Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd first began training in combat sports when she was 14 years old. After a kickboxing training session, wrestling BJJ and BJJ, she had her first professional fight against Jaimee Nievera at WCFC when she was just 18. Ladd went on an impressive 3-fight winning streak at Ultimate Reno Combat. In the three fights, she defeated her opponent within the first round. Ladd returned to WCFC for the purpose of defeating Leslie Rodriguez through a unanimous ruling. Aspen was first beaten by Silvia Babyghian prior to going to take on Maddy Simmons at WCFC 9, where she faced Cynthia Calvillo. Cynthia gave Aspen a unanimous defeat and beat her in a match that tarnished Ladd's amateur career. Ladd was victorious in her subsequent match in a fight with Roma Pawelek to improve to an 8-1 record. Aspen turned professional in 2015, and was signed by Invicta FC to make her professional debut. Invicta 11 saw her take on Ana Carolina Vidal to score a TKO in the first round. Invicta took on her in the Bantamweight division and was victorious via submission armbar in the second round. Aspen used superior wrestling to beat McGill in the third round via TKO. Aspen then faced Jessica Hoy, at Invicta FC 18. The fight was with Hoy in the catchweight (138.1lb) because Ladd did not gain weight. Aspen still dominated Hoy to finish her in 2nd round via TKO. At Invicta FC21, she was the final fight for the company. Invicta FC21, she defeated Sijara Banks by unanimous decision. Aspen Ladd debuted in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 118, against Lina Langsberg. She was a step ahead of Lina as she ground-and-pound hit her for an TKO victory in the second round. In her second fight, she beat Tonya Evinger even more impressively. Ladd ended Evinger in the opening round and got an outstanding performance bonus. Invicta FC's Sijara Eubanks was her opponent for a rematch at UFC Fight Night dos Anjos against Lee. This was Ladd's debut major fight. Both fighters put up an exchange of blows that culminated with Ladd taking a unanimous win and each fighter received an award known as the Fight of the Night bonus. Ladd's first loss came in her next fight against Germaine de Randamie in Ladd's first UFC main event fight. Randamie ended Ladd in 16-seconds to break her winning streak. Yana Knitskaya was defeated in the 3rd round at UFC 7 on ESPN. In a recent match replacement in the UFC, Norma Dumont was her opponent. The fight was unanimously decided against her.
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