Former UFC welterweight prospect, Sage Northcutt has confirmed his stint with Singapore-based promotion, ONE Championship has come to an finish, in addition to revealing plans to return to motion subsequent 12 months — following a keep of simply two-fights within the Charti Sityodtong-led group.
Northcutt, a former welterweight contender beneath the banner of the UFC, departed the Octagon earlier than making his debut in ONE Championship again in 2019.
And struggling a catastrophic knockout loss to Brazilian hanging ace, Cosmo Alexandre in his first outing within the promotion, Northcutt spent a major time period on the sidelines as he handled quite a few facial fractures following the 29-second knockout defeat.
Returning at ONE Combat Night time 10 in Colorado again in Might of final 12 months, Northcutt would return with aplomb, scoring a 39-second submission win over Ahmed Mujtaba with a heel hook stoppage.
Nonetheless, withdrawing from a scheduled battle with Japanese veteran, Shinya Aoki at first of the 12 months, Northcutt has been handed his launch from ONE Championship this week, with the promotion confirming his departure with an announcement tonight.
“ONE Championship and Sage Northcutt have mutually agreed to his launch from the group,” An announcement learn. “ONE needs Northcutt one of the best in his future endeavors.”
Sage Northcutt confirms departure from ONE Championship
And in a follow-up submit on his official X account confirming his departure from ONE Championship, Sacramento native, Northcutt confirmed plans to battle subsequent 12 months — in some “thrilling” matchups.
“Excited for 2025 and looking out ahead to having some large fights!” Sage Northcutt posted on X.
Throughout his time with the UFC, Northcutt, 28, landed notable triumphs over the likes of Cody Pfister, Thibault Gouti, and Zak Ottow, whereas struggling a pair of submission defeats towards each Bryan Barberena, and Mickey Gall.
