UFC fighter Alexa Grasso delivers vicious KO to Maycee Barber

With about 2:30 left in the fight, Grasso connected on a few punches. She avoided Barber's strikes and hit a quick one-two, stunning Barber and knocking her down. Grasso quickly capitalized and put Barber in a rear-naked chokehold. She was credited with a knockout victory.

Barber was completely out of it, while Grasso celebrated her 17th victory and her first since March 2023 when she defeated Valentina Shevchenko via submission. The Barber fight was Grasso's first since May 2025 when she lost to Natalia Silva via unanimous decision.

Barber was hospitalized after the fight, though she walked out of the Octagon under her own power.

"Not our night… This is the fight game and sometimes things don't go our way," she wrote on her Instagram Stories. "No blame, no excuses … just lessons. We learn, we grow and we come back stronger. God is good all the time."

It's unclear whether Grasso will get a shot at the flyweight championship soon. Shevchenko is currently the title holder with Silva listed as the top contender for her.