Maycee Barber Undergoes Knee Surgery, Full Recovery Expected In 9 Months

Maycee Barber was last seen in action at UFC 246, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Roxanne Modafferi. A loss wasn’t the only thing that Barber suffered at the event, as the fighter also suffered a complete ACL tear as well.

The fighter is now on the road to recovery, as Brett Okamoto of ESPN revealed that Barber has undergone knee surgery to repair the damage and the recovery time is expected to be nine months.

Barber also took to Instagram to comment on the surgery and what’s next:

 

 

 

 

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Before & After —- Surgery was a success this morning and I am excited to finally be starting this journey back. I’m hoping to start doing alot more videos and posts for anyone who wants to follow along on this rollercoaster with me. Let me know if theres anything specific you’d like to see and follow?! #THEFUTURE

A post shared by Maycee “The Future” Barber (@mayceebarber) on Feb 10, 2020 at 8:44pm PST

A recovering Barber is sitting at #9 in the UFC Women’s Flyweight Division rankings and she holds a 3-1-0 record in the promotion (8-1-0 overall), with those wins coming over Hannah Cifers, JJ Aldrich and Gillian Robertson.