Aspen Ladd vs. Julianna Pena – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 172: Overeem vs. Harris is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Aspen Ladd will take on Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Pena in the Women’s Bantamweight bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 172 card.

In this post, we will break down Aspen Ladd vs. Julianna Pena matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Aspen Ladd is coming in with a 9-1-0 record. Ladd will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik in December.

Pena, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win against Nicco Montano on December 7, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd and holds a 10-3-0 record.

Aspen Ladd has an orthodox fighting stance with a 66″ reach. The 34-year-old, Julianna Pena is an fighter with a 69″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Ladd comes in with 55% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 5.22 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Pena fires at 51% accuracy, landing about 2.96 significant strikes per minute. Aspen Ladd also has a 75% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.45 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Pena’s 2.60 takedowns and 28% takedown accuracy.

Julianna spent on average 10:35 minutes in the Octagon and Aspen has an average fight time of 7:22 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 172 is live in , who do you think will win, Aspen or Julianna? Sound off in the comments.

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