While it appears likely that Miesha Tate will be standing across the cage when Ronda Rousey makes her eventual UFC return later this year, if the emerging Hollywood actress ever fights Holly Holm in a rematch as was originally intended, Holm’s coach Mike Winkeljohn is confident that the outcome will be similar to the first Rousey-Holm bout.
Winkeljohn spoke about a potential Rousey-Holm rematch during his appearance this week on Submission Radio.
“You know what, I think that Ronda knows that she’s already beaten Miesha twice. So if she’s going to come back, I think she was a little intimidated by Holly coming back and that, you know, it won’t change her fight with Ronda. I’m still very confident that if Holly fights Ronda it would be the same outcome again just because the way their styles are, and I think it will be different next time she fights Miesha. I think Miesha has improved as a fighter and I think she’s tremendous at what she does, so I love the competition and I think the fans want to see more of it, what these ladies can do.”
According to Winkeljohn, however, Rousey isn’t “anywhere close to coming back anyway.”
“I don’t think Ronda Rousey is anywhere close to coming back anyway. So hopefully Miesha is willing to pay back Holly. Holly didn’t wait for Ronda, gave Miesha a shot at it and hopefully Miesha repays the favour.”
