The UFC handed Aspen Ladd the opportunity to headline a UFC event. She did not capitalize on her good fortune.
Ladd missed weight for her UFC Vegas 38 bantamweight bout opposite Macy Chiasson and that fight was dropped from the card. With Holly Holm falling out of her scheduled headlining fight against Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 40, the UFC tapped Ladd for the main event slot.
Had Ladd defeated Dumont, she might have earned a shot at women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes. She did not defeat Dumont. In fact, how she lost to Dumont might affect her standing in the bantamweight division, where she is No.