As things stand, Aspen Ladd could return sooner than expected. Ladd (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) suffered a torn ACL and MCL two weeks out from her planned June 12 fight against Sara McMann and has been doing most of her rehab at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Ladd, who rebounded from her first professional loss to Germaine de Randamie in July 2019 with a third-round finish of Yana Kunitskaya last December, appears to be targeting a return early next year, her head coach Jim West told MMA Junkie Radio. “Aspen does (physical therapy) two or three times a day, five times a week, so she’s really putting a lot of work,” West said. “Last I heard, she’s about five or six weeks ahead of schedule, and a lot of it boils down to as much effort as Aspen puts in. She pushes past most that I’ve seen
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