The momentum continues to build for Maycee Barber.
“The Future” picked up a unanimous decision win over Montana De La Rosa on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 205 in Las Vegas. Barber (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) outpointed De La Rosa (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards.
It was a grueling affair that had both fighters fighting at close quarters for the majority of their 15-minute flyweight bout.
De La Rosa looked to close the distance and force Barber to wrestle. The 23-year-old was content grappling with De La Rosa. And although Barber was controlled for certain portions of the fight, she was able to get a slight edge in the wrestling plus managed to do more damage than De La Rosa in all three rounds.
The first and third were pretty strong rounds by Barber. The closest round of the contest was the second where De La Rosa was able to take Barber’s back and establish a good amount of control.
With this result, Barber is now on a two-fight winning streak, putting behind the pair of consecutive defeats that marked the first losses of her career. Barber was undefeated until she came up short in back-to-back decisions against Roxanne Modafferi in 2020 and then Alexa Grasso in 2021.
Meanwhile, De La Rosa suffered her first defeat since 2020. She was coming off a technical knockout win over Ariane Lipski at UFC Fight Night 189 in June and prior to that, she fought to a draw in a bout against Brazil’s Mayra Bueno Silva.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 205 results include:
- Maycee Barber def. Montana De La Rosa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Charles Jourdain def. Lando Vannata via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:32
- Marc-Andre Barriault def. Jordan Wright via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:36
- Sergey Khandozhko def. Dwight Grant via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:15
- Tyson Pedro def. Ike Villanueva via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:55
- Aori Qileng def. Cameron Else via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:48
- Preston Parsons def. Evan Elder via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
- Phillipe Lins def. Marcin Prachnio via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mike Jackson def. Dean Barry via disqualification (intentional foul) – Round 1, 3:52
