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Early career

Barry started training professionally at the age of 21 when he was junior sociology major at LSU when he walked into Russell Jones's Kickboxing Gym in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He made his pro debut on November 2, 2002 at the U.S. Open International Martial Arts championships, winning the national title in Sanshou over Robert Parham. Then he left Russell's gym and pursued kickboxing full time with Master Shawn Liu at LIU International in New Orleans. A year later Barry participated at Kung-fu World Championships in China, winning a silver medal.

UFC career

On December 27, 2008, Barry made his successful debut in the UFC against Dan Evensen, at UFC 92, injuring the Norwegian's left knee with a brutal right low kick (the 3rd such kick of the round) at 2:36 of Round 1. Barry lost to UFC newcomer Tim Hague via submission at UFC 98. His last fight was against Antoni Hardonk on October 24, 2009 at UFC 104.[5] Barry won by second round TKO. After weathering several leg kicks in the first round from Hardonk, Barry found his range in the second round with fast jab combinations, hurting Hardonk several times before dropping him, following up with strikes to finish the fight at 2:30 of round 2 for a TKO victory.

Sanshou career

In June 2003, Barry fought in the USASKF Art of War II Sanshou Professional Fights in Atlanta, GA. He won both a US National Sanshou Team Spot and a World Title by knocking out Paul Gurevidius. In November 2003, as a US National Team member Barry participated at the Wushu Kung-fu World Championships in Macau, China, winning a silver medal. In December 2004, he won the K. Superstar Title in New Orleans. From 2002 through 2008, he visited China four times with his Coach Shawn Liu and competed in one of Shandong’s stadiums and trained with Chinese national Sanshou Team at the Shaolin Temple.