Sage Northcutt News

Tom Taylor - September 5, 2016

Last month, the UFC returned to beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada with UFC on Fox 21. On the undercard of that event, Brazilian prospect Felipe Silva improved to 8-0 with a blistering, first-round knockout of kickboxing export Shane Campbell. Fresh off this fantastic win, Silva is attempting to take his destiny into his own hands rather than sit back and wait for the UFC matchmaking team to tell him what’s next.

Russell Ess - July 18, 2016

Rising UFC star Sage Northcutt has been a hot topic among fans and fighters. The 20-year-old has often been the center of conversations about fighter pay, sponsorships and steroid use ever since he entered the Octagon in 2015.

Russell Ess - July 6, 2016

Rising UFC star Sage Northcutt is in Las Vegas in preparation for UFC 200, which takes place this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. It looks like for the historical UFC event, they have made special edition fight gloves just for this fight card.

Russell Ess - June 29, 2016

Rising UFC star Sage Northcutt announced on Wednesday that he has signed a deal with Reebok. Northcutt joins other star athletes from the UFC including Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey and Chris Weidman who have inked personal endorsements with Reebok that go beyond the exclusive uniform deal with the UFC.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Israeli Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad recently went to train with UFC star Sage Northcutt to help him prepare for his fight with Enrique Marin set for UFC 200 in July. Grad left the training session with Northcutt quite disappointed and had a lot of criticism for Northcutt’s father and his coaching.

Russell Ess - June 23, 2016

Young UFC star Sage Northcutt is looking to bounce back from his first professional loss as he is set to take on Enrique Marin at UFC 200. The 20-year-old star is looking like he is terrific shape ahead of the fight taking place next month.

bjpenndotcom - June 16, 2016

Earlier this month, Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad took to Instagram to recall a training session with UFC prospect Sage Northcutt. Grad’s recollection of the situation was far from good, as he called out Northcutt’s father for interfering with their training. While video footage of the sparring session in question has since surfaced, Northcutt and his father have remained silent regarding the situation, until now that is.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

Sage Northcutt is currently coming off the first loss of his professional career at the hands of Bryan Barberena earlier this year. Northcutt is also currently in the process of preparing for his UFC 200 fight against Enrique Marin on July 9th. Ahead of his UFC 200 fight against Marin, Northcutt went to train with Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad at Gracie Barra for some sparring. What transpired was considered “a disaster” by Grad due to the actions of Northcutt’s father.

Russell Ess - June 8, 2016

Sage Northcutt is set to fight at UFC 200 against Enrique Marin. Northcutt will step into the Octagon for the first time since being handed his only professional loss, where he was submitted by Bryan Barberena back in January. Israeli Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad was brought in to help train with Northcutt for his UFC 200 bout, but left in disgust after Northcutt’s father apparently interfered with their training.

Russell Ess - April 4, 2016

My 1st day back training! Tristar Gym Canada @labradanutrition A video posted by Sage Northcutt (@supersagenorthcutt) on Apr 3, 2016 at 10:31am PDT

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

“Super” Sage Northcutt (7-1 MMA) will return to the octagon at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas when he squares off with Enrique “Wasabi” Marin (8-3 MMA) in a lightweight tilt. Northcutt will be looking to rebound from his first career mixed martial arts setback, which he suffered via submission to short-notice replacement Bryan Barberena at January’s UFC on FOX 18 event.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

Sage Northcutt is coming off the first loss of his professional career at the hands of Bryan Barberena earlier this month. Since his loss to Barberena, Northcutt revealed that he would be training full-time at Tristar gym in Montreal. He also assured his fans that he would be back better than ever for his next fight.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson positioned himself for a debatable title shot after the way he handled “Bigg Rigg” in his recent outing. Thompson speaks on the fellow ‘karate’ practitioner’s loss and more in this UFC Minute video.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Meet Team Labrada Athlete Super @sagenorthcutt ! >>> https://t.co/9SCK93V5GJ pic.twitter.com/VjeDCgq5Mz — Labrada Nutrition (@Labrada_NTRN) February 9, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 8, 2016

Soothing my throat with some Frozen Yogurt pic.twitter.com/ukRSeKYMHy — Sage Northcutt (@sagenorthcutt) February 6, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 4, 2016

This past Saturday Sage Northcutt suffered the first loss of his professional career at the hands of Bryan Barberena. Northcutt immediately caught criticism from many fans and fellow fighters for what they believed to be a premature tap. Surprisingly, Northcutt remained as optimistic as ever and even announced that he would be training full time at Tristar gym moving forward.

Russell Ess - February 3, 2016

We said it in our piece featuring Sage Northcutt talking about his loss to Bryan Barberena at UFC on FOX 18. Many people do not like to hear excuses on why a fighter lost. No other person in the world should be more upset about excuses than the competitor that beat the fighter trying to explain the reasoning behind losing. Bryan Barberena spoke about his win, and how the excuses from Northcutt are upsetting him (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

More in depth coverage on Sage Northcutt and the how the young prospect can gain more from this loss moving forward. Northcutt received a verbal beat-down on social media for his performance resulting in what appeared to be a ‘quick tap’ in his last outing.