Fight Study 76 – Hill vs. MMA Culture (Patreon)

Being a conscientious MMA fan, you get embarrassed by the sport almost every day. Angela Hill, as the UFC headliner, brought out the worst racism in MMA we've seen. EVER. We got a glimpse of the racism Serena Williams faces, but supercharged by MMA culture. Angela Hill is actually named after Black American revolutionary and communist Angela Davis. Similar to her namesake, she has been the most vocal on the UFC roster as far as anti-Black racism, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and racial inequality. She recently did a video interview for ESPN about some of these issues, and it had four times the down-votes than up-votes. I only bring this up to illustrate that this has been the ratio of hate Hill has received since she's been on The Ultimate Fighter and it has only gotten worse during this fight week for Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill... 

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