Personal Life
Barry has stated that his three heroes are his mother, Mike Tyson and Sagat, a Thaiboxer from the Street Fighter video games.
He lost his grandmother in Hurricane Katrina.
Following their fight at UFC 115, Barry and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović have developed a friendship and Barry frequently trains with Filipović at his training center in Zagreb, Croatia.
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