Virna Jandiroba and Angela Hill face off as former Invicta champions at UFC event in May

V. Jandiroba faces A. Hill in May (Photo: Montage/SUPER FIGHTS)

Former Invicta FC champions, strawweights (up to 52,1 kg) Virna jandiroba e Angela Hill will face off in the UFC Octagon in an event planned for May 14th, with the venue and main fight still to be determined. The information is from the North American website “MMA Fighting”.

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Eleventh placed in the strawweight rankings, Virna jandiroba seeks to recover from the defeat suffered by Amanda ribas No. UFC 267, in October last year. The Brazilian was Invicta FC champion in 2018 and successfully defended the title once before moving to Ultimate, where she has three wins and three losses.

Twelfth in the ranking, Angela Hill is going through a bad phase in the UFC, with just one triumph in the last five fights, and comes from two consecutive defeats, the last of which was a controversial split decision against the Brazilian Amanda lemos, in December 2021. The North American was Invicta FC champion in 2016, taking the belt from Livinha Souza and defending against Kaline Medeiros before getting her second opportunity in Ultimate. Since returning to the organization, Hill has seven wins and nine losses.

the duel between Virna jandiroba e Angela Hill It is the third women's fight confirmed on the May 14th card. For the flyweight division (up to 56,7 kg), Viviane Araujo face Andrea Lee and the former bantamweight champion (up to 61,2 kg) Miesha Tate debut in the new division against the veteran Lauren Murphy.