Overview
- Barber defeated Karine Silva by unanimous decision in Las Vegas, securing official judges’ scores that awarded her the bout on all three cards.
- Referee Mark Smith issued only a warning after Silva landed an illegal upkick on a grounded Barber, drawing post-fight scrutiny over the non-deduction.
- The result pushes Barber’s winning streak to seven and reinforces her position in the flyweight title picture headed by champion Valentina Shevchenko.
- Her layoff followed serious health crises, including pneumonia, sepsis, a staph infection and a seizure that Barber later described as a pseudo-seizure.
- Barber has credited the UFC with facilitating specialist care in Boston and reiterated her intent to work back toward a championship opportunity.