Aspen Ladd to Make PFL Debut Against Julia Budd at Championship Event on Nov. 25
Aspen Ladd will face an accomplished opponent in her Professional Fighters League debut.
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The PFL Championships take place at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York and feature six title bouts with $1 million at stake. The main card airs on pay-per-view and is headlined by a women's lightweight championship clash between Kayla Harrison and Lena Pacheco.
Ladd and the UFC parted ways following a seven-bout stint after the fighter endured multiple issues making weight ahead of her bouts. The 27-year-old Californian lost three of her last four Octagon appearances, including a decision defeat to Raquel Pennington at UFC 273. She was supposed to face Sara McMann on Sept. 17, but a bad weight cut led to the cancelation of that matchup.
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Budd, meanwhile, joined PFL folllowing a 9-1 run in Bellator that saw her defend the 145-pound belt three times before relinquishing it to Cristiane Justino. “The Jewel” debuted in PFL with a decision triumph over Kaitlin Young before suffering an upset loss to an overweight Genah Fabian in a lightweight regular season bout this past May. A proposed matchup against two-time lightweight queen Kayla Harrison in July fell through after Budd suffered an injury.
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