{"id":573928,"date":"2026-03-30T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573928\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:03:09","slug":"maycee-barber-makes-frightening-claim-after-being-on-end-of-brutal-ufc-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573928\/","title":{"rendered":"Maycee Barber makes frightening claim after being on end of brutal UFC knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Maycee Barber has made a frightening claim after she was viciously knocked out by Alexa Grasso at UFC Fight Night 271 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The fight between the pair hadn&#8217;t reached the one-minute mark before Grasso landed a brutal left hook to the side of Barber&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The 27-year-old was sent crashing to the canvas, with Grasso locking in a rear naked choke before the referee waved the match off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Barber laid motionless on the canvas for several minutes while she received urgent medical treatment, having instinctively wrapped her arms around the legs of the referee after being knocked out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She was able to get to her feet to hear the final result being called, and her partner Oscar Herrera later took to Instagram to confirm that she was &#8216;<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/mma\/ufc\/ufc-news\/maycee-barber-ko-alexa-grasso-ufc-health-update-868212-20260329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">okay<\/a>&#8216; after treatment in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Barber has now broken her silence in a video statement on <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWfWudxgiG_\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>, revealing that she &#8216;doesn&#8217;t really remember a whole lot&#8217; about the night as a whole &#8211; while underlining just how serious the KO impact was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I wanted to come on here and say thank you to the UFC, thank you to Alexa for the opportunity,&#8221; she began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I wanted to go out there and get my opportunity to get my rematch, and dominate, and get the win back. Unfortunately, that was not the night. I got caught. Alexa did an amazing thing, she&#8217;s a phenomenal fighter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t really remember a whole lot. All I know is that every time I go on social media, I look like I&#8217;m dead. And that&#8217;s not a very fun thing to stay, so I&#8217;m trying to stay off social media.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Image: Instagram\/Maycee Barber\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0YTkwZDA1YWQ0MWE1NGE3MS9ibHQ4NGM5ZTcz.webp\"\/>Image: Instagram\/Maycee Barber<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;But I wanted to come on here and at least tell you guys that I am okay, and I will be back. God is good, all of the time. On the highs on the lows, he&#8217;s good all the time, and he&#8217;ll continue to be good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Thank you guys for the love and support. I know I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of texts and messages and everything. I&#8217;ve not responded to you all and I&#8217;m very sorry about that &#8211; it&#8217;s very hard because I don&#8217;t remember a whole lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Grasso, a former <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/sportbible.com\/ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> Flyweight Champion who also works as an analyst for UFC Espanol, spoke of her concern for Barber in the immediate aftermath of the KO but added that it is &#8216;part of the sport&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;It was both [KO and submission victory]. I think it was both,&#8221; she told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;It&#8217;s part of the sport. You know that it&#8217;s always like that. 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