Angela Hill plans on preventing till she’s 50.
The winningest fighter in UFC strawweight historical past lastly bagged her first choice victory contained in the Octagon on Saturday evening, strolling away with a closely-contest win over Ketlen Souza at UFC Vegas 102 in Las Vegas. Earlier than that, ‘Overkill’ was 0-4 in break up choices.
“Last time I got a split decision win it wasn’t in the UFC, so seven split decisions later I finally got one,” Hill informed reporters on the post-fight press convention.
It was Hill’s thirteenth profession victory and twenty seventh general contained in the Octagon—essentially the most amongst feminine fighters beneath the UFC banner. However regardless of already having 32 whole fights beneath her belt and celebrating her fortieth birthday on February 15, Hill says she’s simply getting began.
“I’m excited, man,” Hill continued. “I’m simply getting began. I’ve nonetheless bought like 10 years left. I informed y’all I’m going to get the belt after I’m 50. So if it occurs a bit of sooner, that’ll be nice – if I’m not getting beat up by the younger expertise coming in, if I’m in a position to beat them. The massive factor is I must put a streak collectively. Each time I am going in there I get a bit of nearer to doing that. It’s arduous.
“Everyone in there is a monster. Everyone who makes it to the UFC, they’re the best of wherever they came from, whatever gym they came from. I’m treating it like Groundhog Day. I’m Bill Murray. Every day I mess up and I wake up again and try to do it a little better and eventually move onto the next thing” (h/t MMA Junkie).
Angela Hill needs a battle with fellow high 15 contender Gillian Robertson subsequent
As for what comes subsequent, Hill is eyeing a possible battle with Gillian Robertson—the lady who sits one spot forward of her within the strawweight high 15.
“I was pretty frustrated that Gillian Robertson got ranked ahead of me after the last two fights,” Hill stated. “I feel she misplaced to (Tabatha) Ricci after which towards Luana (Santos) which have been my identical final two fights. However I bought the sub. The striker bought the sub. So I used to be like, ‘What’s that about?’ She bought ranked forward of me.
“I’d love to fight her. I think she’s booked to fight someone. So the winner of that fight, or the winner vs. (Amanda) Lemos vs. (Iasmin) Lucindo, Xiaonan Yan, if she’s not too busy I’ll fight her. I’ll fight anyone. Obviously, I want to climb.”
