Tag: Maycee Barber

With Casey O’Neill out, Maycee Barber targeted to step in against Jessica Eye at UFC 276

Maycee Barber will jump right into another training camp when she steps in to face Jessica Eye at UFC 276.

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] will jump right into another training camp.

Casey O’Neill has been forced out of UFC 276 due to a torn ACL and Barber (10-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) will step in to face [autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag] (15-10 MMA, 5-9 UFC) on July 2. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Junkie that verbal agreements are in place after an initial report by BJ Penn.com.

Barber is on the heels of a victory over Montana De La Rosa this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 205. The win marked 23-year-old Barber’s second straight after a two-fight losing skid.

Eye, 35, has lost three in a row. Most recently, she lost a unanimous decision to Jennifer Maia at UFC 264 in July 2021. Prior to that, the former title challenger had won three of her past four, including wins over Katlyn Chookagian and Viviane Araujo.

With the change, the UFC 276 lineup includes:

  • Lauren Murphy vs. Miesha Tate
  • Maycee Barber vs. Jessica Eye
  • Dricus du Plessis vs. Brad Tavares
  • Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Julija Stoliarenko
  • Uriah Hall vs. Andre Muniz

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UFC Fight Night 205 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $8.5 million

UFC Fight Night 205 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $149,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 205 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 205 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Claudio Puelles[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergey Khandozhko[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dwight Grant[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tyson Pedro[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ike Villanueva[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Aori Qileng[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cameron Else[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Preston Parsons[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Evan Elder[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Philipe Lins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mike Jackson[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dean Barry[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2057 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2051 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $2,470,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $8,638,000

UFC Fight Night 205 video: Hear from each winner backstage

Check out what all the UFC Fight Night 205 winners had to say after their performances at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 205 took place Saturday with 11 bouts on the slate, and we’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex.

In the main event, former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade returned to 115 pounds to score a historic submission win over Amanda Lemos by making her tap with a standing arm-triangle choke.

You can hear from Andrade and every UFC Fight Night 205 winner by checking out their post-fight scrums below.

UFC Fight Night 205 results: Maycee Barber grinds out decision win against Montana De La Rosa

Maycee Barber makes it two in a row, outpointing Montana De La Rosa at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205.

The momentum continues to build for [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag].

“The Future” picked up a unanimous decision win over [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag] on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205 in Las Vegas. Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) outpointed De La Rosa (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards.

It was a grueling affair that had both fighters fighting at close quarters for the majority of their 15-minute flyweight bout.

De La Rosa looked to close the distance and force Barber to wrestle. The 23-year-old was content grappling with De La Rosa. And although Barber was controlled for certain portions of the fight, she was able to get a slight edge in the wrestling plus managed to do more damage than De La Rosa in all three rounds.

The first and third were pretty strong rounds by Barber. The closest round of the contest was the second where De La Rosa was able to take Barber’s back and establish a good amount of control.

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With this result, Barber is now on a two-fight winning streak, putting behind the pair of consecutive defeats that marked the first losses of her career. Barber was undefeated until she came up short in back-to-back decisions against Roxanne Modafferi in 2020 and then Alexa Grasso in 2021.

Meanwhile, De La Rosa suffered her first defeat since 2020. She was coming off a technical knockout win over Ariane Lipski at UFC Fight Night 189 in June and prior to that, she fought to a draw in a bout against Brazil’s Mayra Bueno Silva.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 205 results include:

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Maycee Barber expects to finish Montana De La Rosa: ‘She can easily be broken’

Maycee Barber is confident she’ll stop Montana De La Rosa at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] doesn’t think she’ll need the full 15 minutes of her next UFC bout to walk away with a win.

The 23-year-old prospect expects to stop opponent Montana De La Rosa at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) sees deficiencies in De La Rosa’s game that will allow to be confident that a stoppage win is looming.

“She can easily be broken,” Barber told MMA Junkie at the UFC Fight Night 205 media day on Wednesday. “She doesn’t like to get hit and that’s exactly what we’re going to do. We’re going to hit her and we’re going to break her.”

Barber feels she has an edge over De La Rosa in every part of the game, including the grappling department where De La Rosa shines.

“She’s a fighter in the UFC, so she obviously has a lot of skill. But at the same time, everywhere that she has skill, we’re better,” Barber said. “I’m better than her in the striking, in the grappling, in the wrestling – and I know that’s one of her stronger suits. … If she tries to take us down, stop the takedown and beat her up – or who knows, maybe we’ll let her try to wrestle and we’ll wrestle her back.”

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Barber is coming off a split-decision win over Miranda Maverick in July 2021. She was set to return in late 2021, but an injury derailed those plans. The flyweight fighter is happy to be back in form and ready to compete.

“As soon as I got hurt, I looked at Danny and was like, ‘This is not supposed to happen. This is not supposed to be going on right now. I’m supposed to fight in December and I’m supposed to stay consistent. This is not supposed to happen,'” Barber said. “So for me to be able to fight finally is what’s most important. But also being able to have such a great opponent to get a finish against – I’m really excited.”

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UFC books Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa again, set for April 23

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is back on the books after a failed first attempt.

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is back on the books after a failed first attempt.

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] will look to win her second straight fight when she battles [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag]. The bout takes place April 23 at a location and venue to-be-announced.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

The two fighters were originally scheduled to meet Dec. 11 at UFC 269. However, De La Rosa withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Erin Blanchfield. Shortly thereafter, Barber withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Miranda Maverick.

In her most recent fight, Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) snapped a two-fight losing skid in July when she defeated fellow rising star Miranda Maverick via split decision. The fight returned her to the win column after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso.

De La Rosa has put forth mixed results recently. Over the span of her most recent three fights, De La Rosa has gone 1-1-1 with a loss against Viviane Araujo, a draw vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, and most recently, a TKO win over Ariane Lipski.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for April 23 includes:

  • Jessica Andrade vs. Amanda Lemos
  • Louis Cosce vs. Preston Parsons
  • Qileng Aori vs. Cameron Else
  • Clay Guida vs. Claudio Puelles
  • Dean Barry vs. Mike Jackson
  • Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa

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Maycee Barber out of UFC 269 fight vs. Erin Blanchfield; replacement being sought

The UFC is zoning in on a new opponent for Erin Blanchfield.

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] won’t be fighting at UFC 269.

Like her originally-scheduled opponent Montana De La Rosa, Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has withdrawn from the Dec. 11 pay-per-view event for an undisclosed reason. [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag], who replaced De La Rosa in mid-October is expected to remain on the card.

Two people including Blanchfield’s manager Oren Hodak, president of KO Reps, confirmed the withdrawal to MMA Junkie on Friday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Coach Urijah Faber referenced Barber’s possible withdrawal on the LFA 117 broadcast Friday.

While the promotion has not finalized a replacement, the current frontrunner to face Blanchfield (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is highly-touted flyweight [autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

Blanchfield, 22, made her promotional debut Sept. 18 when she defeated Sarah Alpar via unanimous decision. The win extended her streak to four. As for Maverick, she competed against Barber last and suffered a close split decision loss.

UFC 269 takes place Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

With the change, the UFC 269 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier – for lightweight title
  • Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena – for women’s bantamweight title
  • Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal
  • Cody Garbrandt vs. Kai Kara-France
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Raulian Paiva

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Geoff Neal vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
  • Dominick Cruz vs. Pedro Munhoz
  • Josh Emmett vs. Dan Ige
  • Dricus Du Plessis vs. Andre Muniz
  • Erin Blanchfield vs. TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
  • Ryan Hall vs. Darrick Minner
  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gillian Robertson
  • Randy Costa vs. Tony Kelley
  • Bruno Silva vs. Jordan Wright

Erin Blanchfield steps in to fight Maycee Barber at UFC 269

Two of the youngest fighters on the UFC roster are set to square off this December.

[autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] has a new UFC 269 opponent – and for the first time in her career, it’s someone younger.

With Montana De La Rosa out due to injury, 22-year-old rising prospect [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] has stepped in to fight Barber, she told MMA Junkie in an Instagram Live on Tuesday.  The Dec. 11 pay-per-view event takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Blanchfield (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made her promotional debut in September when she controlled Sarah Alpar with a high output striking and grappling attack. Regarded by many as perhaps the most promising female prospect in mixed martial arts, Blanchfield will reenter training camp just weeks later.

As for Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who is also one of the youngest fighters on the UFC roster at age 23, she will look to continue her recent success on the heels of a split decision win over Miranda Maverick in July. The victory put her back into the win column after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso.

With the change, the UFC 269 lineup includes:

  • Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier – for lightweight title
  • Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena – for women’s bantamweight title
  • Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal
  • Dominick Cruz vs. Pedro Munhoz
  • Randy Costa vs. Tony Kelley
  • Cody Garbrandt vs. Kai Kara-France
  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gillian Robertson
  • Dricus Du Plessis vs. Andre Muniz
  • Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
  • Ryan Hall vs. Darrick Minner
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Raulian Paiva
  • Maycee Barber vs. Erin Blanchfield

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Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa targeted for UFC 269

A key UFC women’s flyweight fight between Maycee Barber and Montana De La Rosa is in the works for Dec. 11 at UFC 269.

A key matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division is in the works for the promotion’s December pay-per-view event.

The seventh-youngest fighter on the UFC roster, [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] will look to win her second straight fight when she battles [autotag]Montana De La Rosa[/autotag], pending bout finalization. The bout takes place Dec. 11 at a location and venue to-be-announced, though the event will likely happen in Las Vegas.

De La Rosa (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) announced the news in an Instagram Live with MMA Junkie on Wednesday. A person with knowledge of the matchup also verified paperwork has been issued for the bout and is expected to be signed in the coming days.

“We’re both fight finishers, both top 15,” De La Rosa said. “I’m really excited to start climbing the ranks.”

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Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) snapped a two-fight losing skid in July when she defeated fellow rising star Miranda Maverick via split decision. The fight returned her to the win column after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso.

De La Rosa has put forth mixed results recently. Over the span of her most recent three fights, De La Rosa has gone 1-1-1 with a loss against Viviane Araujo, a draw vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, and most recently, a TKO win over Ariane Lipski.

With the addition, the UFC 269 lineup includes:

  • Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena – for women’s bantamweight title
  • Cody Garbrandt vs. Kai Kara-France
  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gillian Robertson
  • Maycee Barber vs. Montana De La Rosa

Maycee Barber defends split decision win over Miranda Maverick at UFC on ESPN 27

Maycee Barber is confident she beat Miranda Maverick at UFC on ESPN 27.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] thinks the result speaks for itself.

The women’s flyweight prospect is confident she was the rightful winner against Miranda Maverick on the main card of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 27. Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) beat Maverick (9-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) with a split decision. She took a pair of 29-28 scores from two of the three judges.

There was controversy online. Many thought Maverick had done enough to deserve the nod from the judges. But Barber discarded the online discord and is confident she won the fight.

“I won that fight and I got my hand raised,” Barber told reporters at the UFC on ESPN 27 post-fight news conference. “I don’t read Twitter. I don’t read comments. I don’t pay attention to any of that.

“I did what I needed to do, the judges did what they needed to do, and I got my hand raised. That’s pretty much all there is to it. I’m confident I won that fight and I feel like I won in the spots that matter – the little details. I’m ready to go back and train and get a finish next time.”

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Barber entered UFC on ESPN 27 with back-to-back losses to Alexa Grasso and Roxanne Modafferi. They were the first two defeats of her professional career.

Barber didn’t think she was in desperation mode for the fight against Maverick. She said she enjoys the pressure and plans on keeping it moving forward.

“I didn’t feel like I had my back against the wall and I don’t feel like I had pressure lifted off my shoulders,” Barber said. “I want that pressure. The pressure, anticipation and nerves that I put on myself is not bad energy. It’s an expectation for myself, and I want to keep those expectations. So no – no pressure lifted off my shoulders. It’s on there because I want the belt. So let’s keep it on there until I get to the title.”

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