UFC women’s fighter Angela Hill put out an open call to other women’s strawweights, and Tecia Torres has volunteered her services.
Hill was set to fight Amanda Ribas in a high-profile women’s strawweight bout on the UFC Vegas 26 undercard, but the fight fell apart at the last minute when Ribas tested positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, the late scratch meant that it was impossible for the UFC to get someone to fight Hill and she was pulled from the card without getting a fight. It’s possible that the UFC will try and re-book this fight but it’s also possible the promotion could have Hill return in a quick turnaround fight since she is not fully healthy and ready.
No. 12 ranked strawweight Angela Hill was expected to face no. 11 ranked Amanda Ribas on the UFC Vegas 26 main card, but COVID-19 forced Ribas to withdraw.
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This is the UFC Vegas 26 live blog for Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson, the flyweight headliner for Saturday’s fight card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The flyweight fight was promoted to main event status after a bantamweight fight between ex-champ T.J. Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen was postponed due to an injury to Dillashaw. Rodriguez and Waterson usually compete at strawweight, but the bout was changed to a flyweight contest due to the short-notice booking.
Rodriguez is four months removed from one of the biggest wins of her octagon career, a TKO stoppage of rising star Amanda Ribas at UFC 257. The result put her back in the win column after a decision loss to inaugural strawweight champ Carla Esparza and left her overall record at 3-1-2, with draws against Randa Markos and Cynthia Calvillo.
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