Background
His father, Mark, is a black belt in karate, and his older sister, Colbey, is an amateur kickboxing champion.
His father, Mark, is a black belt in karate, and his older sister, Colbey, is an amateur kickboxing champion.
Northcutt attended Seven Lakes High School for his first 2 years of high school before transferring to Katy High School during his senior year Northcutt finished fifth in the state in his weight class (170 lb or 77 kg).
Northcutt began training martial arts at the age of 4 and competed all over the world from a young age. At the age of 9, Northcutt became the youngest person ever to be on the cover of Sport Karate Magazine. He is also an undefeated kickboxer, with his record standing at 15–0.
Sage was inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame in 2012.
He prides himself as being a wrestler and considers this his style alongside his kickboxing. Early career
Northcutt began competing on the Legacy Fighting Championship amateur series, amassing an amateur record of 5-1 with his only loss to Charles Sheppard due to submission to strikes in the first round.
At the age of 18, he turned pro and racked up a 5–0 record in four months. Ultimate Fighting Championship
Northcutt was featured in the debut episode of Dana White"s Looking Foreign A Fight.
After an impressive victory at Legacy Fighting Championship 44, he was signed to the UFC. Northcutt is currently the youngest fighter on the UFC roster, and the third-youngest debutant.
In his UFC debut, Northcutt faced Francisco Trevino on October 3, 2015 at UFC 192. lieutenant was revealed that Trevino failed his post-fight drug test after testing positive for elevated marijuana-induced THC-COOH levels. Northcutt faced Cody Pfister on December 10, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 80.
Northcutt was expected to fight Andrew Holbrook on January 30, 2016 at UFC on Fox 18, his third fight in less than four months.
Holbrook withdrew from the bout citing an injury eight days prior to the event and was replaced by Bryan Barberena. With the late change and Barbarena on short notice, the matchup was changed to a welterweight bout.
Northcutt lost the bout via arm-triangle choke in the second round. Northcutt is currently a petroleum engineering major at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
lieutenant was later explained and defended by Rener Gracie that it was in fact a modified Von Flue Choke, and due to the camera angles, he was criticized for tapping out too fast.