Miesha Tate’s prospect of another UFC title fight against women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey have gone from bad to worse.

UFC President Dana White publicly announced Tate (17-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) as the No. 1 contender to Rousey’s (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) title following her unanimous decision victory over Jessica Eye at UFC on FOX 16 in July.

Rousey made her sixth consecutive title defense against Bethe Correia the following week at UFC 190 in Brazil, and White again declared that Tate would be next in line to challenge “Rowdy” for UFC gold.

The situation took a sudden shift, however, when Holly Holm was announced as the next challenger to Rousey’s belt. The pair is set to fight at UFC 193 in Melbourne on Nov. 14.

Tate said she was “extremely disappointed” by the turn of events and has yet to comment on her plans for the future.

White explained the decision to grant Holm the title shot instead of Tate on FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight.”

“We had talked about that fight between Tate and Eye being the next contender fight, but when you really look at a fight, Miesha Tate has lost to her twice,” White said. “She’s lost to Ronda twice. Holly Holm is 9-0 in mixed martial arts. If you look at the range, the distance, the head kicks, all the attributes …

“We originally brought Holly Holm into the UFC to fight Ronda Rousey. That fight makes sense. Miesha, at this point in her career, if she loses to Ronda Rousey a third time, it’s a career-killer.”

Although the UFC has historically been hesitant to book a third contest between fighters when one side has already registered two victories, Tate had seemingly earned her opportunity with a four-fight winning streak.

Tate suffered her first loss to Rousey under the now-defunct Strikeforce banner in March 2012. She rebounded from her most recent defeat to Rousey, a third-round submission at UFC 168 in December 2013, with victories over Eye, Sara McMann, Rin Nakai and Liz Carmouche.

The UFC on FOX 16 showdown with Eye was promoted as a No. 1 contender bout on the event’s broadcast. Despite the win, however, Tate’s championship opportunity did not come to fruition.

Tate has been rumored to face Amanda Nunes for her next bout, but the organization hasn’t formally announced the contest. Even if Tate were to win that matchup, though, it appears still may have more work to do before receiving another crack at Rousey.

“I know it seems like Miesha got a bad break in this thing, but realistically when you look at it, Miesha has lost to her twice,” White said. “Miesha’s going to have to knock a couple more people off to get to Ronda.”

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