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This is the September 12 edition of On the Rise.

Angela Hill began her ascent towards title contention last fall with a first-round stoppage win over Ariane Carnelossi but has really come into her own in 2020. She jumped into a fight in January and stopped Hannah Cifers, then did the same a month later in Auckland and beat Loma Lookboonmee by unanimous decision.

When business resumed in May, the former Ultimate Fighter contestant was back in the Octagon right away, landing on the wrong side of a hotly debated split decision in a showdown with Claudia Gadelha that showed “Overkill” is a legitimate threat in the strawweight division.