Miesha Tate

but I got that call from Dana about week, two weeks later, you know, got some money in my pocket and was like, Hey, we're going to have a job in the UFC crew. Okay. So I'll be all right. I'll get through this, you know, get on the UFC. Um, You know, I work my way back. I coach on the ultimate fighter against Ronda Rousey, tough 18. And I fight her for a second time.

but I got that call from Dana about week, two weeks later, you know, got some money in my pocket and was like, Hey, we're going to have a job in the UFC crew. Okay. So I'll be all right. I'll get through this, you know, get on the UFC. Um, You know, I work my way back. I coach on the ultimate fighter against Ronda Rousey, tough 18. And I fight her for a second time.

She's the champ in the UFC right now. And God, I want so badly to get this one back. And not just because of the redemption part of like, oh, you know, this person I lost to. Like, there are people that I have lost to before that I didn't care to win as much as I did against Rhonda. You know, part of it was the rivalry. But part of it, too, was because she was so –

She's the champ in the UFC right now. And God, I want so badly to get this one back. And not just because of the redemption part of like, oh, you know, this person I lost to. Like, there are people that I have lost to before that I didn't care to win as much as I did against Rhonda. You know, part of it was the rivalry. But part of it, too, was because she was so –

like mean to people that couldn't fight back it was one of my biggest points of contention with her on the ultimate fighter she just treated people bad people that she knew that she could treat that way producers editors interview you know the people working behind the scenes and i always hated it so i wanted to win for those people and i lost again i never beat ronda right i fought her two times and i lost both times and that was compounding

like mean to people that couldn't fight back it was one of my biggest points of contention with her on the ultimate fighter she just treated people bad people that she knew that she could treat that way producers editors interview you know the people working behind the scenes and i always hated it so i wanted to win for those people and i lost again i never beat ronda right i fought her two times and i lost both times and that was compounding

difficulty to move through that but then you know I fought I think it was five or six more fights after her I won all of them I became the number one contender again and there was supposed to be this rematch again with Ronda but they ended up giving it to Holly Holm. Even after they had promised it to me, they gave it to Holly Holm. But I remember being so upset about it.

difficulty to move through that but then you know I fought I think it was five or six more fights after her I won all of them I became the number one contender again and there was supposed to be this rematch again with Ronda but they ended up giving it to Holly Holm. Even after they had promised it to me, they gave it to Holly Holm. But I remember being so upset about it.

And then Holly Holm kicked Rhonda's head into, like, outer space, knocked her out. It was like the head kick heard around the world, right? And... I was like, okay, well now I want to fight Holly, you know? So then I got the opportunity to fight Holly and it all came around. I ended up winning my world title there in force and excuse me, in the UFC moving past straight force.

And then Holly Holm kicked Rhonda's head into, like, outer space, knocked her out. It was like the head kick heard around the world, right? And... I was like, okay, well now I want to fight Holly, you know? So then I got the opportunity to fight Holly and it all came around. I ended up winning my world title there in force and excuse me, in the UFC moving past straight force.

I won my world title in the UFC and it all made sense because I mean, I had the first time I lost her on the second time I lost her on it. It was, it didn't seem to make sense. And then it all came back around and it made sense. And it was just, I had to have that mindset of I can and I will. I will get through this and I will find success in this.

I won my world title in the UFC and it all made sense because I mean, I had the first time I lost her on the second time I lost her on it. It was, it didn't seem to make sense. And then it all came back around and it made sense. And it was just, I had to have that mindset of I can and I will. I will get through this and I will find success in this.

Well, of course, it felt amazing. In that moment, I was so emotional because I had been working what felt like, you know, forever. It just, it felt like my whole life's worth of work that night finally came together and then it all made sense. And, and everything, you know, in that moment was great. But if I'm being completely honest with you, I was still a very broken person on the inside.

Well, of course, it felt amazing. In that moment, I was so emotional because I had been working what felt like, you know, forever. It just, it felt like my whole life's worth of work that night finally came together and then it all made sense. And, and everything, you know, in that moment was great. But if I'm being completely honest with you, I was still a very broken person on the inside.

And I had pushed a lot of things away. I had not dealt with a lot of things that were in my life that were holding me down, bringing me down, whether it was past traumas or things I was currently going through that had become skeletons in the closet. that was like adding another brick every day to the load that I was carrying. And eventually one of the bricks just flattened me.

And I had pushed a lot of things away. I had not dealt with a lot of things that were in my life that were holding me down, bringing me down, whether it was past traumas or things I was currently going through that had become skeletons in the closet. that was like adding another brick every day to the load that I was carrying. And eventually one of the bricks just flattened me.

It, it, it, so it, I think the craziest part about winning the world title was that for a few weeks I was on top of the world. Like nothing could bring me down. And then after that, I realized that fixed absolutely nothing.

It, it, it, so it, I think the craziest part about winning the world title was that for a few weeks I was on top of the world. Like nothing could bring me down. And then after that, I realized that fixed absolutely nothing.

nothing it fixed nothing it was a band-aid that looked great and was probably decorated and cute and looked wonderful but underneath the wound was nowhere near healed and it wasn't until I fought two more times I lost those both of those fights after that and I walked away from the sport of MMA I retired I left a extremely toxic relationship that I had been in for nine years.

nothing it fixed nothing it was a band-aid that looked great and was probably decorated and cute and looked wonderful but underneath the wound was nowhere near healed and it wasn't until I fought two more times I lost those both of those fights after that and I walked away from the sport of MMA I retired I left a extremely toxic relationship that I had been in for nine years.