Maycee "The Future" Barber is the current #13 ranked UFC Flyweight fighter with a professional MMA record of 12-wins and 2-losses. Barber holds a second-degree black belt in Karate and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Barber won her most recent fight against Andrea Lee on 25th March 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen via a split decision. The judges scored the contest 28–29, 29–28, and 30–27 in favor of Maycee Barber.
Maycee Barber started competing as an amateur MMA fighter and made her amateur debut at SCL 56: Rise against Christina Breault. Barber won the fight in 20 seconds via Punches and turned professional after her solo amateur fight.
Barber signed with Legacy Fighting Alliance in 2017 and made her professional MMA debut with the promotion at LFA 14 against Itzel Esquivel. Maycee outclassed Itzel in the strawweight bout and submitted her in the first round via armbar submission. She built on this momentum to secure a unanimous decision victory over Mallory Martin at LFA 22 and finished Kaila Thompson via rear-naked choke submission at LFA 33.
Her last fight for LFA was at LFA 39, where she defeated Audrey Perkins via second-round TKO(punches and elbows).
Maycee next fought at Dana White's Contender Series against Jamie Colleen. She won the back-and-forth bout in the third round via TKO and got a UFC contract because of her performance.
Maycee Barber made her UFC debut against Hannah Cifers at UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez. Barber outworked Cifers and TKO'ed her in the second round with ground-and-pound strikes. Barber moved a weight class to Flyweight and made her weight class debut at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis against JJ Aldrich. Barber continued her dominance in the UFC as she TKO'ed Aldrich in the second round and followed it up by TKO'ing Gillian Robertson at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman.
Barber's 3-fight UFC win streak was snapped in her next fight by Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 246. Roxanne dominated Barber and secured a unanimous decision victory. Maycee continued her losing trend as she lost via unanimous decision at UFC 258 against Alexa Grasso. Barber won her next fight against Miranda Maverick at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw via split decision.
In UFC Fight Night 205 on April 23, 2022, Barber fought against Montana De La Rosa and emerged victorious by unanimous decision. Later, on July 2, 2022, Barber replaced Casey O'Neill in the UFC 276 event and fought against Jessica Eye. She won the fight through a unanimous decision as well. This bout was also the final fight of her existing contract with UFC, but she later re-signed with the organization later in the year.
Barber won her most recent fight against Andrea Lee on 25th March 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen via a split decision.
Maycee Barber and Montana De La Rosa fought at UFC Vegas 52 on April 23rd, 2022. Barber was dominant in the clinch as she continuously pressed De La Rosa against the cage, which set up some brutal punches and elbows from the inside. Barber won a unanimous decision over Montana De La Rosa after three rounds of fighting.
Maycee Barber’s nickname is “The Future”.
As of September 18th, 2022, Maycee Barber has a professional MMA record of 12 wins and 2 losses.
Maycee Barber fights in the Women’s Flyweight Division.
Maycee Barber is 5’5" tall.
Last Updated On 26th March 2023
