Too much discount McGregors - Ladd praises PFL for getting back to the best

Get the Full StoryAspen Ladd after her TKO win over Yana Kunitskaya in 2019. Photo by Jeff Bottari Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Aspen Ladd praises the PFL for what she believes is the promotion s efforts of highlighting fighter skill over marketing ability. Aspen Ladd is happy in her new home at PFL, to say the least. The 27-year-old fighter recently spoke to MMA Fighting about her observations in the sport as an MMA veteran and former UFC fighter.

We all know that MMA is not just based off skill these days. It s based off how much you can talk or how prominent certain features are. PFL is taking that out of it.

It s just getting back to who s the best. Who s the best at what they do. Not at what they say or how they look. That s definitely an appealing part of this promotion.

For Ladd, many fighters today are taking a page off of Conor McGregor s book of self-promotion, even if the persona does not fit.

There s a lot of discount Conor McGregors these days and they re doing it just because they want the attention but it s so insincere. They re not that person.

They re not good at it. It s just like, come on, but you all know why someone s trying to do that or trying to present themselves in a certain way, or feel like they have to do certain things to get the attention.

It would be amazing if we were just basically judged on the merits of what we do, but we re not. That s not part of it. It s an entertainment sport. You ve got to be good, and you ve got to promote yourself in a certain way it is what it is.

With the PFL besides the format, and basically a tournament style, and you know when you re fighting, you know how many fights you re going to get. Obviously, you have to do well, but that was very appealing to me.

Ladd 9-3 was released from the UFC roster in late September after missing weight for the third time. She signed with PFL days later as a featherweight competitor and will make her debut this Friday, November 25 against former Bellator champion Julia Budd.

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