Name: Miesha TateFight Name: Takedown
Nickname: Takedown
Total Fights: 13
Professional MMA Record: 9-4-0
Weight: 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
Height: 5' 5"
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
City: Olympia
State: Washington
Age: 25
Style: Grappling
Miesha "Takedown" Tate 11-2 (born August 18, 1986) is a professional female mixed martial artist. She has fought in Strikeforce and is the current Freestyle Cage Fighting Women's Bantamweight Champion. She has also competed and won a silver medal in the FILA Grappling Championships.
Tate wrestled on the boys' wrestling team in high school. In 2005, she won the high school women's state championship and went on to win nationals at the World Team Trials in the 158lb division.Soon after, Tate joined a mixed martial arts sport club at Central Washington University that was run by her current boyfriend and trainer, Bryan Caraway.
Miesha graduated into professional MMA in 2007 at the one-night HOOKnSHOOT Women's Grand Prix. "Takedown" recently participated in the 1-night Strikeforce 135-pound women's tournament on August 13, 2010 at ShoMMA 10. A random drawing was held on the day of the weigh-ins to determine 1st round matchups and Tate defeated Maiju Kujala by Unanimous Decision to advance to the tournament final. Tate then defeated Hitomi Akano by Unanimous Decision after three rounds to become Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Tournament Champion.
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