Maycee Barber Breaks Her Silence After Getting Knocked Out in UFC Fight
"That’s still one of the better nights of my life that I’ve ever had," said Barber
Maycee Barber lays motionless on March 28, 2026 Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC NEED TO KNOW UFC fighter Maycee Barber shared a message with fans on social media after being knocked out by Alexa Grasso in Seattle on Saturday, March 28 Barber thanked fans for their support and called her opponent "a phenomenal fighter" who "did an amazing thing" in the video on Instagram Barber said the event was "still one of the better nights of my life" despite being knocked out in a scary scene Maycee Barber says she'll be back after suffering a brutal knockout. Barber, 27, was the subject of a scary scene on Saturday, March 28 when she laid motionless on the mat after opponent Alexa Grasso struck her hard in the UFC Seattle co-main event. Barber appeared to lose consciousness before the referee ended the fight and Barber was transported away from the arena to receive medical attention.
Barber broke her silence on the scary moment on Sunday, March 29, telling fans, "this is not the post or video that I wanted to be making today," in a video on Instagram. Alexa Grasso knocks out Maycee Barber on March 28, 2026 Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC After showing off the injuries to her lips and face from the fight, Barber told her 524,000 followers she "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," Barber continued, explaining that she "got caught" and that her opponent "did an amazing thing," calling Grasso, 32, "a phenomenal fighter.
" Barber admitted she doesn't "really remember a whole lot" from the fight. "All I know is every time I go on social media I look like I’m dead and that’s not a very fun thing to see," she said. "So I’ve been trying to stay off social media but I also wanted to come on here and tell you guys that I am okay.
" “I am very blessed to live the life that I do,” Barber continued in the video. “As 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, that’s still one of the better nights of my life that I’ve ever had.