Maycee Barber is texting her father, trying to decide if Bruce Buffer should say she’s fighting out of Fort Collins, CO, where she’s from, or Denver, CO where she currently resides. She’s in a lighthearted, laughing, mood that stands in contrast to many of her fellow Fight Night Denver peers that are wrestling with the grouchiness of weight cutting and media obligations. Barber shrugs.
“I know there’s a lot of fighters who go through the rollercoaster of emotions (during fight week), nerves and stuff, and I’ve gotten a few of them. But I just have the giant sense of confidence from this last camp.