Lee, who hails for Texas, comes into this weekend looking to bounce back after a loss to Viviane Araújo last May. Barber knows the crowd inside AT&T Center will likely be pro-Lee but that won’t take away from the excitement of fighting outside of Nevada.
“I’m very excited to feel a different crowd with different energy and different scenery. I fought at T-Mobile Arena and the UFC APEX a lot, so being at a different place is going to be really cool,” Barber said. “I know Texas is a great crowd, so I’m very excited.”
Delivering a statement win over Lee would go a long way in Barber’s campaign to crack the division’s Top 10 and capture some momentum in a division that is certainly heating up with new contenders.
“I’m probably one of the people that got built up and then got injured. I want to build that back. I am someone that people need to watch, and a lot of girls need to fear that,” Barber said. “I’m just going to keep dominating and prove that I belong at the top of the division, and I can finish these girls.”
“By the end of the year I’m definitely in the Top 10, and with another finish or two I’ll just keep going toward that title.”
