The MMA world is still reeling from the announcement that Miesha Tate’s first title defense will be against Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 and with good reason.

The decision to accept a fight with Nunes has drawn heavy criticism as many figured that a rematch with Holly Holm, who she defeated with a come-from-behind fifth-round submission to win the title at UFC 196, would be in order. However, Tate and her team have offered a number of different reasons as to why they didn’t give Holm a rematch.

Holm appeared on "The MMA Hour" to discuss being passed up for a title opportunity and it was evident that she was disappointed.

View photos Instead of a rematch with Holly Holm, Miesha Tate will be defending her title against Amanda Nunes. (Getty) More

“I was kinda bummed out,” Holm revealed while also saying that she found out at the same time as the rest of the world that Tate accepted a fight with Nunes over a rematch. “I’ll keep training and who knows when they’ll give me another fight.”

Tate’s reasoning for not giving Holm an immediate rematch was that Holm wasn’t a “long-reigning champion” and that Nunes, who is currently riding a three-fight winning streak, was more deserving. But Holm wholeheartedly disagrees with that assessment.

“It wasn’t like she was dominating me,” Holm said. “I was ahead going into the last round. Yeah, she dominated me in round two but I think that’s why a rematch makes sense in my eyes and in most peoples' eyes. It wasn’t really one-sided.”

Holm does believe that the fact that the UFC booked Conor McGregor’s rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 200 certainly affected the decision, considering that McGregor-Diaz was the main event of UFC 196 and perhaps the UFC didn’t want to duplicate the main and co-main events again. Regardless, Holm believes that she deserved the opportunity to win back the title.

“A rematch makes the most sense,” Holm said. “I feel like our fight had more competitiveness than the main event did.”

Now, Holm is in an interesting position as she is the only ranked woman in the UFC women’s bantamweight division that doesn't have a fight booked.

“I thought they’d offer me Cat Zingano or Julianna Pena, but they ended up putting them against each other,” Holm said. “I don’t think [not booking me for a fight] makes sense. You would think they would want to throw me in the mix somewhere.”

Zingano also appeared on "The MMA Hour" and was just as baffled about Tate’s decision to face Nunes. More importantly, considering that Zingano has scored knockouts over both Tate and Nunes, she figured that her name would be called.

“If I were champion right now I would call out every single person who [beat] me,” Zingano said. “I was honestly surprised.”

But Zingano, who hasn’t fought since losing to Ronda Rousey in 14 seconds last February, understands that her absence is likely the reason she ended up not getting the fight. However, she won’t say that she doesn’t deserve it.

View photos Holly Holm was 1:30 away from beating Miesha Tate before losing by submission. (AP) More

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