Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Nina Ansaroff vs Angela Hill

Here's the match video for Nina Ansaroff vs Angela Hill from last night's UFC show in Norfolk, VA. These days Nina is probably best known as the girlfriend of UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes. She also works in the American Top Team office. She's 1-2 in the UFC. She's nothing special. She likes standup and she really doesn't have a ground game. They mentioned on the broadcast she was considering retirement when this fight was offered. Angela is very popular because of her personality. I just don't think she's a very good fighter. She was a kickboxer before she got into MMA. She hasn't improved. She's still just a kickboxer. Angela was favored probably because fans have seen more of her. Both fighters are kickboxers with no power. Neither is a finisher. So I expected this fight to go the distance. Angela got off to a good start in round one. She was clearly quicker than Nina so I scored round one 10-9 for Angela. But Angela slowed down considerably in round two and Nina was able to outpoint her 10-9 in round two and round three. It looked like Angela broke her nose early in round two. That did not help. So I scored the fight 29-28 for Nina. She paced herself better and it paid off. I don't think Nina is an elite fighter. But she's good enough to keep around for prelims. I'm sure Angela was very disappointed but she's not a finisher. She needed to pace herself for three rounds. Was this an upset? I think Angela is overrated so no. Enjoy the video!