Miesha Tate will grace the pages of ESPN the Magazine’s “The Body Issue” in July. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight Miesha Tate will become the next mixed martial artist to bare all for the pages of ESPN the Magazine’s “The Body Issue” when the publication’s 2013 edition hits newsstands on July 12.
The issue, which features elite athletes posing naked in sport-specific positions, was first published in 2009. Mixed martial artists like Gina Carano, Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey have previously posed for the publication, with the latter athlete gracing last year’s cover.
Tate, 26, is currently taping “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 18 opposite Rousey, who was initially supposed to square off with Cat Zingano after “Alpha” stopped Tate in April. However, Zingano suffered a serious knee injury in training and was then replaced by Tate, who will now face the UFC champion in a rematch of their March 12 encounter once they fulfill their duties on “The Ultimate Fighter.”
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Body Heat
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
A Pioneer’s Last Act
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