Ladd vs Sobek

Who won Ladd vs Sobek?

Aspen Ladd beat Karolina Sobek by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 5, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ladd vs Sobek stats

Aspen Ladd stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Karolina Sobek made her way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

This was Aspen Ladd's 4th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2022. Karolina Sobek marked her 2nd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Aspen Ladd's PFL record stood at 2-2-0, while Karolina Sobek's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Ladd had a massive power advantage over Sobek, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Sobek's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sobek had a massive advantage over Ladd, boasting a 75% submission rate over Ladd's 10%.

Aspen Ladd was the older woman by 29 years, at 29 years old.

Sobek had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ladd.

Ladd was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 5 years and 6 months earlier than Sobek, whose first professional fight was in 2020. She had fought 28 more professional rounds, 43 to Sobek's 15.

Ladd vs Sobek form

Ladd had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Julia Budd at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Raquel Pennington at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, she had been defeated by Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had beaten Yana Santos at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Ladd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ladd vs Sobek?

Aspen Ladd was a 13/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Karolina Sobek made her way into the ring at 29/20 (+200) with oddsmakers.