Miesha Tate is undecided about her fighting future.
Tate (20-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC) returned from a 17-month layoff in May to take on Yana Santos at UFC on ESPN 67 in Des Moines, Iowa. She lost the fight by unanimous decision, and now has now dropped three of her past four fights. Her lone win in that stretch came in a submission over Julia Avila in December 2023.
The former UFC bantamweight champion revealed that she has one fight left on her contract, but isn’t sure if she’ll fight it out.
“I’m not officially done. I still have a fight on my contract,” Tate said on the JAXXON Podcast. “I wouldn’t fight more than one more time. I’m not looking to re-sign. I think just one more, if that. But I haven’t decided for sure. I might be leaning towards not.”
As long as Tate is under UFC contract, she likely won’t have the luxury of competing in other combat sports. However, the 39-year-old is not concerned with that.
“Boxing for real? Like, I’m not going to go do that,” Tate said. “Maybe some grappling competitions. Or even under the UFC banner. Maybe something like that, but we’ll see. I don’t know. I’m getting old, you know.”
