[Hanna Sniper]

Because no one wants to see a Rousey Tate 3

Doing that fight right now would be a huge mistake for the UFC. Pretty much like when Franklin got destroyed by Silva... Franklin really had no where to do. If Tate would loose this fight she has no weight class to move to and there would never be a Rousey Tate 4. So the best thing is to put the fight on the back burner and hope that Tate gets some momentum behind her where she would be a bigger draw interest wise in the fight

Tate right now is a bigger draw not fighting Rousey for the UFC then if Rousey would steamroll over her again.

While I do feel it's fair to criticize the Holmes matchup but the UFC is really buying time so that the No 1 contenders recover and get some heat back behind them. Holmes is also 33, waiting 2 years to earn her shot will also move her further away from her prime.

I personally don't think Holmes can make it through the top ten and I believe the UFC believes this also... pretty much feed her to the lion while she still has a name behind her before the other take it away

This is the problem of having your champion taking out the competition rather then having the competition to dictate the number one contender... Champion beats the No1 contender and therfore the No3 is now the No 1 rather then having 2 vs 3 to find out who number 1 is. They would rather have the champion dictate the rankings and since Ronda is superior she has devalued the value of who's next.

Having Ronda fight these last two fights (cans if you want to call it) allows the division to reset and build some momentum behind the fighters to set another title run