Overview
- Ladd used fight week to say the UFC gives women’s divisions “not much care” and is signing prospects before they have enough live rounds against tough opponents.
- She described the earlier PFL-Bellator integration as mishandled and said that the way promoters absorbed weight classes effectively gutted the 145-pound women’s division.
- Ladd said she would support the proposed MVP-PFL merger only if Most Valuable Promotions takes operational control, praising MVP’s recent treatment of female fighters.
- The comments come as Ladd prepares to fight Bianca Daimoni on Saturday, Aug. 29, at BKB 58 in Miami after signing a multi-fight BKB deal and scoring a first-round bare-knuckle knockout in her debut.
- Her shift from the UFC and PFL to bare-knuckle boxing illustrates a broader trend of women fighters chasing more active schedules and alternative paths, with observers watching MVP’s plans and Scott Coker’s forthcoming promotion for how they might reshape development pipelines.