A women’s strawweight clash pitting
Angela Hill
against Brazil’s
Luana
Pinheiro
has been added to a
UFC
Fight Night event scheduled to go down on May 18 at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas.
The matchup was first reported by
MMAjunkie.com. Other announced matchups on the
Fight Night card include
Vanessa
Demopoulos vs.
Emily
Ducote and
Hailey
Cowan vs.
Tamires
Vidal.
Hill (16-13) is coming off a unanimous decision win over
Denise
Gomes in November and has gone 3-1 in her last four promotional
outings. The 39-year-old has squared off against some of the
biggest names in the division over the years, including former
champions Rose Namjunas and
Jessica
Andrade.
Pinheiro (11-2) is coming off her first
Ultimate Fighting Championship loss against
Amanda
Ribas this past November. The Round 3 technical knockout loss
against Ribas snapped the Brazilian's nine-fight winning streak
that included wins over the likes of
Michelle
Waterson-Gomez and
Sam
Hughes.