Angela Hill

Angela Hill (born January 12, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight division.

She was formerly signed with the Invicta Fighting Championships, of which she was the strawweight champion.

She is also a former World Kickboxing Association champion.

Hill currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

As of January 23, 2024, she is #12 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings.

Hill received a bachelor of fine arts degree at the Cooper Union school of art.

Before becoming a professional fighter, she worked as an animator in animation studios and as a bartender.

Hill is also a video gamer and cosplayer, and several times appeared in costume before fights at Invicta.

She has cosplayed as Dhalsim, Afro Samurai, a Fallout Vault Dweller, and as one of The Warriors, among others.

Hill’s grandfather was Barney Hill, who made one of the most notable alien abduction claims in the United States.

Hill has said of this, "It was a really big deal that you could Wikipedia my grandfather."

Hill began her professional MMA career in 2014 with a win over future Invicta fighter Stephanie Skinner.

In June 2014, it was announced that Hill was one of the fighters selected by the UFC to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.

She faced Carla Esparza in the preliminary round and lost via submission in the first round.

Hill's first fight after The Ultimate Fighter was against Emily Kagan at The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale on December 12, 2014.

Tecia Torres fought at UFC 188 and defeated Hill.

Hill faced Rose Namajunas at UFC 192 on October 3, 2015.

She lost the fight by submission in the first round.

She was subsequently released from the promotion.

On November 17, 2015, Hill announced on her official Facebook page that she signed with Invicta FC.

She made her debut for the promotion at Invicta FC 15 on January 16, 2016, and successfully notched a first round TKO victory over Alida Gray.

Hill returned less than two months later on March 11, 2016, and knocked out former strawweight title challenger Stephanie Eggink in the second round, earning her first Performance of the Night bonus as a result of the finish.

Hill made another quick turnaround to face undefeated strawweight champion Lívia Renata Souza for the title at Invicta FC 17 on May 7, 2016.

She won the fight via split decision to become the new Invicta FC Strawweight champion.

Hill and Jéssica Andrade were briefly linked to a bout at UFC 207.

However, the fight never materialized for that event because of a rule in the UFC's anti-doping policy with USADA.

Subsequently, Andrade was removed from that card with the pairing left intact and rescheduled to take place at UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie on February 4, 2017.

Andrade won the fight by unanimous decision.

In addition, both participants were awarded Fight of the Night honors.

Hill faced Ashley Yoder on July 7, 2017, at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale.

She won the fight by unanimous decision.

Hill faced Nina Ansaroff at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis on November 11, 2017, in Norfolk, Virginia.

She lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Hill faced Maryna Moroz at UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens on February 24, 2018, at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.

She won the fight by unanimous decision.

Hill was scheduled to face Alexa Grasso on August 25, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 135.

However, Grasso was pulled out from the bout on July 19, 2018, due to knee injury and she was replaced by Cortney Casey.

She lost the fight via split decision.

Hill faced Randa Markos on March 23, 2019, at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis.

She lost the fight via a submission in round one.