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A drunk ‘Karen’ nearly played a game of F*ck Around and Find Out with UFC fighter Maycee Barber.

In a video clip shared by Demi Bagby, an American CrossFit athlete and popular YouTuber, a random and clearly inebriated woman appeared to be leaning against her vehicle. Bagby repeatedly says, “Get off my car,” to which the woman defiantly stares back and insists that she’s doing nothing wrong.

Seconds later, the woman threatens to “bust” Bagby in her face. It’s then that the camera turns to reveal that Bagby is not alone. She’s with UFC flyweight standout and 14-2 MMA fighter Maycee Barber.

“I’d beat both your motherf*cking a**es,” the woman says, having absolutely no idea who she’s dealing with.

It appears as though the incident was resolved without things getting physical.

Maycee Barber Suffers health scare immediately following her latest win

Maycee Barber currently sits at No. 4 in the UFC’s official flyweight rankings. ‘The Future’ has won six straight inside the Octagon, including notable victories over Miranda Maverick, Montana De La Rosa, Jessica Eye, Andrea ‘KGB’ Lee, Amanda Ribas, and Katlyn Cerminara (former Chookagian).

Three days after her win over Cerminara at UFC 299, Barber was hospitalized for nearly two weeks, suffering from what doctors believe was a case of Streptococcus pyogenes, a serious form of strep throat as well as a staph infection. She also contracted pneumonia and her blood pressure dropped to dangerous levels.

“I ended up … being on oxygen, having the blood pressure monitored, and everything being monitored at all times, and being stuck with like a bunch of different needles,” Barber said during an appearance on The MMA Hour. “But we don’t have a definitive answer on what it was. From the moment I went into the hospital, they started giving me antibiotics and giving me stuff to try to bring it down or figure it out.

“As they were doing that, they were also testing, they’re like, ‘We’re giving her this to help with it, but we’re also trying to figure out what it is.’ So they never really got a true answer as to what it was. But the antibiotics that I’m on now are slowly starting to clear it up. So I’m hopeful that it just stays gone and stays away because, for a minute there, I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it.”

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Ilia Topuria wants Max Holloway in The Sphere, with both men’s belts up for grabs.

This past Saturday, Holloway claimed the “BMF” title with a last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300. Afterward, Holloway called for a shot at the newly minted featherweight champion, saying that Topuria ducked him on his way to the title. And Topuria is happy to oblige.

“Actually, the UFC saved him for this moment,” Topuria told said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I asked for Max before the Volkanovski fight. I was asking for him all the time. ‘I want to fight him, I want to fight him.’ Finally, they gave me Volkanovski because they hid him for this moment.

“Max Holloway, he’s next. He can say whatever he wants to say — that I’m running and he’s the bull and this and that. Come on, man. Just bring the same energy you had in the last 10 seconds, but bring it in the first 10 seconds, and we’ll see what’s going to happen. Let’s bang and we’ll see what’s going to happen. I know I will be the first one to take his lights out. I know that I’m way better than him everywhere. I can do with him whatever I want to do. I can ask him, ‘How do you want me to finish you? You want me to knock you out? You want me to submit you? What do you want me to do?’”

Topuria claimed the featherweight title in February with a second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. Holloway has his own history with Volkanovski, going 0-3 against him in title fights, and given that, Topuria made it clear that he’s only interested in the Holloway fight because “Blessed” now has the BMF belt. If that’s not on the line, then Topuria isn’t doing it.

“There are a lot of things involved in this fight,” Topuria said. “He’s got that belt, that Bad Motherf***** belt, so I’m excited to add that to my legacy, too. UFC Champion, the Baddest Motherf*****, what else? And then maybe I’ll go for a second weight class.

“Without the BMF belt, I don’t want him at all,” Topuria continued. “If not, I’m going to fight with Volk for the rematch. But because he has that belt, I’m excited about that. That’s why I want him. He’s been saying, ‘Right now I have a lot of options.’ He doesn’t have any options. Right now I’m the champion. I choose the date, I choose the place. He just has to be ready and he has to wait for the call. Whenever I want him, he has to be ready.”

Topuria added he’s still open to fighting Volkanovski after he beats Holloway, saying that the former champion deserves a rematch but he wants him to be fully healthy for it. In the meantime, Topuria believes UFC 306 will be his return fight, the highly anticipated promotional debut in The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sep. 14, which lines up nicely with his larger plans.

“I think they want me to fight in The Sphere in September,” Topuria said. “So we’ll see how they’re going to figure out the things. At the same time, we want to go in Spain. We want to bring the UFC here in the first trimester of the next year. That’s one of the reasons I want to fight in September [or] October, to be able to fight in the first trimester of the year.”

For now, Holloway seems to be the most likely opponent for Topuria’s first title defense, despite the new BMF champion recently suggesting a rematch with Conor McGregor could be next for him, after McGregor makes his return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303. And if that is what ultimately comes to pass, Topuria has a simple message for Holloway:

“The message is clear: Just get ready, be waiting for the call,” Topuria said. “I will be thinking about the date, about the place, be ready. And bring that energy you had in the last 10 seconds, and bring it in the first 10 seconds. Do the same thing you did but with me. Try that and trust me, I’m going to put your lights out. I will be the first one.

“He actually knows that, that’s why he started to call out another fighter. He started to call out Conor McGregor and I don’t know, I heard so many names he started to call out after the fight. I don’t know why he lost the interest in fighting me. Before he was like, ‘I want to fight him, he’s running from the bull.’ I never run from you. Never, ever had your name on my contract. But right now I’m going to ask for you, and trust me, it’s going to be a hard night for you.”

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Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will face off on for the third time ahead of their boxing match on this summer.

Diaz and Masvidal will fight each other in a 10-round boxing match at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in an event co-promoted by Fanmio and the fighters’ own promotions, Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions. In advance of their showdown, the two fighters are giving it the full court promotional press, including a multi-stop press conference tour. This third press conference will take place at the Bayside Marketplace in Miami.

Diaz and Masvidal first fought at UFC 244 in 2019, with Masvidal winning by doctor’s stoppage after the third round due to a cut on Diaz. Diaz campaigned for a rematch but it never happened and then he left the UFC in 2022. Masvidal, meanwhile, retired from MMA last year but is still under contract with the UFC and received a special exemption to be allowed to pursue this boxing match.

Also on the card, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis takes on Diaz teammate Chris Avila, and both men are also expected to be in attendance for the presser.

The press conference is expected to begin Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Kayla Harrison is in a prime position to add more gold to her collection of lifelong accomplishments.

UFC 300 saw the former two-time Olympic gold medalist in Judo make her big promotional and Bantamweight debut this past weekend (April 13, 2024). Harrison, 33, couldn’t have asked for a better stage and performance than what she got, dispatching former UFC champion, Holly Holm, via a second round rear-naked choke (watch highlights).

The dominant showing has launched the former two-time Professional Fighters League (PFL) champion to the forefront of the contender list. It’s hard to imagine Harrison will have to fight more than once to earn her shot at the current champion, Raquel Pennington, if she doesn’t simply get the shot next. However, the thought of a Harrison leap-frogging doesn’t sit well with perennial Top 5 contender, Ketlen Vieira.

“A girl who just got here wants to have some privileges,” Vieira told Ag. Fight. “It can’t be like that, you know? There are other people who deserve it. UFC is MMA, it can’t be counted. It only matters in Judo, where she’s an Olympic champion. I respect that. I think she’s an excellent athlete, but I don’t see her as deserving in MMA as I am.

“She just left an event after running away from Larissa [Pacheco] and Cris ‘Cyborg’ [Justino],” she continued. “She talks a lot and runs away. She wants the fights that are convenient for her. So, I don’t see her as deserving. Oh, she wants to fight for the title? The order of the events doesn’t matter to me. It could be Julianna Pena first. It could be her later. I don’t care. I want the fight that’s going to get me the belt.”

Harrison’s lone loss in her 18-fight career came opposite Pacheco in the pair’s trilogy clash, the second to last PFL fight for Harrison, in November 2022 (watch highlights). Before and after the loss, plenty of hype and discussion surrounded the idea of a Harrison vs. Cyborg match up. Ultimately, it never came to fruition and the promotion now looks to book Pacheco vs. Cyborg in the second half of 2024.

Vieira, 32, is no stranger to the names currently surrounding Harrison’s UFC arrival. The Brazilian also holds a win over Holm when she won a split decision over “The Preacher’s Daughter” in May 2022. Another split decision followed for Vieira against the now-champion, Pennington. Unfortunately for her, it was in “Rocky’s” favor. Vieira has since rebounded with a unanimous decision nod over Pannie Kianzad in July 2023.

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