UFC appearance, Barry was knocked out with vicious ground-and-pound from the mount by Soa Palelei on December 7, 2013 at UFC Fight Night 33 in Brisbane, Australia. Return to kickboxing; Glory, and independent promotions (2014–2015) On January 28, 2014, Barry announced his retirement from MMA via Twitter and his manager subsequently stated he would likely return to kickboxing. He appeared on Ariel Helwani's show the following month and announced that he had signed for world's top promotion, Glory. In his first outing since returning to kickboxing, a warm-up fight ahead of his Glory debut, Barry defeated domestic heavyweight Ed Burris at Combat Sports Challenge 39 in Richmond, Virginia on March 22, 2014, scoring a knockdown with a bodyshot in round one before stopping Burris with a flurry of punches in round two. He lost to Zack Mwekassa in the Glory 16: Denver - Heavyweight Contendership Tournament reserve match in Broomfield on May 3, 2014, suffering an early knockdown before being put away with a left uppercut towards the end of round one. Just a day after this loss, it was reported that Barry was scheduled to rematch Mirko Cro Cop at Glory 17: Los Angeles in Inglewood, California on June 21, 2014. He withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons, however, and was replaced by Sergei Kharitonov. Still under contract with Glory, Barry had his next fight in a different organization when he took on Demoreo Dennis at Legacy FC's first kickboxing event on January 16, 2015. After an even first round, Barry started to land heavy leg kicks, from which he landed a knockdown in round 2, and punches, as well as using a good defense against his opponents strikes. Barry got the best of it for the last two rounds, earning the decision victory. Barry was expected to return to Glory and face veteran Mourad Bouzidi on April 3, 2015 at Glory 20. However, Barry was forced out of the bout due to an injured hand and was replaced by Dustin Jacoby. Personal life Barry is the fiancé and training partner of former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas. Following their fight at UFC 115 in June 2010, Barry and Mirko Cro Cop have developed a friendship and Barry frequently trains with Cro Cop at his training center in Zagreb, Croatia. In August 2017, Barry claimed to have been one year sober after many years of alcohol and