Maycee Barber says she's OK after suffering a scary knockout loss to Alexa Grasso. | Getty/UFC
Itâs hard to blame Maycee Barber for avoiding social media following her brutal knockout loss to Alexa Grasso at UFC Seattlethis past Saturday.
Grasso sat Barber down with a laser-like straight left, spinning her opponent around in the process. She landed one more quick shot to the chin before deftly locking in a rear-naked choke on Barber, who was already out. After the bout was halted, Barber lay motionless on the canvas for several minutes before leaving the Octagon under her own power. The official result of the fight was a knockout, because it was determined that Barber was unconscious once the submission was applied.
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While her team initially took to social media to provide an update on the fighterâs condition, Barber would later issue her own video statement via Instagram.
âWell this is not the post or video that I wanted to be making today,â Barber said. âBut I wanted to come on here and say thank you to the UFC and thank you to Alexa for the opportunity. I wanted to go out there and get my opportunity to get my rematch and dominate and get the win back and unfortunately, it was not my night. I got caught and Alexa did an amazing thing. Sheâs a phenomenal fighter.
âI donât really remember a whole lot. All I know is every time I go on social media I look like Iâm dead and thatâs not a very fun thing to see. So Iâve been trying to stay off social media but I also wanted to come on here and tell you guys that I am OK.â
Grasso defeated Barber via unanimous decision in their first meeting at UFC 258 in February 2021. âThe Futureâ had compiled a seven-bout UFC winning streak since that defeat, raising expectations that she could be on the verge of securing a flyweight title shot. Instead, Barber suffered a scary KO defeat that left most observers more concerned for her health than her standing in the 125-pound division.
âI Will Be Backâ
Though the end result was not what she planned, Barber was still grateful to be able to get a chance to run it back against Grasso at UFC Seattle.
âI am very blessed to live the life that I do,â Barber said. âAs tough as it is, going out there and being able to do what I did last night was still one of the greatest nights of my life. Despite all of that, thatâs still one of the better nights of my life that Iâve ever had. Iâve had some pretty tough days so that was still one of the greatest days of my life. Being able to walk out there and being able to do what Iâve done.
âI will be back. Iâm going to heal up and put in the work and get back out there. Iâm very thankful to everyone who has supported me, everyone who has watched me grow, watched me win, watched me lose, watched me fall and whoâs going to watch me win again. Thank you guys all for the love and support and I will be back.â
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Itâs hard to blame Maycee Barber for avoiding social media following her brutal knockout loss to Alexa Grasso at UFC Seattlethis past Saturday.
Grasso sat Barber down with a laser-like straight left, spinning her opponent around in the process. She landed one more quick shot to the chin before deftly locking in a rear-naked choke on Barber, who was already out. After the bout was halted, Barber lay motionless on the canvas for several minutes before leaving the Octagon under her own power. The official result of the fight was a knockout, because it was determined that Barber was unconscious once the submission was applied.
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While her team initially took to social media to provide an update on the fighterâs condition, Barber would later issue her own video statement via Instagram.
âWell this is not the post or video that I wanted to be making today,â Barber said. âBut I wanted to come on here and say thank you to the UFC and thank you to Alexa for the opportunity. I wanted to go out there and get my opportunity to get my rematch and dominate and get the win back and unfortunately, it was not my night. I got caught and Alexa did an amazing thing. Sheâs a phenomenal fighter.
âI donât really remember a whole lot. All I know is every time I go on social media I look like Iâm dead and thatâs not a very fun thing to see. So Iâve been trying to stay off social media but I also wanted to come on here and tell you guys that I am OK.â
Grasso defeated Barber via unanimous decision in their first meeting at UFC 258 in February 2021. âThe Futureâ had compiled a seven-bout UFC winning streak since that defeat, raising expectations that she could be on the verge of securing a flyweight title shot. Instead, Barber suffered a scary KO defeat that left most observers more concerned for her health than her standing in the 125-pound division.
âI Will Be Backâ
Though the end result was not what she planned, Barber was still grateful to be able to get a chance to run it back against Grasso at UFC Seattle.
âI am very blessed to live the life that I do,â Barber said. âAs tough as it is, going out there and being able to do what I did last night was still one of the greatest nights of my life. Despite all of that, thatâs still one of the better nights of my life that Iâve ever had. Iâve had some pretty tough days so that was still one of the greatest days of my life. Being able to walk out there and being able to do what Iâve done.
âI will be back. Iâm going to heal up and put in the work and get back out there. Iâm very thankful to everyone who has supported me, everyone who has watched me grow, watched me win, watched me lose, watched me fall and whoâs going to watch me win again. Thank you guys all for the love and support and I will be back.â
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