Angela Hill is stepping in on short notice once again to save the day.
Hill (10-7 MMA, 5-7 UFC) is set to replace Brianna Van Buren against Hannah Cifers (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at UFC on ESPN+ 24. A person with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the change, but requested anonymity since the UFC has yet to make an announcement.
Van Buren was forced out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons.
UFC on ESPN+ 24 takes place Jan. 25 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. The card streams on ESPN+.
The replacement scenario will mark the third time in Hill’s past four fights that Hill steps in on short notice. She is coming off a third-round doctor’s stoppage win over Ariane Carnelossi in September, which was her fourth fight in 2019. She will look to string two wins in a row for the first time in her UFC career when she takes on Cifers.
Since dropping her UFC debut to Maycee Barber, Cifers has notched back-to-back wins over Polyana Viana, and most recently Jodie Esquibel at UFC 241 in August. She now gets the opportunity to fight close to home in Raleigh.
With the change, the current UFC on ESPN+ 24 lineup includes:
- Curtis Blaydes vs. Junior Dos Santos
- Michael Chiesa vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Frankie Edgar vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Tony Gravely vs. Brett Johns
- Hannah Cifers vs. Angela Hill
- Jordan Espinosa vs. Alex Perez
- Lina Lansberg vs. Sara McMann
- Justine Kish vs. Lucie Pudilova
- Arnold Allen vs. Josh Emmett
- Bevon Lewis vs. Dequan Townsend
- Jamahal Hill vs. Darko Stosic
- Felipe Colares vs. Montel Jackson
- Herbert Burns vs. Nate Landwehr
