FanHouse Miesha Tate

Almost five months after suffering the second loss of her professional career, Miesha Tate got back on track at a local MMA show on Saturday night. The 7-2 fighter defeated Sarah Oriza in the main event of a CageSport MMA card in Tacoma, Wash., and while it wasn't the toughest fight of her career, she'll always remember the victory for one simple reason:

"It's my first knockout victory, and it feels really good. I'm really excited about it," Tate told Fanhouse on Monday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Strikeforce women's fighter Miesha Tate came to San Jose this week for business and pleasure. She is planning on watching the Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg fight live, but has also spent the week at the American Kickboxing Academy to improve her own MMA game.

FanHouse spoke to Tate about Saturday's 145-pound women's title fight and her upcoming bout on October 3. Check out the full video interview below.

Miesha Tate and Sarah Kaufman have a mandate, and that's proving to the world that women's MMA goes deeper than just Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg.

The pair gets the opportunity to do so on May 15's Strikeforce Challengers event in Fresno, Calif., broadcast on Showtime.

Tate was originally booked to fight Kim Couture on the event, but after the latter dropped out due to personal reasons, she was replaced by Kaufman, who openly campaigned for the fight and got her wish granted when Strikeforce president Scott Coker moved her from a June 19 match with Shayna Baszler. Barring injury, the winner of the Tate-Kaufman bout will face Baszler.

Less than a week after Kim Couture pulled out of her scheduled May 15 bout against Miesha Tate at Strikeforce: Challengers, the San Jose-based promotion has found a more than suitable replacement. FanHouse has learned that Sarah Kaufman, 8-0, has agreed to step in on short notice to face Tate (5-1).