Angela Hill: I get close to a top 5 ranking, and then …
Angela Hill is currently ranked #12 in the women’s strawweight division heading into her fight vs. the unranked Ashley Yoder at…
Angela Hill is currently ranked #12 in the women’s strawweight division heading into her fight vs. the unranked Ashley Yoder at UFC Vegas 21. With a loss, “Overkill” will be on a three-fight losing streak, and could fall from the rankings. So he needs a win, a big one, as she acknowledged in a recent interview with Nick Atkin for SCMP Sport‘s Post Fight podcast, and talked about it.
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I’ve been saying I’m on a seven-fight win streak, honestly I believe that in my head, said Hill. The last seven fights have been the best of my career. I have to believe that, because that’s how I go in there with the confidence I should have if I’d won the last two fights.
I really want a finish – that’s the easiest way to get noticed for a title shot. The strawweight division is pretty deep and you see a lot of girls who aren’t ranked breaking through just because they’re getting subs or TKOs. I wanna be one of those people.
I feel I’m always right on the verge of being in the top five, and then something dumb happens. I’m trying to stop that trend. I feel every girl who’s ranked especially has a good chance of getting a title fight with two emphatic wins.
That’s my goal. It doesn’t matter how many I take, I’m gonna be there ready, to either take a last-minute fight, or take a fight camp and knock out one of those girls who keep saying they won’t fight me.
Third time’s a charm. Covid has messed up my last two fight weeks, so hopefully this time I make it. Since I got back after my fight with Michelle [Waterson], I’ve just been working really hard in the gym and trying to develop some new skills and work on my offensive wrestling. When they offered me Ashley, I didn’t have her in mind at all, but I thought this would be a good test for that.
I was training for the Tecia fight and that fell through the week of the fight again. Hoping I get the chance to see how those new skills pan out in the cage. I have more options from my back as well as my top game I can use now. Before I wasn’t really confident in it.
I don’t want to force anything but try to make it as dominant as possible, and hopefully get a finish. Just anxious to get that chance.
UG, how do you think Saturday night’s fight goes?
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