Leslie Smith will appeal the National Labor Relations Board’s decision to dismiss her complaint against the UFC.
Last month, the NLRB officially ruled to dismiss Smith’s charge that the UFC acted in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. Her charge was based on the notion that the promotion unfairly released her from her contract after she would not fight opponent Aspen Ladd at UFC Atlantic City on April 21.
Ladd came in 1.8 pounds over the contracted weight for their bout and Smith would have only met Ladd at a catchweight if the UFC had extended her contract.