Miesha Tate is no long a professional mixed martial arts fighter.

Following her unanimous decision loss to Raquel Pennington at UFC 205, Tate shocked fans when she took to the mic to reveal she was hanging up her four ounce gloves, thus ending her long and storied career.

"I just knew after like the first exchange that I just didn't want to do it anymore," Tate told the media at UFC Fight Night: Melbourne media day. "So it was just kind of one of those things that just like stuck it out but I knew I had a lot more to give and I just didn't give it. I don't know. It's just one of those things. It's kind of odd, to be honest. But yeah, just lacking a little bit of the competitive edge to want to punch people in the face...I couldn't pull it out of myself to make this fight winnable...I planned on winning that fight and going on another title run but at the end of that I just knew."


During the fight, Pennington dominated Tate from pillar to post on the feet while threatening with submissions in every round. It was the biggest win of Pennington's career and one of the most heartbreaking losses for Tate. In the end, the judges' scores read 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.

So wth his former fighter bruised and battered, UFC President Date White tried to usher Tate to the hospital.  Too bad Tate wasn't having any of it as she according to White, told her former boss "F--k you, I don't work for you anymore."

"I was pissed," said Tate. "I didn't want to go to the hospital because I was fine. I knew I was fine. They didn't make me go to the hospital after I fought Amanda and you know she knocked my block off. If any time I should have gone to the hospital it probably should have been then, but there wasn't really anything that happened in the fight with Raquel that I feel was hospital-deeming worthy.

"It just pissed me off because I was like, 'I have an after party to go to. I have my friends here. I'm in New York City, I do not want to go spend a couple hours in the ER when I've been doing this long enough to know I didn't need to go."

For Tate, a former UFC champion, her loss to Pennington marked her second straight loss after seeing current champ Amanda Nunes walk away with her belt following first round TKO at UFC 200 in July.

This setback also snapped her four-fight win streak. Initially, her rise to prominence began with highly publicized rivalry with former champion Ronda Rousey under the Strikeforce banner. While Rousey would inevitably defeat Tate in during both of their fights, these clashes were integral in pushing women's MMA into the mainstream. Her career would culminate in earning the UFC's bantamweight title with a thrilling fifth round submission win over Holly Holm at UFC 196.

So with this much wide recognition among the fight community, it only makes sense for Tate to "transition" into the new women analyast for UFC's various segments on FOX Sports.

"It looks like something will come to fruition with FOX at some point so we'll just see how that all unfolds," said Tate. "I think there's going to be a lot of things that I have to look forward to but I've got to kind of sit down and talk to my management and see exactly what's next..I'm still going to be involved. Actually, you might see more of me now."

While Tate will no longer be competing under the UFC banner, she will return to action in a new avenue when the former women's bantamweight champion makes her grappling debut at Submission Underground 2 on Dec. 11. Tate will face former MMA opponent Jessica Eye, in a winner-take-all jiu-jitsu match in Portland, Ore.