{"id":278743,"date":"2018-06-17T05:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T12:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278743"},"modified":"2018-06-17T05:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T12:47:52","slug":"ufc-lincoln-gets-alexa-grasso-vs-angela-hill-strawweight-contender-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexa-grasso\/ufc-lincoln-gets-alexa-grasso-vs-angela-hill-strawweight-contender-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Lincoln gets Alexa Grasso vs. Angela Hill strawweight contender fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC Lincoln lineup has grown by one awesome fight, as strawweight contenders and former Invicta stars Angela Hill and Alexa Grasso have been scheduled for a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Hill hinted at this bout on Twitter. The fight was subsequently confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/06\/alexa-grasso-vs-angela-hill-strawweight-ufc-fight-night-135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RAV9E5SDgD\">pic.twitter.com\/RAV9E5SDgD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieOverkill\/status\/1007766324028715008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hill, who currently holds the number 15 spot in the UFC strawweight rankings, is riding the momentum of a decision defeat of Maryna Moroz. This impressive win was preceded by a decision loss to Nina Ansaroff, a decision win over Ashley Yoder, and a decision loss to top contender Jessica Andrade. Hill is currently 8-4 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa Grasso, meanwhile, is ranked 11th at strawweight, and currently owns an overall record of 10-2. In her last fight, she experienced a first-round submission loss to surging strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez. This loss was preceded by a close decision win over Randa Markos, a decision loss to Felice Herrig, and before that, a perfect 9-0 start to her career.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC&#8217;s upcoming stop in Lincoln, which goes down on August 25, will be headlined by a lightweight barnburner between former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje, and the ever-outspoken Al Iaquinta. The card will also include a lightweight bout between Drew Dober and Jon Tuck, a bantamweight bout between Rani Yayha and Luke Sanders, a middleweight bout between Eryk Anders and Tim Williams, and a middleweight bout between Andrew Sanchez and Antonio Braga Neto. No other bouts have been confirmed for the event at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins this Angela Hill vs. Alexa Grasso fight at UFC Lincoln? Join the conversation in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/17\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC Lincoln lineup has grown by one awesome fight, as strawweight contenders and former Invicta stars Angela Hill and Alexa Grasso have been scheduled for a meeting. Angela Hill hinted at this bout on Twitter. The fight was subsequently confirmed by MMAjunkie. pic.twitter.com\/RAV9E5SDgD &mdash; Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) June 15, 2018 Hill, who currently holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":276826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10600],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Lincoln gets Alexa Grasso vs. Angela Hill strawweight contender fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Invicta FC stars Angela Hill and Alexa Grasso are set to collide at the UFC&#039;s August 25 stop in Lincoln, Nebraska.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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