Miesha Tate

Miesha Tate is currently believed to be single. She earlier used to date Bryan Caraway, a former UFC fighter, who was also her trainer. She once saved the life of Bryan’s mother when the latter had an asthma attack while scuba diving.

She loves American football, and is a fan of the Seattle Hawks.

Miesha Theresa Tate was born on 18th August 1986, in Tacoma, Washington, in the United States. She grew up as a tomboy and used to socialize and play with the boys in her neighborhood. She did her schooling from Franklin Pierce High School, where she took part in amateur wrestling.

Later, she attended the Central Washington University, where she was encouraged by a friend to attend the mixed martial arts club along with her. Tate agreed, and upon joining, she developed an interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is a submission-based martial art, which is mostly performed on the mat.

Tate slowly learned more about how mixed martial arts worked. Unlike wrestling, it allows the use of strikes, along with grappling. In March 2006, she took part in her first amateur bout, against Elizabeth Posener, who specialized in Muay Thai.

In November 2007, Miesha Tate made her professional debut in mixed martial arts, at the one-night HOOKnSHOOT Women’s Grand Prix. She did well initially, defeating Jan Finney, but was later beaten by Kaitlin Young, who eventually became the tournament champion.

Throughout the next few years, she took part in fights in several small organizations, and won a few. Her victories included defeating Jamie Lyn Welsh in CageSport MMA and Jessica Bednark in Freestyle Cage Fighting (FCF).

In 2009, two years after she made her professional debut, she took part in, and eventually clinched the FCF Women’s Bantamweight Championship. Thus, she laid her foundation for further success in her MMA career.

In August 2010, at Strikeforce Challengers: Riggs vs Taylor, she was included in a one-night Strikeforce women’s tournament. She faced Maiju Kujala in her first round who she managed to defeat. At the final, she defeated Hitomi Akano, to become Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Tournament Champion. Later, she fought and defeated Marloes Coenen, to become the new Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion.

Her first title defense took place against Ronda Rousey, who had made her MMA debut in early 2011. Their bout took place on 3rd March 2012, which was televised on Showtime. Despite putting up a brilliant fight, Tate was defeated and she lost the title to Rousey.

Miesha Tate’s achievements in her UFC career include wining the ‘UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship’, as well as the ‘Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship’ and ‘FCF Women’s Bantamweight Championship’. Tate has won a silver medal in the FILA Grappling Championships as well.