes she has a good chance of defeating Valentina Shevchenko and taking over her kingdom. When asked whether she had ever interacted personally with Valentina Shevchenko and When asked about if she can defeat the champion, she stated, “I know it”

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She stated, “I have and we just ran into each other maybe about a month ago at the Performance Institute… she said something along the lines of like ‘now it’s ok to be nice. Maybe in the future on fight week, that will be different… I’m paraphrasing. I said ‘yeah absolutely, nothing but respect and love outside of it’… It was comforting to me because I think it meant that she definitely sees me as a future opponent.” Here is the said video

Miesha hoped to win the UFC bantamweight championship once more and exact revenge on Amanda Nunes when she first came out of retirement, but now she has her sights set on Valentina.

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