{"id":314970,"date":"2019-05-29T15:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314970"},"modified":"2019-05-29T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:54:37","slug":"breaking-germaine-de-randamie-vs-aspen-ladd-slated-for-ufc-sacramento-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-germaine-de-randamie-vs-aspen-ladd-slated-for-ufc-sacramento-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Germaine de Randamie vs Aspen Ladd slated for UFC Sacramento main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Sacramento has been building up very nicely over the recent weeks and now we know what will likely be its headliner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/05\/ufc-targs-aspen-ladd-germaine-de-randamie-sacramento-main-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a> has reported that a top contender match-up in the bantamweight division has been verbally agreed to for the July 13 main event between the former UFC featherweight champion, &#8220;The Iron Lady,&#8221; Germaine de Randamie (8-3) and rising undefeated 24-year old contender, Aspen Ladd (8-0).<\/p>\n<p>For the unbeaten Ladd, this will undeniably be her toughest test to date as she&#8217;ll enter in fresh off of a fight of the night performance that saw her leave with her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/aspen-ladd\/ufc-rochester-results-aspen-ladd-defeats-sijara-eubanks-highlights\/\">second career unanimous decision win over Sijara Eubanks<\/a> at UFC Rochester two weeks ago. 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