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Sage Northcutt saw his ONE Championship journey take an unexpected detour. However, he is eager to showcase what he is capable of as a fighter now that he is healthy.
‘Super’ spent considerable time on the sidelines after sustaining multiple facial fractures in the aftermath of his knockout loss to Brazil's Cosmo Alexandre in his promotional debut in May 2019.
It was an episode in his career that he looks back on with regret and something he wants to make up for as he resumes fighting.
Speaking on The MMA Hour, Sage Northcutt shared that it was unfortunate he was not able to show what he was made of immediately and highlighted how he was on a winning roll prior to his ONE Championship debut.
He said:
“You asked about fans maybe forgetting or someone that might not know [me]. That’s the thing, I feel like coming into ONE Championship, I didn’t really get to show what I truly can do. And it was unfortunate what happened in my first fight with ONE Championship. But I’m coming off the UFC where I was fighting before, my last three fights consecutively, I was on a three-fight win streak.”
Check out the full interview below:
Sage Northcutt will make his comeback on May 5 at ONE Fight Night 10 on Prime Video, the promotion’s first-ever live show in the United States. The card is set to go down at 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. He is to take on the streaking Ahmed 'Wolverine' Mujtaba of Pakistan in a lightweight clash.
ONE Fight Night 10 is headlined by the trilogy fight between reigning ONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson and rival Adriano Moraes. It is available live and for free to all Prime Video subscribers in North America.
Fans react to the return of Sage Northcutt
It seems like Sage Northcutt is not the only one excited about his return to action as fight fans are also awaiting ‘Super’ to strut his stuff anew in the circle.
ONE Championship announced the American fighter’s comeback fight against Pakistan’s Ahmed 'Wolverine' Mujtaba in May by way of Instagram.
The post was captioned:
“🚨 SAGE NORTHCUTT IS BACK 🚨 Witness his return to action against Pakistani powerhouse Ahmed Mujtaba at ONE Championship's U.S. on-ground debut at ONE Fight Night 10 🔥 Tickets are selling fast so get yours NOW!”
It did not take long before fan comments started to pour in.
One wrote:
“Oh wow! I wondered what happened to Sage”
Another said:
“YOOOOO ITS SAGE FREAKING NORTHCUT”
Even fellow fighter Cosmo Alexandre, the opponent who dealt Northcutt a devastating knockout loss in his ONE debut in 2019, commented:
“Happy to see it! 🙏🏾”
Northcutt is coming off a three-and-a-half-year layoff due to various medical issues and lengthy recovery time.
