Seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus recently gave an interview to Fighters.com in which she commented on Strikeforce, particularly discussions that Tate vs. Rousey was the main event of the most recent show due to their sex appeal with their male audience. While she admits she didn’t catch the broadcast [...]
Saturday’s Strikeforce event, headlined by Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey, averaged 431,000 viewers on premium cable channel Showtime. That number is higher than Strikeforce’s January event on Showtime, Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine, which scored 344,000 viewers. Compared to the only other Strikeforce card headlined by a female fight, Carano vs [...]
“A star was born tonight. Onward and forward in female division.” That was the statement from Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker during the post fight press conference for Tate vs Rousey last night in Columbus, Ohio. “Tonight justifies feelings that women should be allowed to compete. You saw fighting at highest [...]
Showtime has released highlights from last night’s epic Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey title fight. As reported, Rousey defeated Tate in the first round with just seconds to spare after applying her infamous armbar submission and forcing Tate to tap. Highlights below: If you haven’t seen the fight yet, you [...]
Miesha Tate‘s first and only Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship defense ended in a loss when Ronda Rousey forced her to submit to an armbar submission hold in the first round. The tap out marks Rousey’s fifth straight first round victory by armbar submission. After months of hype and publicity, including [...]
We weren’t expecting any love or respect from Strikeforce Bantamweight Women’s Champion Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey at the official weigh-in for tonight’s show in Columbus, OH. Tate got in Rousey’s face during the stare down and then came a little shoving. To say this is getting heated, it’s an [...]
At the final press conference before they beat the hell out of each other Saturday night, Strikeforce Bantamweight Women’s Champion Miesha Tate and challenger Ronda Rousey verbally sparred one last time. Rousey started, admitting she was basically “in it for the money” and didn’t care what other fighters thought. Tate [...]
In what has become one of the most heated and publicized feuds in women’s MMA history, Strikeforce Bantamweight Women’s Champion Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey have been in a war of words; from Twitter, to podcasts, to websites, to television. With only a few days till their showdown in Columbus, [...]
Wombat Sports and Diva Dirt MMA present an exclusive live interview with Strikeforce’s Bantamweight Women’s Champion, Miesha Tate, ahead of her big headlining fight with Ronda Rousey on March 3rd. Note This is the rescheduled interview that was due to take place yesterday. The interview airs live at 4pm ET [...]
Showtime has released the official video promo for the upcoming Strikeforce: Tate vs Rousey event airing March 3rd on Showtime. Bantamweight Women’s Champion Miesha Tate will defend the title against Ronda Rousey in the main event of the show. Also, Sarah Kaufman will face Alexis Davis for the number one [...]
Speaking to MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey admitted to playing mind games with Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate during their recent press tour and ahead of their headline fight on March 3rd. Speaking to Helwani, Rousey said: “I try to look at her all the time and she’s always avoiding [...]
Strikeforce’s Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate had choice words for her March 3rd opponent, Ronda Rousey, while making an appearance on HDNet’s Inside MMA last night. Tate called the judo expert and Olympic medalist “delusional” following comments Rousey has made on Twitter and in the press. MMAmania.com reports the champion [...]
Speaking to Univision following this past Saturday’s UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker addressed the upcoming main event fight between Ronda Rousey and Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate. Coker said that there is a fan base out there for women’s MMA based on ratings for previous female [...]
Diva Dirt MMA is here with your first fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s mixed martial arts. Check it out below: It’s pretty easy to tell what’s going to headline Strikeforce‘s “Tate vs. Rousey” event on March 3. Miesha Tate is set to defend her [...]
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