Aspen Ladd

Aspen Ladd's journey in combat sports began when she was 14 years old. She studied boxing, kickboxing and wrestling prior to making her debut appearance as an amateur at WCFC with Jaimee Nievera. Ladd then went on to beat three times within a row in Ultimate Reno Combat. All of the opponents she defeated had been defeated in the first few minutes. In WCFC Ladd was able to defeat Leslie Rodriguez with a unanimous decision. Aspen had already defeated Silvia Baeghian as well as Maddy Simmons, before taking against Cynthia Calvillo. Cynthia was defeated by Aspen in a unanimous vote. The loss put a mark on Ladd's amateur record. Ladd rebounded from her defeat, and won Roma Pawelek at Tuff-N-Uff to increase her record to 8-1. Aspen was first introduced to the sport in 2015after signing with Invicta FC for her professional debut. Invicta 11 saw her dominate Ana Carolina Vidal to score TKO victory in the opening round. Invicta Fighter Championships 16. She won the following match against Amanda Cooper through a second-round submission via armbar. Aspen utilized her expertise in wrestling to knock out McGill by TKO in the third-round (elbows and punches). Aspen was then up against Jessica Hoy (138.1lb at Invicta FC) at a "catchweight"(138.1lb) as Ladd did not make an appearance at the. Aspen, however, defeated Hoy with a TKO. Invicta FC 28 was her last bout for the organization. Invicta FC 22 saw Sijara Eubanks defeated by unanimous verdict. Aspen Ladd debuted in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 118, with a bout against Lina Langsberg. She dominated Lina with the ground and pound strategy, resulting in a TKO second-round victory. She continued her dominance and scored an even amazing victory in her subsequent match against Tonya Evinger at UFC 229. Ladd stopped Evinger's fight after the opening round. Also, she was awarded the bonus for performance of evening. Invicta FC, a rematch of UFC Fight Night dos Anjos and Lee She fought Sijara Eubanks for her first significant fight. Both fighters put up an intense battle that concluded with Ladd taking a unanimous win and both fighters received their 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 stopped Ladd's winning streak with just 16 seconds. The third time she fought on UFC on ESPN 7, she defeated Yana Kunitskaya. She faced Norma Dumont as a substitute for her fight last time with the UFC in UFC Fight Night 195. The fight ended in an majority decision.