Budd vs Ladd

Who won Budd vs Ladd?

Aspen Ladd beat Julia Budd by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Aspen Ladd.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Budd vs Ladd stats

Julia Budd stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Aspen Ladd made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Julia Budd's PFL record stood at 2-3-0, while Aspen Ladd's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Ladd had a large advantage in power over Budd, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Budd's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ladd had a slight advantage over Budd, with a 11% submission rate over Budd's 6%.

Julia Budd was the older woman by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Budd had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ladd. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Budd was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Ladd, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 22 more professional rounds, 62 to Ladd's 40.

Budd vs Ladd form

Budd had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Kaitlin Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Dayana Silva at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Jessy Miele at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had lost to Cris Cyborg at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

She was victorious against Olga Rubin at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Ladd had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Julia Budd at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Raquel Pennington at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Yana Santos at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

She had lost to Germaine de Randamie at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Golden1 Center, Sacramento, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Aspen Ladd had been fighting more than Julia Budd.

Going to this contest, Julia Budd had last fought 2 years, 6 months and 1 day ago, while Aspen Ladd's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 3 days ago.

Budd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Ladd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Budd vs Ladd?

Julia Budd was a 33/20 (+180) underdog going into the contest, while Aspen Ladd made her way into the ring at 21/50 (-250) with oddsmakers.