Miami, FL – For UFC flyweight Maycee Barber it’s all about title shots and main events following her victory over Katlyn Cerminara at UFC 299 on Saturday night.
With the announcement that flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champ Valentina Shevchenko will be coaching The Ultimate Fighter 32, and assuming they will be completing the trilogy shortly after, Barber hopes to be in the building for the bout.
“I think that given that it was announced that they’re going to be having the trilogy most likely I definitely want to be the backup for that fight,” Barber told reporters including Cageside Press at her post-fight scrum.
“I want my rematch and I think I’m the perfect person for it.”
Her sights are set on a rematch with Grasso. Their first bout went the champion’s way by decision at UFC 258.
“There’s a lot of other girls in the division that have some skill, but they’re boring fighters. I’m not a boring fighter and I know that, that would be the main event. That would be a title fight for sure, and it’d be a great one,” said Barber.
“There’s a big story behind that too. A rematch with Alexa Grasso would be huge.”
A rematch with the champion, a backup role in a title fight, but a main event is a must for the rising flyweight.
“I think that I deserve a main event spot. I’m 14-2, I’m 25-years-old, and I’m an exciting fighter. I’ve worked my butt off to get to here, and I wanted to finish this fight, but it was an exciting fight. I proved that I belong here,” she said.
“I don’t know why we gave Manon (Fiorot) and Erin (Blanchfield), two boring fighters, the main event spot. I don’t know if anyone really cares about that.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Maycee Barber above.
