Miesha Tate UFC News: ‘I’m Fighting Better Girls Than The Champion [Ronda Rousey]’

UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is set to defend her title against former world boxing champion and undefeated MMA fighter Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. But while that in itself is pretty much old news, what's new is that Miesha Tate, who thought she had earned a third shot at Rousey, has gone from disappointed to angry at the UFC.

"I'm very frustrated with the UFC," Tate said in an interview with Ground & Pound TV. "I'm not in a position where I feel like I need to be pushed around and, "Oh, you take this fight, take that fight.' It makes no sense to me why I'm not the champion and yet I'm fighting all the No. 1 contenders. Amanda Nunes is ranked No. 4 and Holm is ranked No. 8."

She expounded, "What is wrong with that picture? I'm not the champion and I'm fighting better girls than the champion is fighting and I'm not getting paid what the champion is getting paid. That is the champion's job: to fight the best girls in the world. When I'm the champion, we'll talk."

As noted by Yahoo Sports, Tate has strung together a four-fight win streak since losing to Rousey for a second time back in December 2013. She has beaten former title contenders Liz Carmouche and Sara McMann along the way, as well as Rin Nakai and most recently, Jessica Eye.

"More things have to be contractually agreed upon, instead of verbally," Tate said. "That's what happens when you can't come to a verbal trust point. I'm going to have things written down from now on."

Earlier this month, it was reported that a bantamweight fight between Tate and Nunes was in the works for this December.

"Im just in an awkward stage of my career," Tate said. "I don't know what the next best step for me is, but I do know I'm not going to be pushed around by anybody."