Angela Hill Wants to Fight ASAP Following Fight Night 104 Loss

Angela Hill spoke following her loss to Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night 104. Some highlights are below:

On her loss to Andrade: “I don’t think there are many people who can hit like her, who are that strong. She has huge (trapezius), so that’s why she’s a hook machine. And one thing that surprised me was her ability to close that distance with the hooks. A lot of it was on the forehead, but every now and then she hit me in the chin, and I was like, ‘Oh, OK. That one landed. I’ve got to hit you back, or else they’re going to stop it.’ I had a lot of confidence going into this, and I still do. I’m still happy with the way I reacted, even though I got swarmed. Obviously I’m upset, but at least I have a lot of material to go back in as opposed to if it was a first-round stoppage or something like that. I can go back on the footage and say, ‘OK, this is what I did wrong. This is how we’re going to fix it.’ And I’m in a good place to fix all of that.”

On the day of the fight: “It was kind of weird because in the morning (of the fight) I was really nervous. And then the closer I got to the fight, my nerves kind of subsided, and then when I was in the cage, I felt kind of zen almost. I think Invicta really prepared me for this whole experience. Just being back in the UFC, I felt more nerves in my last fight in Invicta than I did in this fight. I think it was just a really good foundation for me to go back and get those wins and kind of just get that confidence in my else – enough to face someone like Andrade and go in there like just full throttle and believe I can knock her ass out. So it was a good experience for me.”

On her next fight: “Hopefully people appreciate the show that I put on, and hopefully I can get back in there as soon as possible. Maybe against another strawweight ranked in the top 10. So I can keep just building my experience and getting my ranking up. Because I’m in it for the long run. I’m not trying to like get the belt and retire. I want to keep fighting. I want to be like Neil Magny or Donald Cerrone, just being there as much as possible. Make as much money as possible, make as many fans as possible. I want to be the fan favorite. I want to be like ‘Korean Zombie,’ just like up in everybody’s face, throwing and putting on a good show. And hopefully winning next time.”