Miesha Tate plans on throwing Marloes Coenen a curveball on July 30th

Strikeforce 135 pound women’s number one contender, Miesha Tate has been giving her thoughts on her upcoming July 30^th showdown with Marloes Coenen in Chicago, Illinois, explaining she’s evolved so much over the past few months that she’s a very different fighter.
Speaking via MMAJunkie.com, Tate said:

“I’m not a fan of big layoffs. I prefer to stay busy, fighting every couple of months. But in this case, I really think it’s going to benefit me because of my change of camps. About a year ago, I moved to Sacramento, and I’ve been training with Team Alpha Male, and I feel like I’ve evolved so much as a fighter that her watching video on the fighter I used to be, she’s going to be preparing for the fighter I was a year ago, and I’m really, really not. That’s not the case. I’ve worked so hard. I think she’s in for a surprise.”

“For her last fight, I wasn’t too impressed. Maybe the weight cut is wearing on her. I think it’s probably hard for her to stay close to that weight, so she’s probably on a negative calorie diet most of her camp, which takes a lot of energy and whatnot, and it takes away from your practices a little bit to stay so close. She’s really, really lean at that weight, so I’m not sure if that’s really healthy for her.”

“I think she still has a rough cut, so I think we’re kind of seeing that the longer she stays at 135. It’s kind of taking away from her a little bit. But I’m expecting that she’s going to come the best we’ve ever seen her. I have to be prepared for the best Marloes we’ve ever seen, and that’s definitely what I’m hoping for.”

“I’m hoping that Marloes comes just as ready as I am. As much as I would love to come there and knock her out in 10 seconds, for the big picture, I want both of us to come out there and battle it out and show what women’s MMA is really all about. I feel like we’re both very talented, well-rounded, good representations of women’s MMA, and I want to put on a fantastic fight that people really notice, and it raises the bar of what people think women’s MMA is all about.”

Tate won a one-night, four-woman tournament at Strikeforce Challengers 10 to be named the number one contender at 135 pounds. She is currently on a five-fight winning streak going into this one.