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Amanda Nunes could be ‘big problem’ for Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate says

Ronda Rousey’s return to the UFC was announced Wednesday, as she’s slated to fight Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight belt at UFC 207 on Dec. 30.

And if you ask the woman who lost the title to Nunes, Miesha Tate, Rousey better be ready.

“It's really, really hard to say, because who knows what we're going to get out of Ronda when she comes back," Tate told "The MMA Hour." "If we're getting Ronda at the best that she's ever been, then I'd say Ronda (would win the fight). But if we're getting Ronda coming back with a half-ass mentality, kind of like ‘I just feel like I have to do this one time,' and then she's got a lot of ring rust and maybe she's still punch-shy since she hasn't fought since Holly, and we all saw that obviously Amanda has incredible power with her right hand — so if she hits Ronda with one of those, I could see it being a huge problem for Ronda.