UFC 235 will emanate from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 2nd. The event will be headlined by Jon Jones and Anthony Smith for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. In the co-main event, Tyron Woodley will defend the UFC welterweight title against Kamaru Usman.

One of the top fights on the card was the bantamweight encounter between Holly Holm and Aspen Ladd. However, during the UFC 235 press conference, Dana White confirmed to the media that the fight will not happen. White did not elaborate on what happened, but said the promotion was working on a replacement fight.

Breaking news: Holly Holm vs. Aspen Ladd is off UFC 235. Dana White says they're working on other fights for both.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 1, 2019

Reportedly Aspen Ladd’s team had no idea about the fight falling through!

I reached out to Aspen Ladd’s team about what Dana White just said: “News to me, seriously.”

— Mike Heck (@MikeHeck_JR) February 1, 2019

Since we originally posted the story, Aspen Ladd, who was supposed to fight Holly Holm, responded on Twitter, saying Holm backed out of the fight!

I signed to fight you @HollyHolm on 12/27/18, now u back out, I’m ready, let’s go! @Mickmaynard2 @danawhite @ufc

— Aspen Ladd (@AspenLaddMMA) February 1, 2019