Sage Northcutt Says He Plans To Stay Active, Fight Frequently In ONE FC

Sage Northcutt is about to combat for the primary time in 4 years, and the MMA star says it will not be a one-time deal — he is again, and it is for good.

“I’m planning on being back. I have this fight set for May 5th, I got my eyes zoned in on this fight. But after this fight I’d like to be super active for ONE Championship. You know I like having fights and trying to put on a show.”

27-year-old Northcutt will return to the cage early subsequent month in opposition to Ahmen Mujtaba … Sage’s first combat since he lost to Cosmo Alexandre in Could 2019. In the loss, SN’s face was damaged in 8 locations, requiring practically 10 hours of surgical procedure.

Many followers doubted Sage, who’s 11-3 as a professional, would ever combat once more. However, he says he truly was presupposed to return way back, however COVID had different plans.

“As the 4 years went by, it’s been longer than what I expected. I was planning on coming back, I actually had a fight set to come back a couple years after, just about 2 years ago I had a fight set to come back,” Northcutt advised us.

“You know how the world’s been with COVID, shutting things down. I caught COVID as I had a fight scheduled, literally, a week before flying overseas, I caught COVID. That was unfortunate timing. But coming back, it’s about time.”

Come Could 5, Sage believes he’ll open the eyes of many MMA followers.

“For ONE Championship, I haven’t really had the chance to show all the hard work that I’ve been putting in,” Northcutt says, including, “I’ve been training very hard. Training with a great team, great coaches, great fighters, so I’m looking forward to displaying stuff that I’ve been putting a lot of hard work into.”

We additionally requested Sage what recommendation he’d provide Raul Rosas Jr. … the 18-year-old who grew to become the youngest fighter to signal with the promotion. Rosas Jr. just lately misplaced his first combat. We requested Northcutt, who fought as a 19-year-old, what recommendation he’d provide the younger man.

As for his upcoming combat … it is lower than 2 weeks away, and he is able to roll.