Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill on tap for August
A high-ranking strawweight bout which will pit former Invicta FC champions against one another has been pencilled in for next month.
As first reported by MMAJunkie, the current #8 ranked strawweight contender Michelle Waterson will take on the #13 ranked Angela Hill on August 22nd, an event which is expected to take place at the UFC’s APEX Centre in Las Vegas.
Waterson (17-8) is currently on a two-fight losing streak having dropped back-to-back decisions to former UFC champions Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Carla Esparza. Prior to her recent slump, Waterson had been on a three-fight winning streak in the UFC having defeated Cortney Casey, Felice Herrig and Karolina Kowalkiewicz on the judges’ scorecards.
Hill (12-8) meanwhile saw a three-fight winning streak of her own come to an end in her most recent outing after losing a controversial split decision to Claudia Gadelha in May. ‘Overkill’ has remained remarkably active during 2020 having already fought three times this year.
The strawweight bout will now be added to a card which is also currently slated to feature Uriah Hall vs. Yoel Romero, Mizuki Inoue vs. Amanda Lemos and Mariya Agapova vs. Shana Dobson.