Saturday, January 11, 2020

Julianna Pena vs Aspen Ladd added to Mar. 28 UFC show

Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported last night that Julianna Pena vs Aspen Ladd has been added to UFC on ESPN 8 Mar. 28 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. Aspen confirmed this on Twitter. This is a pivotal match in the UFC Bantamweight division. Julianna is 30 years old from Spokane, WA. She now lives in Chicago but she returns home to train for fights at Sikjitsu. Her record is 9-3 and 5-1 in the UFC. Julianna won TUF 18 and was on her way to a Bantamweight title shot when she lost to Valentina Shevchenko. She was winning that fight and she screwed up. Then she got married and took a two year pregnancy break. Julianna returned to action with a win over Nicco Montano July 2019. Aspen is 24 years old. She trains at MMA Gold in El Dorado Hills, CA. with Jim West who is also her boyfriend. Her record is 9-1. After a loss to Germaine De Randamie, Aspen beat Yana Kunitskaya in Dec. with a third round TKO. This was after West yelled at her between rounds. Aspen is ranked #2. Julianna is ranked #4. I think it's fair to say that the winner of this fight should get the next title shot. And both are exciting fighters so I am looking forward to this one.
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  1. defshepard6:28 PM

    Frank. This does sound like a good fight. Both women clearly can fight and like to finish their fights. This should be good. I cannot say who would win this one. So we have to watch and see.

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