Aspen Ladd

Aspen Ladd began her journey to combat sports at young age of fourteen. Following her training in kickboxing, boxing BJJ and wrestling, she made her amateur debut against Jaimee Nievera at WCFC when she was just 18. Ladd felt more confident following her win, and she won three bouts in Ultimate Reno Combat. Her opponents were all defeated during the first round. After that, she went back to WCFC and defeated Leslie Rodriguez by unanimous decision. Aspen first defeated Silvia Babyghian, before heading to take on Maddy Simmons at WCFC 9 and fought Cynthia Calvillo. Cynthia outclassed Aspen and swept her away in unanimous decision to put an ominous mark on her amateur record. Ladd bounced back from the loss and defeated Roma Pawelek at Tuff-N-Uff to improve her record to 8-1. Aspen was first introduced to the sport in 2015, signing to Invicta FC for her professional debut. InvictaFC 11 was her debut professional fight. Aspen dominated Ana Carolina Vidal, securing an 1st round TKO. Invicta Fc 16 marked her first fight as a Bantamweight. Aspen defeated Amanda Cooper with an armbar in second round. Aspen made use of her wrestling prowess to defeat McGill in third round TKO. Aspen then fought Jessica Hoy (138.1lb at Invicta FC) in a "catchweight"(138.1lb), because Ladd failed to make an appearance at the. Aspen, however, defeated Hoy through TKO. Invicta FC, 21 was her last fight for promotion. Invicta FC 21, Eubanks prevailed by a majority vote. Aspen Ladd's UFC debut was at UFC Fight Night 118 when she faced Lina Lansberg. She defeated Lina with a pound and grind to her to the ground, gaining the TKO during the second round. Her dominance grew and she scored a more impressive win during her next fight against Tonya Evinger at UFC 229 Ladd won the fight in the first round and was awarded the Performance of the Night Prize. Sijara Eubanks from Invicta FC was her opponent in a rematch at UFC Fight Night dos Anjos against Lee. This was her first major match. Ladd's victory was a unanimous victory, and she was awarded the Fight of the Night award came to each fighter. Ladd's first loss came in her next fight against Germaine de Randamie in Ladd's first UFC main event fight. Randamie ended Ladd within 16 seconds, breaking her losing streak. Yana Knitskaya lost in the 3rd round at UFC 7 at ESPN. As a replacement She fought Norma Dumont in her most recent UFC fight. She was beaten by a unanimous decision.