Filed under: News , UFC (This story originally appeared on usatoday.com .) Retracing the path to her upcoming fight against Holly Holm on Saturday night at UFC 196, Miesha Tate recalled her days playing with Barbie dolls. Playing much differently than other little girls in Tacoma, Wash. Tate said she held one Barbie doll, handed another Barbie doll to her mother and the two engaged in hand-to-hand doll combat. They warred — much like MMA fighters, in fact — until one of the dolls’ heads popped off. “That’s how I determined the winner,” Tate, 29, told USA TODAY Sports with a chuckle on Monday.
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Miesha Tate’s path to the UFC and the role Barbie played – MMA Junkie