Rousey prefers to coach against Tate but wants to fight undefeated Zingano

Ronda Rousey isn’t sure who will win this weekend’s title eliminator at The Ultimate Fighter 17, but she see advantages to fighting both Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano.

The two potential opponents fight on the main card of Saturday’s event, which airs on FX (9 p.m. ET) from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The winner not only gets a lucrative pay-per-view title fight with Rousey, the UFC’s reigning women’s bantamweight champion, but she also gets a head-coaching slot against the Olympian on the upcoming 18th season of “TUF,” which features male and female fighters for the first time.

Rousey (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who took the Strikeforce title from Tate (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) 13 months ago, would like to continue their beef on the reality show. But she also feels there’s something to be said for fighting a fellow undefeated fighter such as Zingano (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

“I think I would prefer to coach against Miesha, so I’m kind of rooting for her,” she said Tuesday on FUEL TV’s “UFC Tonight.” “But to have two undefeated fighters fighting for a title – which it would be against Cat – is something that I think would be an amazing experience as well.”

Rousey, who’s already one of the UFC’s bigger PPV draws, recently made her UFC debut and won the first women’s fight in UFC history by submitting Liz Carmouche with her trademark first-round armbar.

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