Not even Miesha Tate wants to see Ronda Rousey 'get slaughtered' by Cris Cyborg

Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg squaring off in the octagon sounded like an awesome idea about three years ago. It sounds like an absolutely terrible idea now, though.

Considering Rousey got destroyed by Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes in her last two fights and seemingly has no interest in ever coming back, you’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who believes Rousey even belongs in the same cage as the reigning UFC women’s featherweight champion – except, of course, for Edmond Tarverdyan.

Rousey’s longtime coach actually had the audacity this week to lobby for her return for one more fight against the biggest killer in the history of women’s MMA, which really makes you question his motives. Thankfully, Cyborg refused to even entertain the possibility.

One person you’d think would want to watch Cyborg pummel Rousey is her biggest foe, Miesha Tate. But even Tate took Tarverdyan to task for his “asinine” suggestion.

Via Tate’s Sirius XM Radio show “MMA Tonight:”

“I’m going to give Cyborg a round of applause, because she wouldn’t look anymore like a bully than if she took that fight with Ronda,” Tate said. “That would be ridiculous. It’s just nonsense to even think about that. I cannot believe that Edmond would even suggest something so asinine.”

“I think Edmond just wants another payday so he can try to pay off his bankruptcy issues, because Jiminy Christmas. Poor Ronda,” Tate added. “You know, I’m not her biggest fan, but I wouldn’t even want to see that fight. I’m not her biggest fan, but I don’t want to see her get slaughtered by Cyborg at this point in her career, either. It’s not appealing. That’s not what this sport is about. It’s about great, competitive matchups, and I just don’t feel like it’s even fair to ask for something like that. If you were looking out for your athlete, why would you do that?”

Listen to Tate’s full 3-minute segment on the subject below:

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