Miesha Tate will accommodated Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 With the Women's Bantamweight Appellation on the Line.

Miesha Tate will avert her women's bantamweight appellation for the aboriginal time at UFC 200 if she
meets Amanda Nunes in one of the featured bouts on July 9 at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The account was accepted via "UFC Tonight" on Wednesday.

It's huge account for Tate, who defeated Holly Holm in March to win her aboriginal UFC championship aback abutting the agenda in 2013.

Tate submitted Holm with a fifth-round rear naked asphyxiate to win the belt, and afterwards UFC bang-up Dana White said she would avert it adjoin above champ Ronda Rousey.

Unfortunately, Rousey isn't accepted aback in activity until November or December, and rather than sit Tate on the shelf for several months, she will get to avert her belt this summer instead.For Nunes this befalling comes afterwards three afterwards victories and a 5-1 almanac aback abutting the UFC.

The Brazilian bantamweight a lot of afresh defeated Valentina Shevchenko by accepted accommodation at UFC 196, which came one action afterwards she submitted Olympic argent advocate and above appellation amateur Sara McMann.

Nunes has been champing at the bit for a appellation attempt aback her endure win, and now she'll get her chance. Tate vs. Nunes joins a growing agenda of UFC 200 fights, including the capital accident amid Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz as able-bodied as an acting agile appellation action amid Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar.