Aspen Ladd

Aspen Ladd first began training in combat sports as young as 14. After training in kickboxing boxing BJJ and wrestling, she had her first professional fight against Jaimee Nievera at WCFC when she was just 18. Ladd was on a stunning 3 fight winning streak at Ultimate Reno Combat. In the three fights, she defeated her opponent right in the first round. Aspen returned to WCFC for the purpose of defeating Leslie Rodriguez through a unanimous verdict. Aspen defeated Silvia B beghian as well as Maddy Simmons prior to facing Cynthia Calvillo. Cynthia was superior to Aspen, and beat her in a unanimously voted victory. Cynthia's amateur records were damaged. Ladd rebounded from her loss and defeated Roma Pawelek at Tuff-N-Uff to take her record up to 8-1. Aspen started her professional career in 2015, signing to Invicta FC for her professional debut. Aspen fought Ana Carolina Vidal at Invicta FC 11 and dominated her in the first round to win a TKO. Invicta Combat Championships 16, Aspen won the following match in the fight against Amanda Cooper through a second-round Armbar submission. Aspen's superior wrestling skill took down McGill in the first round, and she was able to stop her fight in the third round via TKO (elbows and strikes). Aspen then fought Jessica Hoy in Invicta FC 18, weighing weight of catchweight (138.1lb) As Ladd had missed weight. Despite this, Aspen was able to take on Hoy. She won by KO in the 2nd round. Invicta FC 21, she won her final fight with the promotion with a unanimous decision. Aspen Ladd debuted in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 118, with a bout against Lina Langsberg. She outclassed Lina with a ground-and-- - pounded her for a TKO win in the second round. The next time she fought Tonya Evinger in UFC 229, her victory was even more stunning. Ladd took the win in round one and received the Performance of the Night Bonus. Her first major fight in The UFC Fight Night dos Anjos and. Lee rematch against Sijara Ebanks. Both fighters put up an exchange of blows that culminated with Ladd taking a unanimous win and each fighter received 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 stopped Ladd in just 16 seconds to end her streak of winning. After a break of a few seconds her return to the ring and finished Yana Kunizkaya during the UFC's ESPN 7 third-round fight. In a match that was a replacement for UFC, Norma Dumont was her opponent. The fight ended in a unanimous verdict.