RIO DE JANEIRO – With its announcement that Ronda Rousey would defend her UFC women’s bantamweight title against Bethe Correia while Miesha Tate and Jessica Eye would meet with a title shot on the line, the UFC effectively set up a four-woman tournament on Friday.

Rousey (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Correia (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will serve as the main event of UFC 190 on Aug. 1 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena while UFC President Dana White said Tate (16-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Eye (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will fight “sometime in June.”

Tate and boyfriend Bryan Caraway, a UFC bantamweight, told the media after the announcement that Correia’s opportunity was simply the best option for a title challenger.

“Bethe was 3-0, Miesha is 3-0, but Miesha’s already fought her twice,” Caraway said. “The next probable person would be Bethe. There’s other girls who are ranked above her, (and) Bethe hasn’t beaten anybody in the top 10, but Ronda’s pretty much cleaned out the top 10. So it’s getting desperate for the UFC to find her fights. They know Miesha is the girl to beat Ronda, to give her the best style matchups. They’ve got to be smart – they can’t have it happen too soon. They’ve got to build the fight up into a big fight. Bethe has got her strong support here in Brazil, so it makes sense.”

Having been in the cage with Rousey twice, Tate said she has detailed game plans and surprises in store if she gets a third opportunity.

While she wasn’t ready to tip her hand, Tate did have some friendly advice for Correia ahead of her opportunity at the title.

“Don’t do what Cat Zingano did,” Tate said. “Don’t rush forward. Force Ronda into a different pace. She’s used to being able to dictate whatever pace, faster or slower. I think that you have to push Ronda out of whatever pace she wants to be in. Push her into the second round, push her into the third round. She uses so much energy in that first round that I think she really slows a lot as the time goes. She’s used to just going out there and being able to give 110 percent and finish the fight. If she can’t do that, it seems like she starts to fade.”

Tate said she isn’t overlooking Eye and focusing on another shot at her rival.

“Jessica Eye is an athlete,” Tate said. “She’s exceptionally fast – super, super fast. I think she’s probably the quickest female in the division. Her hand speed is really good. She has great head movement and footwork. She moves a lot. I think trying to land anything on her is going to be challenging. But that’s what we’re here to do in this sport: challenge ourselves. I think it’s going to be a great fight.”

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