Who remembers Cat Zingano? I do! For anyone who doesn't, Cat Zingano was originally cast to coach opposite of Ronda Rousey on TUF 18.
On April 13, 2013, Cat Zingano went to war with the #2 135 lb Woman in the world, Miesha Tate. The two of them fought hard for three rounds in the Octagon with Tate likely winning the first two rounds before Zingano stopped her in the third round due to knee strikes. With a victory she was tapped to be the other coach for the next TUF season and a title shot at the end of the season. Unfortunately for Zingano she sustained a serious knee injury that put her on the sidelines and opened the door for Tate to step in and coach in her place.
For months and months Zingano has been nursing her injured knee so she could get back into title contention. She now has updated her twitter account saying that she should be ready for battle again in May of 2014. She hopes to face the winner of the current title fight set to take place this month between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate?
Technically Zingano has already earned her title shot, but I feel that she should take a warm-up fight before immediately challenging for a title shot upon her return especially considering the fact that ahe didn't have an easy time getting through Tate in their match. We couldnt expect her to truly pose a threat to Rousey if she can not keep herself out of trouble by getting out-grappled. I think the best opponent for Zingano upon her return would be against Alexis Davis who absolutely looked phenomenal against former title challenger, Liz Carmouche. Davis felt she was ready for a title match after her victory at UFC Fight for the Troops not long ago. I say the UFC should pit the two of them together and let the winner get the next title shot after UFC 168.
