Miesha Tate might not be a harder puncher than Ronda Rousey. She doesn't have the same submission skills, nor is she a former Olympic bronze medal-winning judoka.
What Tate does excel at, though, is the in between, the transitions. "Cupcake" is also as tough as they come, evidenced by her coming back from a broken orbital bone in the first round to defeat Sara McMann.
"She's gritty," UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm said during an appearance on The MMA Hour. "That makes it hard to make a clean fight.