The last two years haven’t been great for Aspen Ladd, as far as her progress in the UFC is concerned. After beating Yana Kunitskaya by TKO in December 2019 Ladd spent much of 2020 recovering from tears to both her ACL and MCL.
Prior to the injury she lost out on a bout with this weekend’s title challenger Julianna Pena, who withdrew from a fight with an injury of her own. Ladd’s knee injury took her out of a fight with former title challenger Sara McMann.
A year after suffering her injury Ladd was booked to return against TUF winner Macy Chiasson at July’s UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs.