Miesha Tate faces Raquel Pennington at UFC 205 in New York

Miesha (photo) returns to the octagon after losing the belt. Photo: Jeff Bottari/UFC

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Miesha Tate He already has a date and opponent set for his return to the Octagon. Will be against Rachel Pennington at UFC 205, on November 12th, in the event that will mark the debut of Ultimate in New York (USA). The duel was confirmed by the UFC itself.

This will be Miesha's first fight after losing the bantamweight belt to Amanda nunes at UFC 200 last July. The North American became champion of the category after finishing Holly holm in March this year, at UFC 196, but his reign lasted just over four months. At 30 years old, she has eight fights in Ultimate, with five wins and three losses.

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Pennington, 28 years old, is going through the best phase of his career: he has already won three consecutive victories, two against Brazilians Jessica Andrade and Bethe Correia. With five positive results and two negative results, Rochy, as she is known, occupies eighth place in the division's ranking.