UFC President Dana White said Sage Northcutt was let go from the organization on a recent episode of the Unfiltered Podcast. Whether that characterization is true, Northcutt is certainly moving on, likely to ONE Championship. For a fighter only 21 years of age with a 6-2 record, this is a curious and not all great development. However, as I argue in this video, there is some bright side to this worth examining.
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2018-11-28
Sage was a trash fighter, wasted physique. Looking at his steroided body, he's championship worthy. Looking at his fighting, he's a complete scrub: too nice, no heart, weaker than his muscles would suggest, average striking power, sub par wrestling and grappling skill, etc etc.
Sorry as much as people may not like the kid Sage could have been a star they threw him to wolves right away, he was the one that should have fought CM Punk for the recognition and then he needs to join AKA or TOP TEAM. He has the look and the personality. He has a victory and why theyd let him go so easy then they need to let MANY worse on the roster go yet they stay. He was improving…Smh
It's great news. Any professional athlete who calls 30 year olds "sir" should be ashamed of himself for being that stupid. He has mediocre skills with boring, smoozefests.
I’m going to miss that smile…
I watch Deep, One, UFC, and Belator.. sometimes rizen. Plus i follow a few fighters no matter where they go because I'm a fan of them.
I hope he keeps evolving, because he has great potential…i hope he returns to the UFC when he's ready.
Sage was a really odd case. He went from overhyped after a fight or 2 from "hardcore fans" to every "hardcore fan" turning around and calling him trash and overhyped. Kid was 19, now 21 and is 6-2 in the UFC across the 2 (objectively) hardest weight classes. He had clear progress from fight to fight especially after joining alpha male. Him leaving I think is a net good for him, being that the bell curve of difficulty in those divisions may have ended up being too much but the same people calling him overhyped and not worthy of a ufc contract will still set time aside to watch every OSP, Lobov, Michael Johnson, Nate Diaz etc despite their less than stellar records.
Thats not to take away from any of those fighters of course, my point is that the MMA community is so fast to flip flop on these stars and miss the forest for the trees that its borderline laughable.
The word you where looking for was a healthier Eco-system
It was great when half the world's elite fighters were in PRIDE. It was also great when the PRIDE fighters came over to the UFC. It was like DC vs. Marvel. But you need a sustained period of major competition between at least two leagues to ignite people's imagination. The new recent events seem like perfect timing, esp when the UFC brand has been getting really stale. also, one has nieky holzken?? holy shit
Oh you found the right word 2 mins later haha