{"id":96284,"date":"2014-05-05T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=96284"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:43:11","slug":"tate-thinks-rousey-vs-carano-is-a-joke-based-on-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/tate-thinks-rousey-vs-carano-is-a-joke-based-on-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tate Thinks Rousey vs. Carano Is A Joke Based On Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-on-fox-11-results-tate-almost-submits-carmouche-ends-up-with-decision-win\/miesha-tate-wins-png-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94250\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94250\" title=\"Miesha Tate Wins PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Miesha-Tate-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Miesha-Tate-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Miesha-Tate-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Miesha-Tate-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI really feel that it\u2019s just kind of a joke. It really is. Gina was a great fighter, and she\u2019s a beautiful women. Ronda is a great fighter, and she\u2019s an attractive girl. But to say that Gina should be able to come in after five years of nothing and take on arguably the best female fighter ever? Come on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWomen\u2019s MMA has been working to legitimize ourselves for so long, and we finally broke the ice, we\u2019re finally in the UFC, and we\u2019re getting some credibility. Don\u2019t take that away by putting a fight together that is based entirely on looks and has little to nothing to do with skill set.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe only thing that drives that is they\u2019re both attractive. It makes the women\u2019s title hold no value. It makes it look like it\u2019s a joke and they just put whatever\u2019s going to sell. If we\u2019re going to really legitimize women\u2019s MMA as a sport and have it respected as a sport, then you have to treat it as such.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/05\/miesha-tate-calls-potential-rousey-carano-fight-a-joke-mockery-of-womens-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com Radio<\/a>, Miesha Tate dove deep on the Rousey vs. Carano talk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cupcake&#8217; made her motives clear throughout the course of the chatter, making it known that she wished to welcome Carano back to the UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI really feel that it\u2019s just kind of a joke. It really is. Gina was a great fighter, and she\u2019s a beautiful women. Ronda is a great fighter, and she\u2019s an attractive girl. 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