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Aspen Ladd feels ‘fantastic’ hours after ‘particularly rough’ UFC Sacramento weight cut

Aspen Ladd isn’t too worried about the difficult weight cut she went through ahead of UFC Sacramento.

The women’s bantamweight contender made weight on Friday ahead of her main-event fight with Germaine de Randamie, but it didn’t come without some adversity. Ladd stumbled her way to the scale at the official weigh-ins, seemingly barely making it up on her own — and she opted not to return on top of the scale for photo ops after hitting the 135-pound limit, instead standing beside it.

However, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), which oversees Saturday’s event, cleared her to fight after evaluating her following the weigh-ins — as of now, her fight with de Randamie, which could determine the next title challenger in the bantamweight division, is a go.