'Celebrity Big Brother' Season 3: How did Miesha Tate earn her nickname 'Takedown'?
Season 23 of 'Big Brother' packed some monumental moments in the show's history -- Xavier Prather became the franchise's first black winner, the season had season two black finalists, and finally, Tiffany Mitchell won America's Favorite HouseGuest. If you've been waiting for the next season, then one thing is for sure, the hype is real! So brace yourself for 'Celebrity Big Brother' Season 3!
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Who is Miesha Tate?
Miesha Theresa Tate is a mixed martial artist. On August 18, 1986, she was born in Tacoma to Michelle Tate and Robert Schmidt. She attended Franklin Pierce High School and began participating in amateur wrestling. She was a part of the boys' team from her freshman year to graduation. She competed in the girls' state championship during her senior year and won. She later attended Central Washington University, where she was encouraged to pursue mixed martial arts by a friend. Tate made her professional debut in mixed martial arts in November 2007. In 2008 and 2009, Tate fought and defeated Jamie Lyn Welsh in CageSport MMA, Jessica Bednark in Freestyle Cage Fighting (FCF), and Dora Baptiste in Atlas Fights.
Tate is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion, and as of December 20, 2021, she ranks 8 in the UFC women's bantamweight. With regard to her fighting style, Tate uses wrestling and jiu-jitsu, which led to her first nickname, 'Takedown'. Known for her powerful ground game, she is also the first fighter to escape Ronda Rousey's armbar during multiple fights. Rousey and Tate's rivalry was nothing lot of legendary and Tate hopes to take her on someday.
"To have that type of rivalry because I had so much that I put on my plate already, so many other battles that I was trying to fight that adding one more especially one so big and in front of the rest of the world was ... just a little to much." she said, while talking to mmamania.com about whu she would like to take her on again. "I look at myself and I don't think I was able to put my best foot forward because I was so buried under the pressure and the emotions." she added.
She retired in 2016 but made a comeback in 2021 when she announced she would be competing in MMA against Marion Reneau -- a fight that she won and even bagged the second Performance of the Night award in her UFC career. She is scheduled to face off against Lauren Murphy on May 14, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 209 Tate has two children with MMA fighter Johnny Nuñez, a daughter named Amaia Nevaeh Nuñez and Daxton Wylder Nuñez.
'Celebrity Big Brother' Season 3 is set to premiere on February 2, 2022. You can watch it on CBS.