Miesha Tate UFC women’s bantamweight Miesha Tate was wandering through the Las Vegas Fight Shop one day, browsing through their collection of MMA memorabilia, when she saw something that forced her to rethink her entire strategy when it came to fan interactions. It was a photo of her, signed by her, selling for $150, of which she would see not one single penny. “That was kind of a wake-up call,” Tate told MMAjunkie. “I realized, OK, the guy that spent a half-hour waiting to catch me, got me to sign three or four things, now he’s making money off of it, and the Fight Shop is making money off of it, but the person who put all the work into making this possible – me – isn’t making a dime.” At first, Tate said, it was annoying
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