Maycee Barber believes she’s on the cusp of incomes her first title alternative.
A winner in six straight Octagon appearances, ‘The Future’ will look to make it seven in a row on December 6 when she steps again contained in the cage for a high-stakes conflict towards Karine Silva at UFC 323.
Because it stands, Barber is the No. 5 ranked contender within the flyweight division after placing collectively spectacular performances towards Andrea Lee, Amanda Ribas, and Katlyn Cerminara. With yet one more spectacular displaying, Barber believes there might be no denying her a shot on the 125-pound crown.
“My aim is a belt. With a great end over this opponent, I feel it solidifies my spot,” Barber instructed MMA Junkie. “If not this struggle, then the subsequent one for positive. That’s one thing I’ve been working towards regardless of the whole lot — it’s my aim, it’s my dream, and it’s what I’m going to have.”
Maycee Barber is able to put medical points behind her
By the point Barber steps contained in the Octagon at UFC 323, it can have been 21 months since her final look.
She was initially scheduled to face former two-time strawweight queen ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas in the summertime of 2024. Nevertheless, these plans had been scrapped after Barber was hospitalized for pneumonia, strep throat, and a staph an infection.
Then, in Could, Barber was set to sq. off with Erin Blanchfield in a possible title eliminator when she suffered a “pseudo-seizure” throughout her pre-fight warmups, ensuing within the bout being canceled.
“It has been a wild journey, a tough, what’s it, nearly 18 months now. I’m lastly excited to have the ability to be again in a [training] camp once more and again to having a struggle once more. I’m simply feeling actually blessed and actually excited,” Barber mentioned. “The UFC despatched me to a neurologist, a number of docs really, and we ended up being ship to a neurologist in Boston. Though they didn’t have an actual pinpoint reply of, ‘Hey, that is precisely what occurred. This is the reason it occurred,’ and all of that. They’d an answer.
“I by no means thought I’d be an individual that may be taking medicines, however they put me on remedy. That was the answer, and I haven’t had any points since then. My final occasion that I ever had was I imagine like June or July. In any case of that I’ve been fully positive and wholesome. Received the clearance from the neurologist, after which was cleared to be abler to proceed and prepare and struggle and all of that.”
