LAS VEGAS – Luana Pinheiro is comfy 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 brief 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 a substitute of beating herself up about it, although, Pinheiro (16-13 MMA, 11-13 UFC) took it as a second of development.
“I feel I made some errors that ended up costing me lots, however on the finish of the day wasn’t what we anticipated,” Pinheiro instructed MMA Junkie and different reporters by way of an interpreter at Wednesday’s media day. “I used to be proud of my evolution in some issues, it was simply in the direction of the tip that I ended up dropping the combat. It was an excellent studying alternative and there was quite a lot of stuff to take into the subsequent combat.”
Following the powerful loss, Pinheiro will get one other vital problem. Hill, who she meets in a strawweight bout on the principle card on the UFC Apex (ESPN+), has the second-most fights in girls’s UFC historical past.
Pinheiro, 31, has youth on her facet in opposition to Hill, 39. Nevertheless, she knew this matchup would come ultimately given Hill’s degree of exercise, so the Brazilian is prepared for it.
“I feel Angela Hill’s a really skilled fighter,” Pinheiro stated. “She’s a really powerful fighter who has been round for a while. She’s confronted all people for therefore a few years. There comes a degree the place you run out of opponents to truly face. After I checked out this I simply needed to ensure it was a superb combat for me. That’s what I care about.”
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