Women’s flyweight contender Maycee Barber entered last Saturday’s UFC Seattle co-main event against former champion Alexa Grasso riding a seven-fight winning streak and looking to secure a title host with a win. Instead, she ended up being on the wrong side of what many are calling knockout of the year.
Grasso connected cleanly with a left hand that rendered Barber unconscious. As Barber crumbled to the canvas, Grasso locked on a rear-naked choke. The referee immediately stepped in but Barber was left on her back, eyes wide open for an uncomfortable amount of time.
COUNTER LEFT LANDS PERFECTLY 🤯@AlexaGrasso wins in round 1 with a perfect shot & RNC!
[ #UFCSeattle | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/e2F5yBN4oP— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026
On Sunday, Barber released a video statement via social media addressing the knockout loss.
“God Is Good All of the Time. No place else I would have rather been last night even tho I don’t remember much,” she captioned the video. “This is just another piece of the story. Thank you to the @ufc for the opportunity and congratulations @alexa_grasso. Love you all I will be back!!”
“Well, this is not the post or video I wanted to be making today, but I wanted to come on here and say thank you to the UFC and thank you to Alexa for the opportunity,” Barber said in the video.
“I wanted to go out there and get my opportunity, get my rematch and dominate and get the win back. And unfortunately, it was not my night. I got caught, and Alexa did an amazing thing. She’s a phenomenal fighter. And I don’t really remember a whole lot. All I know is every time I go on social media I look like I’m dead, and that’s not a very fun thing to see. So, I’ve been trying to stay off social media but I also wanted to come on here and at least tell you guys that I am okay.
“I am very blessed to live the life that I do. As tough as it is, going out there and being able to do that, what I did last night, was still one of the greatest nights of my life. Despite all of that, that’s still one of the better nights of my life I’ve ever had. I’ve had some pretty tough days. That was still one of the greatest days of my life, to be able to walk out there and to be able to do what I’ve done. I will be back.”