Maycee Barber’s determination to struggle or not may need been taken out of her arms this previous Saturday.
“The Future” was scheduled to struggle fellow flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield within the UFC Vegas 107 fundamental occasion, however the bout was cancelled on the final second when it was introduced on the published Barber was unable to make the stroll out to the octagon. Particulars are nonetheless murky on what went mistaken for Barber, with Blanchfield telling reporter Megan Olivi that she was informed Barber had suffered a seizure moments earlier than bell time.
Blanchfield later criticized Barber for the withdrawal, saying on the night’s post-fight press convention that Barber is “a complete mess in every aspect of her entire life.” Barber responded in an announcement Sunday, vowing that she and her team would figure out her issues and have her match to compete once more.
On Tuesday, Barber’s coach Cody Donovan issued an announcement through Instagram absolving Barber of accountability for the cancelled fundamental occasion. In response to Donovan, it was the teaching workers who made the ultimate name to drag Barber from the struggle.
See Donovan’s feedback beneath.
“For the document, Maycee didn’t pull out of her struggle,” Donovan wrote. “She refused to give up despite what was occurring to her medically. As a training workers, we determined to name the physician in. At the same time as she begged us to not. What we noticed was simply too harmful.”
Although most of Barber’s peers were sympathetic to her plight, her withdrawal confronted further scrutiny as Saturday’s bout was alleged to be her return to motion after a virtually 450-day layoff. Barber was scheduled to struggle Rose Namajunas in July 2024, however withdrew from that bout resulting from well being points, so pulling out of the Blanchfield struggle has led to additional uncertainty in regards to the 27-year-old’s preventing future.
In Donovan’s view, Barber having to cope with adversity will solely make her rise to the highest that rather more inspiring.
“I’m pleased with the bravery she confirmed within the face of a medical emergency,” Donovan wrote. “Most fighters would have ran for [the] door. Once they inform the story of [Barber] this would be the Goliath that she obtained to beat on her highway to greatness. God is sweet.”
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Last item I’ll say about this, until it was one thing actually trivial like she stubbed her toe or one thing (wait, that would actually harm!), I’m glad somebody made the decision for Barber to not struggle. Whether or not it was a bodily or psychological subject or a mixture of the 2, clearly she was in no situation to compete that night time and sending her on the market in these circumstances would have been mistaken. — Lee
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