We may have seen the last of Miesha Tate in the octagon.<\/p>\n
Tate is one of the last big names from the original gang of women who kicked off WMMA in UFC. She came over from Strikeforce in 2013 along with Ronda Rousey<\/a> and became a fan favorite with her grit and determination. She took the UFC women\u2019s bantamweight title off Holly Holm<\/a> in 2016. By then she\u2019d already been fighting for 9 years, going 18-5. The next 9 years weren\u2019t as kind.<\/p>\n After a 2-5 run over that period, Tate revealed on the Jaxxon Podcast that she may not fight again.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not officially done, I still have a fight on my contract,\u201d she said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t fight more than one more time. I\u2019m not looking to re-sign. I think just one more, if that. But I haven\u2019t decided for sure. I might be leaning towards not.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCupcake\u201d didn\u2019t seem bothered by the fact that she wouldn\u2019t be able to compete in other combat sports so long as UFC held that final fight on her contract.<\/p>\n \u201cBoxing for real? Like, I\u2019m not gonna go [do that],\u201d Tate said. \u201cMaybe some grappling competitions. Maybe under the UFC [BJJ] banner. Maybe something like that. But we\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m getting old, you know,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Tate is 39 and her last fight was a 29-28×3 decision loss to Yana Santos on the prelim portion of UFC Des Moines. Not the kind of fight you want to go out on, but Tate already sounded done with things after going through a brutal rehab to step back in the cage.<\/p>\n