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 major waves by opting not to stick with the UFC. As an alternative, the Welterweight — who had constructed up a 6-2 report within the promotion, getting rather popular in the process — opted to check free company and signal with One Championship. It appeared like a pure battle given Northcutt’s conventional martial arts background and flashy type, but it surely’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 several bones in his face. A lot of the final 5 years have seen Northcutt sidelined in restoration, however he did return to motion in Could 2023 to return to the win column by way of first-round heel hook.

Alas, that 1-1 report will probably be his closing tally competing for One. On Friday, the promotion issued a statement 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 perfect in his future endeavors.”

In traditional “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 perfect and never completely sudden. Earlier this 12 months, Northcutt was scheduled to compete a third time opposite Shinya Aoki, however the fight fell apart at the last minute when Northcutt’s coach Urijah Faber wasn’t allowed into Japan … in response to 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 issues with their weight cutting and drug testing systems.

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 might additionally draw consideration to PFL and UFC could also be considering a second stint.

Keep tuned.

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