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Is Holly Holm vs. Aspen Ladd happening at UFC 235? Not so fast.

The UFC announced on Friday that former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm was going to fight rising contender Aspen Ladd at UFC 235 in March. Sounds like a great fight, except... apparently it’s not actually finalized yet.

Holm’s manager Lenny Fresquez told MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi that this bout isn’t signed, sealed, and delivered despite the UFC’s “official” announcement.

Holly Holm’s manager Lenny Fresquez tells me the fight with Aspen Ladd currently being reported by https://t.co/aX2hXYt93M is not a done deal yet.

— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) December 21, 2018

Holm (12-4) is coming off an impressive and dominant unanimous decision win over Megan Anderson at UFC 225.