UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping has come forward with his opinion on comments made by Maycee Barber after she lost to Roxanne Modafferi at the UFC 246 event last month.

Bisping is unhappy with the way Barber has dealt with losing.

Barber suffered the first defeat of her MMA career at UFC 246, losing to Roxanne Modafferi by way of a unanimous decision.



In the days following the fight, Barber issued a lengthy statement in which she blamed the ringside doctor for the loss, saying she was trying to push the ACL injury out of her head but the interference by the doctor reminded her of it.



UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping believes Barber needs to accept the loss and move on.

“The doctor’s just doing his f*****g job,” Bisping said on his podcast. “If you get an elbow in the face and it’s pouring blood everywhere, and the doctor goes ‘stop, stop, stop, I’m going to take a look at it’ — you can’t go ‘oh, he’s highlighting my cut face.’ It’s tough s**t. But you got injured in the fight and it’s his job to say ‘hold on a minute, I need to check that leg.’ Because let’s say it’s really f*****g torn and it’s bad, you can call off the fight and say she’s not fit to fight and she’s going to do herself more damage.

“He was looking out for her. I get it, she’s a young fighter, it’s her first loss, she’s not used to dealing with it. But, it’s not a good look.”

Bisping believes Barber should focus on coming back stronger rather than trying to find others to put the blame on.

“Just deal with it, accept it, you got beat fair and square by the better person on the day,” Bisping added. “Come back and get them next time. B******g about this, you’re not going to win any fans in my opinion by doing this.”

Maycee’s manager and father, Bucky Barber, also made headlines following the event after he appeared to completely discredit Roxanne Modafferi for her victory in a lengthy post-fight statement of his own. Several top UFC stars reached out in support of Modafferi following the comments.

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