According to her head coach, Cody Donovan, Barber wanted to carry on with her flyweight bout against Erin Blanchfield this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. However, the fight was canceled minutes before it was supposed to happen, something rarely seen before in the UFC, as her team didn't see her fit to compete that night.

Barber suffered a medical emergency just moments before her planned ring walk, meaning her bout with Erin Blanchfield was scrapped

This past weekend's UFC Vegas 107 card at the UFC Apex was scheduled to be headlined by a five-round women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber. Despite getting through the co-main event of Mateusz Gamrot vs L'udovit Klein,