Angela Hill extends multiple UFC records, Tsuruya returns in Macau

Angela Hill was the oldest competitor on Saturday’s UFC Combat Evening card in Macau, China, but the 41-year-old turned again the clock with a scientific efficiency.

In her thirtieth UFC look, Hill swept the scorecards towards former ONE Championship titleholder Xiong Jingnan who was making her UFC debut.

Hill prolonged her document for many whole appearances by a feminine fighter in the group’s historical past.

China’s Xiong, 38, had received her remaining 5 fights beneath the ONE banner however hadn’t fought in 14 months. Xiong’s lone loss in ONE was to her rival, Canada’s Angela Lee, a fighter Xiong defeated twice.

The unanimous resolution victory was Hill’s thirteenth win in the strawweight division, which can also be a UFC document.

Hill, who was the listed underdog earlier than the battle, out-struck Xiong in all three rounds and the 122 vital strikes she landed in the 15-minute bout was her highest strike whole since her 2022 win over Emily Ducote.

The Alliance MMA group member is 14-16 general in the UFC and tied with Gillian Robertson for No. 4 on the ladies’s all-time wins checklist behind solely champions Jessica Andrade (17), Amanda Nunes (16) and Valentina Shevchenko (15).

After this win, Hill ranks six all-time in UFC historical past (no matter weight class) in whole time spent competing in the cage (7:12:45). She additionally jumped from fifth to 3rd all-time in whole strikes landed (2,763) and can also be third all-time in vital strikes (2,364) behind solely Max Holloway (3,681) and Sean Strickland (2,430).

Hill debuted on the UFC roster in 2014 and though her 14-16 document in the group leaves a lot to be desired, Hill has constantly confronted prime competitors and entered the weekend ranked No. 14 in the 115-pound division.

She by no means challenged for a title however has confronted strawweight champions like Rose Namajunas, Jessica Andrade, reigning titleholder Mackenzie Dern, and has gone the space with previous title challengers Virna Jandiroba, Amanda Lemos and Yan Xiaonan.

Saturday’s strawweight bout was one among two 115-pound contests featured on the preliminary card at Galaxy Area.

Within the different, Brazil’s Jaqueline Amorim earned her fourth submission win in the previous two years with a first-round armbar of Thailand’s Loma Lookboonmee. Amorim is now 5-2 in the UFC’s 115-pound division with all 5 wins by way of stoppage.

Japan’s Rei Tsuruya returned to motion with a formidable efficiency that ought to put the remainder of the lads’s flyweight division on discover.

Tsuruya was initially imagined to face Jesus Aguilar, who withdrew attributable to harm, however he as an alternative confronted Luis Gurule who wass coming off a win lower than two weeks in the past. Colorado’s Gurule snapped a three-fight skid with a unanimous resolution over Daniel Barez on the Meta Apex earlier this month however he didn’t final lengthy towards Tsuruya.

The 23-year-old took Gurule down and locked in a good squeeze that pressured a faucet in the opening spherical. It is the primary time anybody has submitted Gurule.

Tsuruya debuted in the UFC two years in the past with a win over Carlos Hernandez at UFC 303 however suffered his first professional loss in his second look when he went the space with present 125-pound champion Joshua Van 14 months in the past in his most up-to-date bout previous to UFC Macau.

Each Tsuruya and Gurule usually compete in the flyweight division (125 kilos) however given the short-notice nature of the matchup the bout was contested at bantamweight (135 kilos) as an alternative.

Additionally on the prelims, UFC newcomers Luis Felipe Dias of Brazil and Rodrigo Vera of Peru received their debuts with knockouts of Yi Sak Lee and Zhu Kangjie, respectively. Cody Haddon stopped Aori Qileng with knees to the physique and Jose Henrique Souza escaped with a cut up resolution over Ding Meng.