UFC veteran Aspen Ladd will make her BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing debut when she takes on former Welterweight title challenger Bianca Daimoni, a Super Lightweight showdown scheduled for the upcoming BKB 58 main card on Sat., Aug. 29, 2026 at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.
“I can’t wait to make my debut in the Trigon and put on a show for the fans in Miami,” Ladd, 31, said in today’s release. “Bianca’s tough and I know she’s coming to fight, but that’s exactly what I signed up for. BKB gives me the chance to compete with everything on the line, no gloves, no hiding, and I’m ready to show everyone what I can do.”
Ladd, 12-5 in MMA, already has one bare knuckle bout under her name, knocking out Shyanne Bitliff in her lone BKFC fight at BKFC 84 last fall on DAZN. The Pioneer, Calif. native rose to as high as No. 2 in the UFC rankings during her tenure with the promotion, sharing the cage with some of the sport’s biggest names including current UFC champion Kayla Harrison and former UFC titleholders Raquel Pennington and Germaine de Randamie.
“Aspen has already shown fight fans what she’s about, and now she gets the chance to do it inside our Trigon for the first time,” said BKB CEO, David Tetreault. “She’s fought the best in the world across multiple organizations and never taken a backward step. Pairing her with Bianca Daimoni in Miami gives us another can’t-miss fight on a card that’s already loaded from top to bottom.”
BKB 58 will be headlined by undefeated BKB Heavyweight Champion Gustavo “The Cuban Assassin” Trujillo, who defends his title against heavyweight hurter Mark O’Neil. In addition, Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa makes his own highly anticipated bare knuckle debut against Yesner “Cuajadita” Talavera.
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