At last weekend’s UFC Vegas 40 Norma Dumont beat Aspen Ladd in a, let’s face it, terribly boring fight. Ladd came into the featherweight five round main event on late notice, just a week removed from a frightening scene on the scales that saw her pulled from UFC Vegas 39.
During the fight it was hard not to notice the feedback Ladd was getting between rounds from her head coach Jim West. Many viewers felt West was being overly harsh to the young fighter, who had lost every round heading into the 4th.
West’s words were enough to prompt former UFC champion Miesha Tate to accuse him of “abuse.