Aspen Ladd goes back to action as part of the Bellator lineup for a featherweight battle versus Ekaterina Shakalova on May 17 in Paris.
The UFC veteran last combated under the PFL banner this previous November, losing a consentaneous choice to Kayla Harrison in a highlighted bout on the season-end card. That battle followed Ladd stopped working to advance to the PFL playoffs, with a 1-1 record in the routine season format.
Considering that showing up in PFL, Ladd has actually published a general 2-2 record, which likewise consists of a win over ex-Bellator featherweight champ Julia Budd.
PFL formerly promoted a ladies’s light-weight competition and ladies’s featherweight competition in previous seasons, nevertheless both departments were dropped from the season-long format for 2024. Rather, ladies’s flyweight was included for the existing season, with a group of Bellator fighters signing up with the PFL lineup that consists of champ Liz Carmouche.
Now the reverse occurs for Ladd, as she moves from PFL to Bellator as part of the continuous champs series for the card streaming on Max in May.
When it comes to Shakalova, she makes her 2nd Bellator look after being up to Dayana Silva in a split choice this previous August.
Ladd vs. Shakalova is the most recent addition to the growing Bellator Paris card, which is headlined by a light-weight title battle in between champ Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexander Shabliy.