UFC Vegas 107 main event canceled after Maycee Barber suffers potential seizure minutes before fight
Maycee Barber's main-event fight against Erin Blanchfield was canceled at the last possible moment. (Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC)
The main event of the UFC Vegas 107 card was canceled at the last possible moment.
Maycee Barber and Erin Blanchfield were set to face off in a clash of ranked flyweights on Saturday in Las Vegas, to the point that the ESPN stream aired their pre-fight feature with interviews from both fighters. Once the video was done, a somber booth of broadcasters explained that Barber wasn't ready to fight.
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One commercial break later, they announced the fight had been canceled due to a "last-minute medical issue" for Barber, who couldn't receive medical clearance to enter the Octagon. Blanchfield later said in an interview that UFC executive Hunter Campbell told her that Barber had suffered a seizure.
The day before the fight, Barber missed weight by a half-pound and was forced to forfeit 20% of her purse to Blanchfield, part of a host of weight-related issues on the card for the UFC.
Check out full UFC Vegas 107 results and highlights below.
Main Card
Women's flyweight: Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber canceled
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Lightweight: Mateusz Gamrot def. Ludovit Klein via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight: Ramiz Brahimaj def. Billy Ray Goff via submission (guillotine) at 3:16 of R1 | Watch finish
Light heavyweight: Dustin Jacoby def. Bruno Lopes via KO (punches) at 1:50 of R1 | Watch finish
Women's featherweight: Ketlen Vieira def. Macy Chiasson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Middleweight: Zachary Reese def. Dusko Todorovic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Preliminary Card
Flyweight: Allan Nascimento def. Jafel Filho via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight: Jordan Leavitt def. Kurt Holobaugh via submission (anaconda choke) at 1:39 of R1 | Watch finish
Lightweight: Bolaji Oki def. Michael Aswell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Women's strawweight: Alice Ardelean def. Rayanne dos Santos via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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