JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Maycee Barber wants to see Alexa Grasso standing across the octagon for her next UFC fight, and she doesn’t care if the title is on the line or not.
After suffering a unanimous decision loss to Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at UFC 258 in February 2021, Barber (13-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has reeled off five consecutive victories. The most emphatic of those came at Saturday’s UFC on ABC 5 event, where she dismantled Amanda Ribas en route to a second-round TKO that received Performance of the Night honors.
The growth in Barber’s game in recent years was more evident than ever against Ribas, and now she wants to show exactly how far she’s come by rematching the last person to beat her. Grasso, who went on from her fight with Barber to become UFC women’s flyweight champion, is scheduled to defend the belt against Valentina Shevchenko on Sept. 16, and Barber wants to run things back regardless of the result.
