Fight fans gathered inside the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland on Saturday for UFC Fight Night 118. In one of the day’s match ups, UFC bantamweights Aspen Ladd and Lina Lansberg faced off for division dominance.
Former Invicta competitor Aspen Ladd made her octagon debut during the event, riding a five fight winning streak on an undefeated record. Against Lansberg, Ladd earned a second round TKO victory. That being said, Lansberg does not agree with the stoppage.
Taking to Instagram, Lansberg offered a detailed message on why she does not approve of the stoppage. Here is what the fighter had to say:
“What weird experience… I had a great camp, cut weight (which was harder than the fight itself even though this cut felt easy) and was ready for a fight. Our game plan worked perfect from the start as I was light on my feet creating angles to then clinch up where I felt dominant. Every time we got into striking exchanges I felt even more dominant.
“In the second round Aspen timed a perfect takedown as I threw an uppercut and she had really good pressure as the world class grappler she is. When she mounted me I worked my escapes as she released pressure for strikes but she countered good. I then chose to roll to my knees to later roll back to my side as the referee stops the fight!
“The strikes where far from hard and during this whole scramble I hear the weirdest screams I’ve ever heard thinking ‘wow that’s annoying’ and totally thought the referee stopped/paused the fight to tell her to stop screaming. Is that even allowed!? Did the crazy screaming affect the referee in any way!? Did he maybe think that I was the one screaming!? These questions actually don’t matter at all, just thoughts that I have.
“In the next moment I realized that the fight was over due to TKO. I just couldn’t believe it. In my mind we weren’t even halfway to a TKO and I was still moving and no real damage was done. I’ve watched so many fights where the canvas turns red from blood and the fight continues but this was ridiculous. I’ve gotten tons of beautiful support and comments about the early stoppage. To train this hard for something like this is not fun at all.
“I truly feel like I had a light sparring session last night, total frustration is a good word to describe how I feel. I’d like to thank everyone who supports me and of course my coaches @akiracorassani , @jockegbgmma , @_trymdahl and all my wonderful teammates @redlinetc . Love you all.”
