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Aspen Ladd is still reeling from the news she will not be fighting Holly Holm at UFC 235. However, she’s ready to move forward and find a solution to her problem.

That problem, of course, being that she no longer has a fight scheduled. Ladd (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), the UFC women’s bantamweight contender, would’ve liked to share the octagon with a former UFC champ such as Holm (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC), but said she’s not married to that caliber of competition.

“I just want to fight,” Ladd told MMAjunkie Radio. “I’m not chasing a title. I’m really not. I’m 23 and there’s a lot people I need to fight and I want to fight as often as I can against as many people as I can to make a name for myself. We’re all in the UFC, we’re all good. I’ve only fought a couple of them. Give me a fight.”

Ladd said she was “shocked” when she learned the news her fight against Holm was off, mainly because the information came through social media. UFC President Dana White was asked about the stakes of the pairing with Holm at Thursday’s UFC 235 news conference, only to reveal the fight was canceled.

Holm’s team said it pulled her from the bout because of ongoing contract extension negations with the UFC. Moreover, it has been reported that Holm could be repositioned into title shot against reigning 135-pound champion Amanda Nunes (17-4 MMA, 10-1 UFC) at UFC 237 in May.

Although Ladd becomes the odd person out in that situation, she understands why the UFC brass would make such a move.

“I’ve been hearing the same stuff we all have with the rumors, but I wouldn’t be shocked,” Ladd said. “There’s not really that many options left to fight Amanda right now, so it makes sense. If that happens, it’s definitely not surprising to me. It’s just surprising in the context we were supposed to fight.”

Whether Holm gets a fight with Nunes or not is irrelevant to Ladd at this point, though. Finding out what’s going on with her own career is more important, and she said she currently has no clear answers.

Ladd, No. 3 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, said she will continue training hard, but at this point is of the belief she won’t be fighting at UFC 235, which takes place March 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

She hopes the UFC can find her another fight soon, and said she’s open to fight against any of the top names in the women’s bantamweight division from Cat Zingano to Julianna Pena to Ketlen Vieira and all the rest.

For more on UFC 235, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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