One Championship unceremoniously releases Sage Northcutt after tumultuous relationship

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Sage Northcutt’s time on the One Championship roster has come to an finish.

Again in 2019, Northcutt made main waves by opting not to stick with the UFC. As a substitute, the Welterweight — who had constructed up a 6-2 report within the promotion, getting slightly well-liked within the course of — opted to check free company and signal with One Championship. It appeared like a pure struggle given Northcutt’s conventional martial arts background and flashy type, however it’s confirmed to be a little bit of a catastrophe.

That 12 months, Northcutt misplaced by way of knockout to top-level kickboxer Cosmo Alexandre, shattering a number of bones in his face. A lot of the final 5 years have seen Northcutt sidelined in restoration, however he did return to motion in Might 2023 to return to the win column by way of first-round heel hook.

Alas, that 1-1 report shall be his remaining tally competing for One. On Friday, the promotion issued an announcement that confirmed his launch from the roster. It learn, “ONE Championship and Sage Northcutt have mutually agreed to his launch from the group. ONE needs Northcutt the most effective in his future endeavors.”

In basic “Tremendous” Sage vogue, the karateka responded positively, writing “Excited for 2025 and searching ahead to having some huge fights!” in his personal social media put up.

The discharge is certainly possible for the most effective and never completely surprising. Earlier this 12 months, Northcutt was scheduled to compete a 3rd time reverse Shinya Aoki, however the struggle fell aside on the final minute when Northcutt’s coach Urijah Faber wasn’t allowed into Japan … in accordance with One no less than. Northcutt’s model of the story is a bit totally different and insinuates intentional corruption on behalf of One, in addition to deeper points with their weight slicing and drug testing programs.

All that drama went down again in January, and there’s been no public decision or replace between the events till now. At 28 years of age, there’s possible nonetheless loads of alternative for Northcutt. His type would match completely for Karate Fight, however he may additionally draw consideration to PFL and UFC could also be excited by a second stint.

Keep tuned.

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