Tabatha Ricci secured her spot within the strawweight prime 10 with a powerful efficiency towards Angela Hill within the UFC Vegas 96 co-main occasion on Saturday night time.
Ricci got here out aggressive from the opening bell, pushing the tempo and seeking to land on ‘Overkill’ early. Hill struggled to get something going within the opening spherical as Ricci saved her on her again foot.
15 seconds into the second spherical, Ricci secured a fast takedown and dropped a few hammer fists earlier than entering into Hill’s guard. Second-guessing her choice, Ricci retreated and compelled Hill again to her ft. Issues had been pretty even on the ft with Hill outstriking Ricci by a slim margin.
Maybe sensing how shut issues had been within the second, Ricci scored a late-round takedown. Nonetheless, Hill was in a position to pop again up and pepper ‘Child Shark’ with just a few strong strikes simply earlier than the horn.
Ricci as soon as once more went for an early takedown, however Hill was in a position to sprawl and switch it right into a takedown try of her personal. Ricci responded by kicking Hill straight off her and getting again to her ft. Probably down two rounds, Hill started to show up the warmth, however Ricci’s work within the clinch did a great job of stifling her offense at occasions.
After buying and selling blows up till the ultimate bell, we went to the choose’s scorecards to find out our winner.
Official Consequence: Tabatha Ricci def. Angela Hill by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
