Pannie Kianzad is eyeing a former champion next. Kianzad (15-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC), who saw her four-fight winning streak snapped at the hands of Raquel Pennington in September, thinks a matchup with Miesha Tate makes perfect sense. Since coming out of retirement in early 2021, Tate has split her two appearances. She had a TKO finish of Marion Reneau in July, followed by a unanimous decision loss to Ketlen Vieira in the UFC Fight Night 198 headliner in November. “I mean, we both lost to ‘Rocky,’ right?” Kianzad told MMA Junkie. “If you look at the rankings, there is nobody left (other) than me and her that’s not injured, been pregnant or pregnant, waiting to deliver, injured or already matched.
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