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UFC veterans in MMA, bareknuckle boxing, and karate action May 19-20

Check out which UFC veterans are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC returns home to Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 224, headlined by a strawweight bout between [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] and [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag].

UFC Fight Night 224 also features a co-headliner between middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Edmen Shahbazyan.

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

This weekend, there are a total of nine veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA, bareknuckle, and karate this week from May 19-20.

Check out the names and details about their bouts below.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Angela Hill goes off on ‘bullsh*t’ UFC rankings: They ‘have always disrespected me’

Angela Hill goes off on ‘bullsh*t’ UFC rankings ahead of her return against Mackenzie Dern at UFC Fight Night 224.

LAS VEGAS – Despite fighting someone in the top 10, [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] won’t bank on entering the UFC official rankings if victorious in her return.

The UFC strawweight veteran and former Invicta FC champion has lost faith in the UFC’s official system to rank the top 15 fighters in each respective weight class. Hill (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC), who fights Mackenzie Dern in Saturday’s main event of UFC Fight Night 224 at the UFC Apex, is keeping her expectations low when it comes to potentially getting ranked in the promotion.

“The rankings are bullsh*t,” Hill told reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “The rankings have always disrespected me. Every time one of you guys say, ‘Oh, you’re going to be in the rankings. Oh, you’re going to be in the top 10. Oh, you’re going to be in the top 15 after this fight.’ It doesn’t happen.

“If anything, if I fight someone who has a number by their name, they don’t have a number by their name after I beat them. So I’m not expecting much from the rankings.”

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Hill enters Saturday’s UFC event on a two-fight winning streak, having beaten Lupita Godinez and Emily Ducote in unanimous decisions in 2022. She now faces easily the most decorated female grappler on the UFC roster with Dern (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and she’s very much looking foward to the challenge.

“There’s a lot I can do with the way she comes forward, with the way she doesn’t care about her chin being thrown in the air,” Hill explained. “There’s a lot of areas I feel I can capitalize on, and I don’t feel she has as many opportunities to capitalize on my mistakes.

I’ve just been working really hard at fixing them, and I don’t feel like she’s been fixing hers. She’s just been trying to do more jiu-jitsu. So if anything, fight IQ wise and my experience in there and being put up against tough grapplers my entire career has prepared me for this.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

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Video: UFC Fight Night 224 media day interviews

Before UFC Fight Night 224 arrives, 12 athletes from the main card are scheduled to speak to reporters Wednesday at media day.

LAS VEGAS – The UFC schedule for May closes out Saturday with UFC Fight Night 224, which takes place at the UFC Apex with a full card that streams on ESPN+.

A strawweight main event serves as the final act on the card. [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] will take on [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] in a matchup of fighters looking to take the next step forward in the division.

Before fight night arrives, though, 11 athletes spoke to reporters Wednesday at media day, and MMA Junkie was in attendance.

If you happen to miss any of the individual sessions on the live stream, check below for the archived videos of each media day.

UFC Fight Night 224 pre-event facts: Will third time be the charm for Mackenzie Dern?

Check out the numbers behind UFC Fight Night 223, where Mackenzie Dern will make her third attempt at a UFC main event victory.

After two weeks on the road, the UFC returns to its home base on Saturday for UFC Fight Night 224 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streams on ESPN+.

The makeshift main event for the card will feature a pair of strawweight contender hopefuls. [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will meet [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC) in a five-round matchup.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts for UFC Fight Night 223.

UFC free fight: Angela Hill puts on striking clinic against Emily Ducote to win dominant decision

Watch Angela Hill’s most recent performance ahead of her return this Saturday against Mackenzie Dern.

[autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] reminded everyone in her last outing why she’s a forced to be reckoned with.

The former Invicta FC champion put on a striking clinic against Emily Ducote at UFC on ESPN 42 in December. It was a clean and dominant win for Hill, who won 30–27 across all three judges’ scorecard. Hill is known for her striking, but she showed new wrinkles and renewed fire in the performance.

You can watch Hill’s impressive win over Ducote in the video above.

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Hill is set to return to the cage on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 224. She takes on Mackenzie Dern in a strawweight matchup. The card goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.

Hill (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC) is coming off back-to-back wins over Ducote and Loopy Godinez. This two-fight winning streak snapped a 1-5 rut for Hill from 2020-2022.

Dern (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), meanwhile, looks to bounce back from a majority decision loss to Yan Xiaonan from in October. She’s currently 1-2 in her past three fights, a stretch that put a halt to a four-fight winning streak.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 20-26)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Feb. 20-26.

Mackenzie Dern plans to revisit jiu-jitsu roots for Angela Hill: ‘I need to finish it’

Mackenzie Dern wants to go back to her bread and butter in her upcoming UFC women’s strawweight fight against Angela Hill.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] wants to go back to her bread and butter against [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag].

Dern (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will look to rebound when she faces Hill (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event May 13.

An ADCC and no-gi world champion in jiu-jitsu, Dern has earned seven-career wins by submission. Although she had success getting her opponents down in her two recent losses, she failed to finish them, and that bothers her.

“As Mackenzie the jiu-jitsu world champion, if I’m on the ground, I should be submitting any of the girls,” Dern told MMA Junkie. “So in that way, I’m always going to push myself. That’s why I’m training so much jiu-jitsu just to keep – jiu-jitsu is always my last priority, a little bit, because I was trying to get my striking up to where it needs to be, my takedowns, all these things.

“But now, I’m just like, ‘OK, I’m getting it to the ground now, but I need to finish it.’ I only have five minutes to get to the ground, to submit, and we still have punches and all these things. So I need to be on point with my jiu-jitsu.”

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Stylistically, Hill is a favorable matchup for Dern on paper. But Dern acknowledged Hill has grown exponentially as a fighter and has a lot more experience than her.

“I felt like that about all the girls I fought, so I learned not to underestimate any of them – because really all they need is decent defense, maybe use the cage,” Dern said. “Angela has a lot of cage experience. So that’s definitely something that gets me like, ‘Man, I can’t make a mistake with her.’ I’ve got to make sure that if I hit, I hit hard. If I’m moving, I’m moving good on my feet. If it’s on the ground, she doesn’t get up. And that’s it.”

Mackenzie Dern meets Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night on May 13

A strawweight showdown between Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill is the latest addition to a UFC Fight Night event in May.

A strawweight showdown between [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] and [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] is the latest addition to a UFC Fight Night event in May.

Dern (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Hill (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC) have agreed to an 115-pound clash at UFC Fight Night on May 13, multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Junkie. The people requested anonymity because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

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The event does not currently have an announced location or venue. Broadcast plans are also still unknown.

Dern, No. 7 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie strawweight rankings, will attempt to rebound from a main event loss to Yan Xiaonan at UFC Fight Night 211 in October. The 29-year-old has won five of her past seven fights overall.

Hill will attempt to break into the rankings on the heels of back-to-back wins over Loopy Godinez and Emily Ducote. The 38-year-old will make her 23rd octagon appearance with the bout, which will tie her with Jessica Andrade for most fights by any female in UFC history.

The latest lineup for UFC’s May 13 event includes:

  • Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker
  • Jailton Almeida vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill

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Angela Hill wants March return vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz: ‘I’d love that fight’

Angela Hill calls out former UFC title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz for March in London following her win at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 42.

[autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] is fresh off a victory, and she already has a return in mind.

The former Invicta FC champion is coming off a dominant decision win over Emily Ducote (12-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 42 in Orlando, Fla. Hill (15-12 MMA, 10-12 UFC), who’s now on a two-fight winning streak, is looking to keep the momentum going and book a return against fellow veteran Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

“Yes, Karolina: Come at me, bro,” Hill told reporters at the UFC on ESPN 42 post-fight press conference (via MMA Fighting). “Let’s go. I’d love to fight Karolina. I seem to be getting all of my girl Jessica Penne’s opponents, so I’d be happy to take that one, too.”

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As far as a date for the return, Hill said she would like to compete at a UFC event in March in London. The UFC has not yet made a London 2023 event official, but if that’s in the cards, that would be ideal for Hill.

“London card … London card in March,” Hill said. “I know she’s coming off a win. Yeah, I’d love that fight.”

Hill now has back-to-back wins over Lupita Godinez and Ducote. Prior to the two-fight wining streak, Hill was on a three-fight skid.

Kowalkiewicz, a former UFC title challenger, also is coming off two straight wins. She defeated Felice Herrig and Ducote in decisions in her most recent outings.

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UFC on ESPN 42 post-event facts: Rafael dos Anjos first to reach 8-hour fight time milestone

Rafael dos Anjos became the first fighter in history to log eight hours of octagon fight time in his win at UFC on ESPN 42.

The UFC returned to Orlando, Fla., for the first time in nearly four years Saturday with UFC on ESPN 42, which took place at Amway Center and saw nine out of 14 fights end in a stoppage.

Stephen Thompson (17-6-1 MMA, 12-6-1 UFC) earned the most memorable result of all in the main event. The longtime welterweight contender went to war with Kevin Holland (23-9 MMA, 9-6 UFC). He emerged on top by fourth-round TKO due to corner stoppage and netted another Fight of the Night award in the process.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC on ESPN 42.