There is no confusing the fact that Bethe Correia wants to fight former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate.
Correia, who competed for the same aforementioned title that “Cupcake” Tate recently held, claimed that she was mocked by Tate on social media for the way she lost to Ronda Rousey in her home country of Brazil. Because of this, Correia says she has had it out for Tate and is willing to do whatever it takes to prove she is better than her.
Even if it means duking it out with the fellow UFC combatant in their own backyard.
“There’s one person I have some business I need to take care of and I want to take care of it, who is Miesha Tate,” said the Brazilian women’s bantamweight contender during a recent interview with Combate. “It’s someone who’s always on my mind. She started talking trash to me on social media and campaigned on Twitter to fight me. She was the first one to criticize when they announced my fight with Ronda Rousey. She said I didn’t deserve it and made fun of me. When I lost, she made fun of the way I lost. It’s something I have stuck in my throat until this day. I really want to fight her and make her feel like a newcomer. I’ll be different when I fight her. I would fight her at a catchweight, on the prelims, main card and any event, even in her own backyard. Just the two of us, if she wants to, just so she can see I’m better than her.”
Correia defeated Jessica Eye via decision in her last Octagon appearance at last week’s UFC 203 pay-per-view in Cleveland, Ohio. Meanwhile, the last time Miesha Tate stepped foot inside the Octagon, she lost her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship in her first attempted defense against another Brazilian, Amanda Nunes, who choked her out in the first round at the historic UFC 200 event in Las Vegas, Nevada back in July.
H/T to MMAMania.com for transcribing the above Bethe Correia quote.
