Hill vs Gomes

Who won Hill vs Gomes?

Angela Hill beat Denise Gomes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis, on Saturday 4th November 2023 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Angela Hill.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Hill vs Gomes stats

Angela Hill stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Denise Gomes made her way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Angela Hill's 27th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Denise Gomes marked her 7th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Angela Hill's UFC record stood at 13-14-0, while Denise Gomes' came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Gomes had a massive power advantage over Hill, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Hill's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Hill and Gomes would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Angela Hill was the older woman by 15 years, at 40 years old.

Hill had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gomes. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Hill was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Gomes, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 60 more professional rounds, 94 to Gomes' 34.

Hill vs Gomes form

Angela Hill had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Ketlen Souza at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues on 15th February 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Tabatha Ricci at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho on 24th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Luana Pinheiro at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy on 18th May 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Denise Gomes at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She had been beaten by Mackenzie Dern at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Hill's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hill vs Gomes?

Angela Hill was a 5/4 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Denise Gomes made her way into the ring at 33/50 (-150) with oddsmakers.