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Barber acting like this is Jones-Hamill or something.
Looks like Bucky Barber graduated cum laude from the Stephen A. Smith Institute for Hot Takes, giving his commencement speech on Instagram and burying 125-pound veteran Roxanne Modafferi in the process.
Probably because he’s unable to comprehend how his daughter, UFC flyweight prospect Maycee Barber, lost her UFC 246 showdown to a crafty mainstay like “The Happy Warrior.” I get it, I have a kid too, but his recent social media rant is just a bad look from start to finish.
“The work was in, the skill level at its peak, her only way of defeat is if bad luck kissed her on the cheek,” Barber wrote. “Ten seconds in a complete ACL tear turned the probable into the unlikely. Though she had her moments and showed more heart than most have ever witnessed, the night ended with a loss. However was it a loss? She was not beaten by a better skill set. She was beaten by one unfortunate step and turn of events. That is out of her control.”
Modafferi, competing professionally since late 2003, is no stranger to derailing undefeated hype trains, having edged out Antonina Shevchenko at UFC St. Petersburg last April. Perhaps if Bucky had considered that to be more important than the bookies bloated -900 betting line, there might be a different narrative in the days that followed.
“The victory we take from this is we now know we have the highest level of heart to match the highest level of skill in the game,” Barber continued. “I have seen how athletes react when this injury occurs. Very few stay standing let alone fight an MMA fight for 15 minutes and still survive. That is insane. She will be back stronger and more dominant than ever and we as a team could not be more proud. ‘The Future’ is real do not get confused with one step. The worst of luck smiles at us all! All we can do is smile back. She will see you all very soon. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. ‘The Future,’ Version 2.0 to be feared.”
Barber, still just 21 years old, is expected to be out of action for a minimum of nine months to repair her damaged knee. Her record stands at 3-1 inside the Octagon after crossing over from Dana White’s “Contender Series” back in summer 2018.