Despite being absent from the division for nearly five years, Miesha Tate will make her return from retirement looking at many of the same faces atop the rankings as the day she left the sport.
The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion suffered back-to-back losses to Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington in 2016 that precipitated her decision to call it a career. Now as she prepares to fight again at UFC Vegas 31, Tate knows Nunes is still ruling over the division with an iron fist and several of her past opponents are still vying for title contention at 135 pounds.