Miesha Tate Drops to Flyweight, Meets Lauren Murphy at UFC Event on May 14

Former UFC bantamweight queen Miesha Tate will move to the flyweight division for her next Octagon appearance.

Tate will make her 125-pound debut against former title challenger Lauren Murphy at a UFC event on May 14. MMAFighting.com was first to report the pairing. The card does not yet have an official location or headliner.

Tate returned from a five-year retirement this past July, where she scored a third-round TKO win over Marion Reneau at UFC on ESPN 26. In her next outing, “Cupcake” fell to Ketlen Vieira via unanimous decision in the UFC Fight Night 198 main event on Nov. 20.

Murphy hasn’t competed since falling to Valentina Shevchenko via fourth-round TKO in a flyweight title tilt at UFC 266. Prior to that, the former Invicta FC champion had been victorious in her previous five Octagon appearances.