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Maycee Barber: Paige VanZant Doesn’t Want To Fight Me

Maycee Barber is currently one of the most promising prospects in the UFC. At only 21 years of age, Barber is off to a great UFC start with two fights and two finishes to boot, with a professional record currently standing at 7-0. In her last outing, B…

Maycee Barber is currently one of the most promising prospects in the UFC. At only 21 years of age, Barber is off to a great UFC start with two fights and two finishes to boot, with a professional record currently standing at 7-0. In her last outing, Barber defeated JJ Aldrich via second-round TKO and […]

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Maycee Barber Has A Message For All Social Media Trolls

At only 20 years of age and a couple of years removed from high school, Maycee Barber is still getting acclimated to living in the public limelight. In this adjustment period, Barber has already noticed a few behavioral patterns from the MMA community,…

At only 20 years of age and a couple of years removed from high school, Maycee Barber is still getting acclimated to living in the public limelight. In this adjustment period, Barber has already noticed a few behavioral patterns from the MMA community, particularly on social media. Overall, Barber feels that she has received mostly […]

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Maycee Barber Will Sit Several Weeks After Hand Surgery

Despite wanting to get back into the Octagon quickly following her recent victory, rising UFC women’s strawweight prospect Maycee Barber will have to sit out for several weeks after undergoing hand surgery. “The Future” revealed on he…

Despite wanting to get back into the Octagon quickly following her recent victory, rising UFC women’s strawweight prospect Maycee Barber will have to sit out for several weeks after undergoing hand surgery. “The Future” revealed on her Instagram story that she underwent surgery for a fractured hand recently. The surgery came after Barber’s victory at […]

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Maycee Barber Shirks Ronda Rousey Comparisons

Maycee Barber continued her undefeated campaign at UFC Nashville with a second-round TKO victory over J.J. Aldrich. Now registered at 7-0, the 20-year-old prospect is already prepared to be compared to Ronda Rousey, who also began her career with an ex…

Maycee Barber continued her undefeated campaign at UFC Nashville with a second-round TKO victory over J.J. Aldrich. Now registered at 7-0, the 20-year-old prospect is already prepared to be compared to Ronda Rousey, who also began her career with an extended undefeated streak and altered the entire sport for women during her run. But though […]

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UFC Nashville Highlights: Maycee Barber TKO’s J.J. Aldrich

Maycee Barber TKO’s J.J. Aldrich to victory. The two fighters met in a women’s flyweight bout at the UFC Nashville from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Barber finished Aldrich with short shots against the fence in the second …

Maycee Barber TKO’s J.J. Aldrich to victory. The two fighters met in a women’s flyweight bout at the UFC Nashville from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Barber finished Aldrich with short shots against the fence in the second round. Peep the highlights of the fight courtesy of the UFC’s official Twitter account: MMA News […]

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UFC Nashville Results: Maycee Barber Batters JJ Aldrich

The UFC Nashville main card will kick off when “The Future” Maycee Barber meets JJ Aldrich in a featured flyweight contest. As always, LowkickMMA will have you covered with all the results from UFC on ESPN+ 6 as they happen. Barber (6-0) will be fighting for the first time in her new weight class of […]

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The UFC Nashville main card will kick off when “The Future” Maycee Barber meets JJ Aldrich in a featured flyweight contest.

As always, LowkickMMA will have you covered with all the results from UFC on ESPN+ 6 as they happen.

Barber (6-0) will be fighting for the first time in her new weight class of 125 pounds on Saturday night. The 20-year-old phenom most recently defeated Hannah Cifers at UFC Denver last November. As for Aldrich (7-2). She has won five of her last six fights, with her most recent victory coming against Polyana Viana at UFC 227.

Round One

Aldrich quickly takes the center of the cage and presses the action. She lands a straight right hand that floors Barber. Barber gets back to her feet but looks shaky. Aldrich lands another left hand but Barber seems to have regained her wits. Barber finds her offense as she lands a hard leg kick. She throws another leg kick but eats a right hand from Aldrich. Barber continues to work the leg kicks but Aldrich is landing a counter punch for every leg kick. Both women flurry but neither landing anything significant. Aldrich lands another jab. Barber throws a head kick that misses. Barber misses a combo and eats a right from Aldrich that drops the 20-year-old. Barber gets back to her feet and eats an elbow. The round ends.

Round Two

The women meet in the center of the Octagon to start round two. Aldrich presses forward as Barber lands a body kick. She fires a left-hand cross that lands straight down the pipe. Barber throws a looping left and tries to get int he clinch. Aldrich avoids and continues to press forward and land. Barber lands a nice left hand, she follows it up with a hook. She begins to move forward but Aldrich pumps the jab to shut it down. Aldrich lands a couple of elbows that cause the fighters to break. Barber cracks Aldrich with a left hand. Aldrich is hurt. She stumbles back as Barber closes in for the kill. She backed up and unloads a combo that sends the referee in to stop the fight. Perhaps a bit early.

Maycee Barber defeats JJ Aldrich via TKO (punches) at 3:01 of round two

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