Waterson vs Hill

Who won Waterson vs Hill?

Michelle Waterson-Gomez beat Angela Hill by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 10, on Saturday 12th September 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michelle Waterson-Gomez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Waterson vs Hill stats

Michelle Waterson-Gomez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Angela Hill made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Michelle Waterson-Gomez's 15th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Angela Hill marked her 27th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez's UFC record stood at 6-9-0, while Angela Hill's came in at 13-14-0.

The stats suggested Hill had a massive power advantage over Waterson, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Waterson's 0%.

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

Michelle Waterson-Gomez was the younger woman by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Hill had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Waterson was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2007, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 18 less professional rounds, 76 to Hill's 94.

Waterson vs Hill form

Michelle Waterson-Gomez had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Felice Herrig at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Cortney Casey at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

She had been beaten by Tecia Pennington at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

Activity check

Waterson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Hill's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 13 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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