Maycee Barber has supplied a prolonged rationalization as to why she pulled out of her slated primary occasion combat with Rose Namajunas at UFC Denver.
Barber (14-2 MMA) and Namajunas (12-6 MMA) had been scheduled to collide on July 13 within the headliner of the UFC Battle Night time occasion at Ball Enviornment in Colorado.
Sadly for combat followers, ‘The Future’ was compelled to withdraw from the occasion early this week. Fortunately, Tracy Cortez agreed to step in on brief discover towards ‘Thug Rose’, which must be a fantastic scrap.
Whereas the precise cause for Maycee Barber’s withdrawal was not made public on the time of her removing, the 26-year-old took to Instagram earlier this night to supply followers the next rationalization:
“That is the final submit I needed to be making heading into July. Want I used to be placing up a submit about being 2 weeks out from my first primary occasion. God will need to have different plans in retailer for the longer term 🤍 Sadly,As a whole lot of you might know, I used to be hospitalized for a lot of days following my final combat. I spent 9 days within the hospital lower than 2 months in the past. Docs on the time couldn’t discover precisely what was occurring, and I ended up additionally I growing pneumonia throughout that point. I used to be placed on quite a few rounds of oral and IV antibiotics, which completely wrecked my system. After I accepted this combat I used to be advised that I might be okay by the point July got here round and so after a number of weeks eased again to coaching and right into a camp, as I acquired deeper into camp I simply couldn’t discover any depth wanted to prepare for a 5-round combat not to mention the primary 5 minutes of a observe. I needed so badly to have the ability to go on the market and carry out in entrance of my residence, household and pals. Particularly towards such a excessive degree opponent in Rose. Though I attempted to maintain pushing via, my staff acknowledged that I’m not simply not bodily even near the place I should be to securely enter a combat not to mention right into a single coaching session with out placing myself in danger for lifelong harm. I wanted to search out solutions as to why my physique is seemingly turning towards me. I sought out a staff of medical professionals who, alongside the UFC, have run in depth assessments on my blood and urine and sinus microbiome and my intestine and my hormones and there are numerous issues bodily not working correctly in my physique; and they’re being exacerbated by an Epstein-barr virus an infection that we discovered. That is inflicting physique aches, complications, in addition to excessive fatigue and an incapability to get well between coaching classes. I preserve making an attempt to push via the fatigue, however each time I might I achieve this, I might get signs that had been according to these lab findings.”
Maycee Baber continued:
“The extra we’re digging into my physiology and immune system, the extra obvious it turns into that not solely did the quite a few rounds of antibiotics I used to be given after my hospitalization wreck my immune system, however the fixed coaching compounded to get me right into a place of primarily feeling at all times sick and at all times fully worn out. After I used to be knowledgeable of the extreme dangers of my spleen rupturing amongst different life altering dangers I used to be devastated. We made the choice with my staff of coaches, Drs and the UFC that my bodily well being have to be attended to now in order that I could make a run sooner or later. 🤍✨”
Maycee Barber most lately fought and defeated former UFC title challenger Katlyn Cerminara at UFC 299 again in March. That victory marked ‘The Future’s’ sixth in a row within the Octagon.
Who would you prefer to see Barber matched up towards subsequent when she is wholesome and able to return?