Rousey has beaten Tate twice already. In March 2012, she submitted Tate via armbar in the first round to take the Strikeforce women's bantamweight championship. In their December 2013 rematch at UFC 168, Tate lasted until the third round before getting submitted, again via armbar.
To date, Tate remains the only fighter who has gotten past the first round against Rousey. She has also won four consecutive matches since her loss at UFC 168, including a unanimous decision against Jessica Eye last weekend that propelled her back to title contention.
"I think she does deserve the title shot again," said Rousey's trainer, Edmond Tarverdyan, in an interview with MMA Fighting. "And we're ready."
"I like that fight. I do like that fight, because she's still talking crap a little bit and she thinks making it into the third round with Ronda, she thinks she can do better now and go for a decision or something like that," he added.
"She's mistaken, and we'll be ready for that fight."
Rousey still has to take care of Bethe Correia, against whom she is defending the UFC women's bantamweight belt this weekend in Brazil, but the champion is confident of victory and is already looking forward to fighting Tate again.
"Here's pretty much the plan. I'm going to beat up Bethe, then I'm going to take a couple of weeks to rest, and then I'm going to beat up Miesha, and then I'm going to go like Thailand, or wherever we decide to film, and prep for like a month, and then start filming for like eight to 10 weeks, and then go beat up the next chick," Rousey told Fox Sports in an interview ahead of UFC 190.
Tarverdyan said that if and when Rousey fights Tate again, he is going to make sure that the champion is in her best form.
According to the trainer, Rousey was sick ahead of her first fight with Tate, and did only 40 days of hard training for their rematch.
"She's just a lucky girl because of that. This time, it's going to be a totally different fight," Tarverdyan said. "Ronda's improvement is just going to be too much. This girl (Tate) is gonna get hurt in there."
"She's not gonna know where she is. This time, she's not gonna know where she is, for sure," he added.
"I'm going to make sure that Miesha Tate gets really punished and knows what she's getting into. It's not gonna be good for her career. She's gonna get a lot of damage, and I'm gonna make sure it's not healthy for her career," Tarverdyan also said.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
