Miesha Tate has a lot at stake on her fight against Rin Nakai. Getting off from back to back losses, on e from Ronda Rousey then another from Cat Zingano, the fight against Nakai is what she needs to get back on track.

But her road to Nakai was not an easy one. The former Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion missed her flight in Los Angeles. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she lost her luggage with lots of pending interviews to go to.

But it did not deter Tate from focusing on her goal.

She said "I was starting to think to myself [before the Carmouche fight], 'Am I cursed, or what?' I got this great opportunity because women's mixed martial arts had finally broken into the UFC and my first two fights were against the champion and the No. 1 contender. I definitely felt and still feel that the fight with Zingano was stopped prematurely. I won the first two rounds handedly. She didn't do anything to me. I felt the stoppage was terrible. Kim Winslow is a horrible, horrid ref. And against Ronda Rousey, I'm the only person to take her even out of Round 1 and I escaped five of her arm bars."

According to Tate winning over Carmouche is an advantage for her in facing Nikai. Carmouche is a fighter with great strength that is why she saw this as an opportunity to face another strong fighter in Nikai.

She said "I've been in with some of the best girls and the strongest girls in the UFC. I know Cat has quite an impressive physique and physical appearance, and she is a strong girl, but honestly, maybe it's me, but I just felt Liz Carmouche was stronger. When she grabbed me, it was like trying to break an iron grip. That girl was incredibly strong."

"Nothing against Cat, and I'm just giving my honest assessment, but the first two rounds Cat and I fought I know I was outwrestling her. I threw her around, I hit harder, I had her on the bottom. She didn't feel that strong. She had good top pressure, and she was more well-rounded than Liz, but Liz was crazy strong."