A new challenger! MMA fighter Angela Hill enters as Street Fighter's Dhalsim - CNET

Mixed martial arts fighting is one of the world's most popular spectator sports. It combines the artistic skill of martial arts with the excitement of watching two people try to knock the consciousness out of each other.

The marketing teams behind these leagues are always trying to think of ways to make the sport more popular and tap into bigger and bigger audiences. Perhaps they could pick up a few ideas from the fighting league of the arcade classic Street Fighter II.

Of course, fighters can't do helicopter kicks like Chun Li or tu their entire body into a lightning rod like Blanka (yet), but they could adapt some of their showmanship techniques and incorporate it into their events. That's what former UFC fighter Angela "Overkill" Davis did at the weigh-in ceremony on Thursday in Las Vegas for the Invicta FC all-pro women's touament.

Hill stepped up to the stage at the Tropicana Lounge in her Dhalsim cosplay complete with the Street Fighter's yellow loin cloth and wrist guards, red-striped headpaint and three skulls dangling from her neck. Then she did Dhalsim's victory dance before stepping on the scale and squaring off against her opponent Stephanie Eggnik in Friday's match. Any Street Fighter II player should be familiar with those moves because his "fierce" punch and "roundhouse" kick can stretch to the opposite side of the screen make him a tough opponent to defeat.

MMAFighting.com captured footage of Hill's memorable entrance and posted it on its Instagram account.

A video posted by MMAFighting.com (@mmafightingdotcom) on Mar 10, 2016 at 7:15pm PST