While Hill is easily the most experienced opponent she’s faced to date, the prospect in this classic pairing has been ascending from the time she first set foot on the UFC canvas and now gets the opportunity to try and close out her first year competing in her natural weight class at the highest level in the sport by earning a place in the rankings.
“I’m so excited to be able to cap off this year with an absolute bang of a fight,” said Kline, her smile widening as she spoke. “Whatever happens happens, but I feel like every one of my fights, I just keep getting better and better, so to be able to fight Angela Hill specifically, in New York City on November 15, I feel like what better way to end the year than against Angela.
“I have a lot of love in New York —I’m born in Queens, lived in Long Island, now I’m in Upstate New York — I have a lot of connections throughout New York and my career started here, so to be able to gain the experience that I have and the youth that I have and then get to fight someone like Angela with the experience she has, the resume she has, I just feel like this is gonna be a great fight for me, inside the cage and as a person in general.”
As much as she is happy and grateful to get to share the Octagon with Hill and compete at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, Kline is still focused on making this memorable moment truly unforgettable.
“I can see myself finishing Angela in either the second or third round,” she offered when asked to forecast how things play out this weekend. “If I could do what I did last time, I would do it all over again, but I want each moment to be special and unique in its own way, so I would love to see a finish on the ground; I’d love to submit her. I also know that she’s never been knocked out before, so I would love to do that as well.
“My ideal would be knocking her out, getting my hand raised, getting a bonus, and going to celebrate with my family,” Kline added. “Breaking some records while I’m climbing up the rankings — that would be ideal.”
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