LAS VEGAS – Luana Pinheiro is snug with the idea of setbacks as she makes her MMA journey, which sees its subsequent cease Saturday vs. Angela Hill at UFC Struggle Night time 241.
After beginning her octagon tenure with three straight wins, Pinheiro (11-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) fell quick in her largest alternative to this point when she suffered a third-round TKO defeat to Amanda Ribas at UFC Struggle Night time 232 in November. As an alternative of beating herself up about it, although, Pinheiro (16-13 MMA, 11-13 UFC) took it as a second of progress.
“I believe I made some errors that ended up costing me lots, however on the finish of the day wasn’t what we anticipated,” Pinheiro informed MMA Junkie and different reporters by an interpreter at Wednesday’s media day. “I used to be proud of my evolution in some issues, it was simply in direction of the tip that I ended up shedding the battle. It was a terrific studying alternative and there was lots of stuff to take into the subsequent battle.”
Following the powerful loss, Pinheiro will get one other vital problem. Hill, who she meets in a strawweight bout on the primary card on the UFC Apex (ESPN+), has the second-most fights in ladies’s UFC historical past.
Pinheiro, 31, has youth on her aspect towards Hill, 39. Nevertheless, she knew this matchup would come ultimately given Hill’s stage of exercise, so the Brazilian is prepared for it.
“I believe Angela Hill’s a really skilled fighter,” Pinheiro mentioned. “She’s a really powerful fighter who has been round for a while. She’s confronted all people for thus a few years. There comes some extent the place you run out of opponents to really face. After I checked out this I simply needed to verify it was an excellent battle for me. That’s what I care about.”
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