Aspen Ladd Released from UFC Roster After Latest Weight Miss

Once-promising bantamweight prospect Aspen Ladd is no longer on the UFC roster following her latest mishap on the scales.

MMAFighting.com was first to confirm Ladd’s release after Twitter account UFC Roster Watch revealed that the figher had been removed from the UFC women’s bantamweight rankings. Ladd has lost three of her last four Octagon appearances.

Fighter removed: Aspen Ladd

— UFC Roster Watch (@UFCRosterWatch) September 27, 2022

Ladd was scheduled to face Sara McMann at UFC Fight Night 210 on Sept. 17, but the bout was canceled after Ladd checked in two pounds overweight for the 135-pound clash. That was Ladd’s third weight miss in the UFC, as she also came in heavy for fights against Macy Chiasson in 2021 and against Leslie Smith in 2018. Both of those bouts were scrapped as a result. She also missed weight for a fight against Jessica Hoy under the Invicta FC banner in 2016, but that bout went ahead as planned.

In addition to those issues, Ladd struggled to make weight for a showdown with Germaine de Randamie in the UFC Fight Night 155 headliner in July 2019. Although she was visibly shaking on the scales, she managed to hit the bantamweight mark. However, she suffered a 16-second TKO defeat to de Randamie one day later.

The 27-year-old Ladd is 9-3 as a professional and 4-3 in UFC competition. Her career resume includes victories over the likes of Sijara Eubanks (twice), Tonya Evinger, Yana Kunitskaya and Lina Lansberg. She briefly moved up to 145 pounds but dropped a unanimous decision to Norma Dumont in the UFC Fight Night 195 main event last October.