Stale cupcake

[WillyWarminski]

With the imminent return of the Tate (no pics), and a statement of “I’ve still got what it takes and if you doubt me, please stick around. Mark your calendars,” what precisely does Tate have to offer?

Turning 39 this year and moving as though wading through treacle in her last few, the gutsy Sherdog booty-crush sounds like she has to prove something to herself.

Is she going down the Luke/Teh Chris route of self-belief in spite of decline? Or do you believe she can do something more than a decision fight?

 

[Sonny Qc]

Who are we talking about here?

 

[RockyLockridge]

Wbw is a can division, it's already had Pennington and Pena as champs so cupcake winning a title isn't unheard of

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

She'll probably beat Yana Santos and then get throttled by whoever is champ. Women's 135 is incredibly thin.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

She'll probably beat Yana Santos

Even that might be generous

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I mean, if it's a one off to come back and get a win at all, sure, she can pull one off against Santos. But if she thinks she is going on a run to the belt and that she'd beat fighters like Kayla, yes, I doubt her. All the doubts. She looked mid the last time she came out of retirement. I still admire the fire, though.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Even that might be generous

Possibly, but wasn't Julia Avila some kind of future GOAT?

 

[Ares Black]

She'll probably beat Yana Santos and then get throttled by whoever is champ. Women's 135 is incredibly thin.

I don't know if she can even beat Santos

 

[VinceArch]

With the imminent return of the Tate (no pics)

Annnnndd I'm out.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

I don't know if she can even beat Santos

I'm just guessing wildly based on Tate beating Avila.

 

[Substance Abuse]

OP stinks, lol.

 

[jeff7b9]

She looked horrendous last time I saw her fight.

Her striking always sucked but age and slower reflexes ain't doing her any favors

And her wrestling was always telegraphed it just worked when soccer moms were top ten by default
(which still might be the case at w135, lord knows I have not given a shit about that division to follow closely)

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I had to look up "treacle" -- nice word

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I thought she quietly retired. Anyhow BW is so thin that with one win she could get a TS quite easily.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

Yana is the right kind of fight for her. She should win that pretty easily unless she has a bad night. It's just a filler fight though. I really don't know the purpose of these fights other than filling a time slot.

 

[Skarsgard]

What is she planning on bringing to the table this late in her career? She doesn't have power. Her takedown entries are rough. She's not terribly physically imposing or strong. Even her submissions are only there if they're gifted to her.

 

[ninja boot]

Either a lack of self awareness, desperate for attention or a financial situation is all I can come up with. What else brings a fighter her age that has retired twice already have to prove or think she can offer?

 

[ultra321]

With the imminent return of the Tate (no pics), and a statement of “I’ve still got what it takes and if you doubt me, please stick around. Mark your calendars,” what precisely does Tate have to offer?

Turning 39 this year and moving as though wading through treacle in her last few, the gutsy Sherdog booty-crush sounds like she has to prove something to herself.

Is she going down the Luke/Teh Chris route of self-belief in spite of decline? Or do you believe she can do something more than a decision fight?

Everyone wrote her off against Holm back when Jackson - Wink fighters were 'unstoppable' in the eyes of many a journalist and Sherdogger... to which she was losing that fight until late when she dug her heels in and said 'I'm winning this shit' (you could see it when she came out of her corner) she dragged a relatively undamaged Holm down and to Holly's credit choked her unconscious (As a reminder it was conner who tapped like a bitch a few minutes later)... Could she be the WMMA Randy Couture and win the strap in a meandering division late in her career? I think she Could... will she? I'd like to see that!

 

[sonhow]

This Yana fight can go either way. Depends on both of them really. The one to stay active wins.

Kinda like that Viera vs Petroski last weekend. Viera just stopped throwing and Petroski didnt =Andre gets the win