A bantamweight battle between Sara McMann and Aspen Ladd has been rescheduled for the upcoming UFC Vegas 60 card scheduled on Sept. 17 on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
A number of folks with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed the information to MMA Preventing on Thursday with agreements in place from each athletes.
The battle was initially scheduled on the upcoming UFC San Diego card however Ladd examined optimistic for COVID and the matchup with McMann was pulled from the occasion.
Somewhat than discover a substitute, the UFC opted to simply rebook the battle for a later date.
Coming off a win over Karol Rosa in her most up-to-date outing, McMann will search to make it two in a row when she returns in September because the one-time UFC title challenger seeks to work her method again up the rankings at 135 kilos.
In the meantime, Ladd is seeking to cease a two-fight skid after she dropped back-to-back bouts to Norma Dumont and Raquel Pennington, which dropped her report to 1-3 in her previous 4 fights.
The upcoming UFC Vegas 60 card shall be headlined by a bantamweight showcase as Cory Sandhagen meets Song Yadong within the five-round important occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.