With Aspen Ladd’s recent ACL/MCL tear the UFC needed a new fight for this weekend’s ESPN card featuring a top ranked lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker, and they needed it in a hurry. Enter Invicta atomweight champion and former RIZIN title contender Jinh Yu Frey.
Frey won’t be taking Ladd’s spot opposite Sara McMann at bantamweight (thankfully). Instead she’ll be taking on fellow newcomer and former Invicta FC talent Kay Hansen (6-3). Hansen is currently riding a back to back victories over Liana Piarosin and Nicolle Caliari, as well as a victory over Carolina Jimenez that technically ranked as an exhibition bout as part of Invicta’s Phoenix Series 2 one-night tournament.