{"id":267056,"date":"2018-01-02T06:48:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267056"},"modified":"2018-01-02T06:48:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:48:39","slug":"former-ufc-womens-bantamweight-champion-miesha-tate-huge-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/miesha-tate\/former-ufc-womens-bantamweight-champion-miesha-tate-huge-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has some huge news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has some big, big news. Now that her fighting career has drawn to a close, she&#8217;s opening an exciting new chapter \u2013\u00a0 as a mother.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, the former champ announced this exciting news in a post to Facebook, asking that the fans and media respect the privacy of her and dad-to-be Johnny.<\/p>\n<p>See it below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmiesha.tate.7%2Fposts%2F10101447924584713&amp;width=500\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy New Year everyone! 2016 &amp; 2017 were crazy years full of transitions for me but I\u2019m so happy where I\u2019m at now moving into 2018. I have many things to be grateful for but one stands out in particular, you see there\u2019s this man who has brought joy and happiness into my life in a way I\u2019ve never known before, Johnny thank you for that. I\u2019m proud to announce we are expecting a beautiful baby girl. Now you can sit and speculate&#8230; or you can just be happy for us. I\u2019d like to ask that everyone respect the fact that (like we have been) we would like to continue to live our private lives primarily out of the media. I won\u2019t comment on specifics so just know that I am very happy, very excited and my life has never felt so complete. Thank you all for the continued support on this crazy journey we call life!&#8221; &#8211; Miesha Tate on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Miesha Tate has not fought since November o 2016, when she gave up a decision to former TUF pupil Raquel Pennington. 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