Harrison vs Ladd

Who won Harrison vs Ladd?

Kayla Harrison beat Aspen Ladd by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 10, on Friday 24th November 2023 at The Anthem in Washington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kayla Harrison.

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).

Harrison vs Ladd stats

Kayla Harrison stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Aspen Ladd made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Kayla Harrison's 16th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018.

Kayla Harrison's PFL record stood at 15-1-0, while Aspen Ladd's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Ladd had an advantage in power over Harrison, with a 55% knock out percentage over Harrison's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Harrison had a large advantage over Ladd, boasting a 40% submission rate over Ladd's 18%.

Kayla Harrison was the older woman by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Harrison had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ladd. Despite this, Ladd had 1-inch reach advantage.

Harrison was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2018, 3 years and 3 months later than Ladd, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 3 less professional rounds, 37 to Ladd's 40.

Harrison vs Ladd form

Harrison had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Morgan Frier at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Moriel Charneski at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, she was victorious against Jozette Cotton at PFL 2018 #6 on 16th August 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City.

She had won against Brittney Elkin at PFL 2018 #2 on 21st June 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Chicago Theater, Chicago.

Aspen Ladd had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Kayla Harrison at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Karolina Sobek at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated 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.

She had been defeated by Raquel Pennington at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Kayla Harrison had last fought 4 years, 9 months and 14 days ago, while Aspen Ladd's last outing had been 5 months and 1 day ago.

Harrison's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Ladd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Harrison vs Ladd?

Kayla Harrison was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Aspen Ladd made her way into the ring at 23/4 (+580) with oddsmakers.