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Last November, Ronda Rousey was knocked stiff by Holly Holm<\/a>, surrendering the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the process. She has not stepped foot in the Octagon since.<\/p>\n

Luckily for Rousey fans, that could soon change, as recent rumors have suggested<\/a> she’ll return to action at UFC 207<\/a>, where she would take on reigning bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour<\/a>, fan favourite Miesha Tate<\/a> weighed in on this potential showdown. Given that she’s fought both women, her thoughts on this rumored title fight are especially interesting.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/a><\/p>\n

When asked what she thought about Nunes waiting for Rousey to make her return, instead of\u00a0taking on another bantamweight contender, Tate simply said that this isn’t the way she’d do things if she were still the champ.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy personal opinion is that as the champion you don\u2019t wait for people; you step up when you should,\u201d she said. \u201cYou should stay busy.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She did, however, add that she understands Nunes’ choice to hold out for a fight with Rousey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s her choice, it\u2019s her life, and she\u2019s probably being advised to wait and I can\u2019t blame the girl,” Tate said. “It\u2019s going to be a big fight; it\u2019s going to be a big money fight. Financially, career-wise, it probably makes sense to wait, but you gotta balance it out. Are you in it for the money and doing the quote, unquote \u2018smart thing\u2019, or are you passionate and driven, and do you want to do what \u2018the fighter,\u2019 quote, unquote would do?”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"tate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tate also offered up her thoughts on the outcome of this potential showdown. The result, she said, depends largely on which version of Ronda Rousey returns to the Octagon.<\/p>\n

\u201cA long layoff [like Rousey’s] can definitely have some adverse effects on coming back and getting right back in there with the best of the best, so I guess we\u2019ll kind of see how it all plays out,\u201d Tate explained when she was asked for her prediction.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like there are so many weird variables,” she continued. “It\u2019s really, really hard to say. Who knows what we\u2019re going to get out of Ronda when she comes back. If we\u2019re getting Ronda at the best she\u2019s ever been, then I say Ronda. But if we\u2019re getting Ronda coming back with half-ass mentality, kind of like \u2018oh I just feel like I have to do this one time,\u2019 and she\u2019s got a lot of ring-rust and she\u2019s maybe a little punch shy, since she hasn\u2019t fought since Holly\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe all saw that obviously Amanda has incredible power in her right hand,” Tate added. “So, you know, if she gets Ronda with one of those it could be a problem for Ronda; a big, big problem. It\u2019s kind of hard to say honestly, I really just don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to get with Ronda. I know what we\u2019re going to get with Amanda, I just have no idea what we\u2019re gonna get with Ronda.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do you think a potential Rousey vs. Nunes bout would go? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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