"While Ladd is confident in herself, she does admit to getting pretty nervous as she walks to the Octagon, which she says is the 'most nerve-wracking thing' about the fight.
It’s not based in self-doubt, but the natural butterflies that accompany the tangible possibility of failure.
'Anybody with a particular job, I don’t care if it’s in business or whatever it is, if you’re about to do something very important, you’re going to fear failure,' she said. 'You’re not necessarily going to fear your task, what you’re doing. You have confidence in yourself, and you know how to do it, you know how to accomplish it, but it’s just the fear of failing at that thing you’re trying so hard to do.'"