Aspen Ladd

Sara McMann and Aspen Ladd will square off in a battle of old school vs. new at the upcoming UFC “Fight Night” event on Aug. 13, according to All Access MMA, a booking that comes nearly two years after the promotion first tried to pair them off in Las Vegas.

The UFC has finalized a women’s bantamweight contest that will go down in August. Top ten contender Aspen Ladd (9-3) will return when she takes on former title challenger and Olympic Silver Medalist Sara McMann (13-6). All Access MMA was the first to report the booking a couple of...

UFC 273’s pay-per-view main card and ESPN prelims are official for the April 9 event in Florida. The UFC announced on Saturday the five-fight main card set for ESPN+ pay-per-view, which features a pair of title fights: Alexander Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie and Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2. Featured is the return of Khamzat Chimaev in his biggest test to date against one-time title challenger Gilbert Burns.

The UFC lost a top women's bantamweight contender fight on its pay-per-view card next month but is replacing it with another. Irene Aldana is out of a scheduled fight with Aspen Ladd at UFC 273 on April 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, because of an undisclosed injury, sources confirmed Saturday to ESPN. In Aldana's place, Raquel Pennington has been tabbed as Ladd's opponent on the same card, sources said. The news was first reported by Eurosport Netherlands.

Aspen Ladd has a new opponent for her return to the bantamweight division. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Irene Aldana has been forced to withdraw from her scheduled matchup with Ladd. Raquel Pennington steps in as a short-notice replacement at UFC 273, which takes place April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Eurosport was first to report the new booking.

Aspen Ladd still hopes she can fight Miesha Tate one day. The feud began after Tate blasted Ladd and her coach and boyfriend in Jim West for the way West yelled at her inside the Octagon during the Norma Dumont fight. West was trying to get Ladd going heading into the fifth round as she was clearly losing but Tate claimed that she’s in an abusive relationship.

Aspen Ladd vs. Miesha Tate seemed like a no-brainer after each woman’s last times out. However, they’ve instead gone in separate directions. October 16, 2021, marked Ladd’s first fight since tearing her ACL in 2019 but she was intending on returning sooner. Matched with Macy Chiasson for a July Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight tilt, Chiasson would suffer an injury before the fight was re-made for October 2. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t pan out that time either.