‘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:
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:
It did not take long before fan comments started to pour in.
One wrote:
Another said:
Even fellow fighter Cosmo Alexandre, the opponent who dealt Northcutt a devastating knockout loss in his ONE debut in 2019, commented:
Northcutt is coming off a three-and-a-half-year layoff due to various medical issues and lengthy recovery time.
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