Overview

• Barber weighed in at 126.5 pounds, half a pound over the non-title flyweight limit at Friday’s weigh-ins.
• The UFC confirmed the main event will proceed as a catchweight bout despite Barber’s weight miss.
• Barber will forfeit 20 percent of her fight purse to Erin Blanchfield under the terms of the catchweight agreement.
• Observers noted Barber appeared unusually drained during weigh-ins following her return from a 14-month layoff and Epstein-Barr virus.
• Both fighters are ranked No. 4 and No. 5 in the flyweight division and the winner could become the next challenger to champion Valentina Shevchenko.