Aspen Ladd: I don’t need a nickname
Aspen Ladd: “Everybody always thinks I need a nickname, but I tell them my name is weird enough. My team has tried several times and there’s been a few of them going around.
Invicta FC signed Aspen Ladd in 2014, to the promotion’s flyweight (125 pound) roster. Then just 19, Ladd was 8-1 as an amateur, and turned pro for Invicta. In just over a year, Ladd went 3-0 with all fights ending inside the distance, two by strikes, one by sub.
Most recently she beat Kelly McGill ?at Invicta FC 16 on UFC Fight Pass, in a fight she took on short notice, at bantamweight. The fighter appeared recently on MMA Junkie Radio.
Everybody always thinks I need a nickname, but I tell them my name is weird enough, said Ladd as transcribed by MMAjunkie. My team has tried several times and there’s been a few of them going around. Nothing has stuck, honestly.
With all the new regulations that are coming, I honestly can’t make 125 anymore and still be a healthy person and recover. 135 is going to be my new weight class. It’s my new home. This was an unexpected fight on a week’s notice, but we’re going to move up regardless.
The thing that I have that a lot of people don’t is pressure the entire time. I’m not just waiting to see what the other person is going to do. That’s not my gameplan. My gameplan is to go in and try to control the fight from the start. I’m not just there to wait and see and hopefully win or not lose the fight. I’m going in to win and I’m going in to finish.
