Maycee Barber was transported to a local hospital following her devastating loss to Alexa Grasso at UFC Seattle but it appears the former Contender Series winner is recovering well after a terrifying finish in the fight.
The end came midway through the opening round with the fighters exchanging strikes on the feet and Grasso blasted Barber with a vicious punch that twisted her entire body around and sent the 27-year-old flyweight down to the canvas. Grasso followed with another punch before grabbing a rear-naked choke but Barber was already unconscious as referee Mike Beltran rushed in to stop the fight.
Following the finish, Barber was grabbing onto the referee out of instinct but then she rolled over to the mat where she laid motionless for several minutes as medical personnel tended to her. Barber eventually sat up and left the cage under her own power before she left the arena for treatment.
Late Saturday night, Barber reposted a message from her boyfriend Oscar Herrera, who posted a message on Instagram from the hospital.
“Part of the game,” Herrera wrote. “Congrats to Alexa, we got caught but are OK. Will be back soon, thanks for everyone checking in.”
Barber’s striking coach Guilherme Faria also posted an update on her after the fight was finished.
“Not our night,” Faria wrote. “This is the fight game and sometimes things don’t go our way. No blame, no excuses, just lessons. We learn, we grow and we come back stronger. God is good all the time.”
Barber hasn’t released her own statement on the fight yet.
The fight served as Barber’s second appearance in the UFC after medical issues kept her sidelined for over a year and a half, which included another scary situation when she passed out backstage just moments before she was scheduled to walk to the octagon for a fight against Erin Blanchfield in May 2025.
Barber got the help she needed and finally returned this past December where she earned a unanimous decision over Karine Silva to extend her overall winning streak to seven in a row. She then booked the rematch against Grasso, who defeated her via decision in their first encounter over five years ago.
The knockout loss to Saturday ended that run and now Barber looks to recover from this fight before looking towards her future in the UFC.
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