Erin Blanchfield holds no in poor health will in direction of Maycee Barber however she’s not crammed with remorse about lashing out at her opponent after studying that their battle was cancelled simply seconds earlier than strolling to the cage.
This previous Saturday evening at UFC Vegas 107, Blanchfield was standing within the doorway about to march to the octagon for her fundamental occasion battle when UFC chief enterprise officer Hunter Campbell stopped her and shared the unlucky information that Barber suffered a medical emergency and the bout was off. Afterwards, Blanchfield lashed out at Barber and stated she wanted get issues so as as a result of “she’s a complete mess in every aspect of her entire life.”
Whereas Barber disagreed with that assertion after issuing an apology for falling out of the battle, Blanchfield doesn’t have any regrets about how she handed the state of affairs contemplating how the whole lot performed out that evening.
“I don’t want her any sickness,” Blanchfield informed MMA Combating. “We’ve had our forwards and backwards however it’s purely about preventing. I used to be simply upset. I imply as somebody that loves competing, I’ve been competing as a child, I wish to do this so after I acquired that shut and couldn’t do it, it’s simply so disappointing. It nearly feels defeating in a way. So it did really feel like fairly intense to go do media proper after that.
“I feel I used to be justified being upset within the second. Now it’s been a few days, she’s apologized and it’s no matter. I want to transfer on from that battle and get one thing else going.”
Blanchfield admits she was nearly in shock when she first discovered that the battle was off. It truly took her a number of moments to totally grasp the information that she wouldn’t be competing and her evening was accomplished with out throwing a single punch.
“When [Hunter Campbell] informed me the battle was off, I really feel like I used to be nonetheless in disbelief,” Blanchfield stated. “They’re like ‘let’s take your gloves off’ and I used to be like no, I can’t, I haven’t fought but! I can’t take them off. It was trippy for positive.
“I really feel prefer it’s simply very deflating. You’re simply left with all this pent up power and feelings and able to go after which all of it simply has nowhere to go. It’s simply form of like all nonetheless pent up. So it was fairly bizarre leaving the APEX with out having any kind of reduction. Like win or lose, you continue to went by one thing should you fought. It was form of bizarre going by that.”
Weeks earlier than the battle was purported to happen, Blanchfield told MMA Fighting that she had concerns about booking the matchup towards Barber after she fell out of a beforehand scheduled matchup after which sat out for over a 12 months coping with a mysterious medical situation.
Barber called the comments “ignorant” however Blanchfield undoubtedly wasn’t attempting to be confirmed appropriate with what occurred this previous Saturday evening.
“I used to be involved main as much as the battle,” Blanchfield stated. “I assumed perhaps every week or two weeks out from the battle [she might drop out] like she’s accomplished earlier. I didn’t count on by the point we acquired to battle week and that we principally went by the whole lot, I imply she was even on the area, able to go. That I didn’t actually count on.
“I do know she had some kind of well being drawback within the locker room however it’s form of out of her management. I assume I knew I had stated it beforehand however by the point the battle was so shut, I didn’t assume it was going to occur then.”
As soon as the battle was cancelled, the UFC finally paid Blanchfield her full paycheck together with a win bonus plus it seems she nonetheless took a proportion of the Barber’s purse after she missed weight the day earlier than the occasion was scheduled to happen.
“Undoubtedly appreciative the UFC did the appropriate factor, they had been in a position to pay me out,” Blanchfield stated. “Like my present and win cash. I nonetheless acquired a part of her cash for lacking weight. In that means, they nonetheless squared away with me however I’d have undoubtedly nonetheless needed to carry out and to have the ability to show myself within the division. I assume I’m going to have to attend till one other time for that.
“I nonetheless acquired the cash — I imply I did do principally the whole lot. I simply couldn’t do the final half as a result of she wasn’t out there or wholesome. However hopefully we’ll determine it out quickly.”
Contemplating the whole lot that unfolded at UFC Vegas 107, Blanchfield ultimately preventing Barber would create fairly a storyline for the promotion however it’s not one thing the 26-year-old New Jersey native has plans to revisit.
Whereas she hopes Barber will get the assistance she must ultimately return to motion, Blanchfield is transferring ahead together with her profession and specializing in new alternatives.
“I undoubtedly don’t plan on rebooking together with her,” Blanchfield stated. “That is the second battle that fell by and I do know she’s had her issues however that’s a part of the rationale — if she is that in poor health and wishes time or can’t be constant or dependable due to it — that’s one thing that I don’t wish to be concerned in.”
