Who Is Miesha Tate? 6 Reasons You Oughta Know The New UFC Bantamweight Champ

3) She Wrestled With Boys (3 of 6)

3) She Wrestled With Boys (3 of 6)

Tate chose to participate in amateur wrestling instead of basketball in high school.

She wrestled on the boys’ team for four years and then won the girls’ state championship in 2005, her senior year of high school.

She then joined the MMA club at her college, Central Washington University.