"I'm not going to a rave and eat mushrooms"- Miesha Tate discusses her emotional breakthrough during psychedelic experience 

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate recently discussed a transformative emotional breakthrough she experienced during a psychedelic journey. On her podcast, Tate explored topics like ketamine, psychedelics, and antidepressants with Dr. Johnathan Edwards, a psychiatry and neuroscience expert.

Tate revealed that her intention was introspection and healing rather than recreation. She recounted:

“My friends were doing this more and and people were having great stories of how they came out on the other side of this better and I thought okay well I'm not going to a rave and eat mushrooms this is not, my intention is actually to like sit in my backyard and try to become more one with myself. Yeah, and that's exactly what I got out of it."

She further added:

"It was hard though because it brought up some traumas right… and I had to work through those traumas while being in this different state of mind. And so I cried heavy and I cried deep and then I said okay now it's time to let go of this you know. So I'm going to change I was inside at first and then I went outside to my pool and I just noticed everything about the outside and in a way that I felt like I had never been connected to nature before."

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On the fighting front, Tate remains a force in the UFC. She most recently defeated Julia Avila via rear-naked choke in the third round at UFC on ESPN 52 in December 2023, earning the Performance of the Night award. She is currently No. 11 ranked in the women’s bantamweight division.

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When Miesha Tate opened up on her weight-cut struggles for her venture in the flyweight division

Miesha Tate believes Kayla Harrison’s toughest challenge in the UFC isn’t her opponents but the toll weight cutting may take on her body. Harrison, a former PFL lightweight champion, debuted at bantamweight with a submission victory over Holly Holm at UFC 300. However, Tate understands the potential long-term impact of such drastic weight cuts.

Speaking on MMA Today, Tate shared her own experience from 2022 when she dropped to flyweight for a bout against Lauren Murphy. The process, she revealed, left her hormonally imbalanced and physically drained:

"First of all, I think all my hormone levels were off — well, I know that they were [off]. As a female, you get irregular cycles and things like that when you cut your weight or you lose your cycle. For me, I lost it for a while."

“Then it was like hormonally it’s one of those things that you are like “OK, I messed up...' The feeling of tiredness, exhaustion and hunger. Even when I could eat, and I was full, my body was like you’re still hungry. My relationship with food changed from depriving myself for so long," he added.

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