‘Super’ Sage Northcutt made an unbelievable return at ONE Combat Night time 10 final yr, which marked an enormous second in his profession.
4 years away from competitors was attributable to a number of extreme setbacks that had ‘Super’ Sage questioning whether or not he would ever make it again to doing what he loves.
On high of that, he was living with the impact of his ONE Championship debut that didn’t go to plan for him.
Again in 2019, he was completed in slightly below 30 seconds by Cosmo Alexandre and compelled to attend a very long time to lastly put that reminiscence behind him.
He couldn’t have completed that any higher than his performance last May against Ahmed Mujtaba, which effectively and really confirmed that he was again with a vengeance to make up for all that misplaced time.
In a current interview with Sports Illustrated, Northcutt opened up about how robust his lengthy interval of inactivity was after struggling a defeat:
“You’re only as good as your last performance. For me, for years, that was a loss. I’m thankful now that it’s a win.”
Sage Northcutt can now look to construct on ONE Combat Night time 10 on January 28
The second a part of the comeback for Sage Northcutt is ready to go down this weekend at ONE 165, which is able to see the promotion return to Tokyo, Japan.
After recovering from his accidents, Northcutt was set to make a return to the circle in 2021 to face Japanese icon Shinya Aoki. As soon as once more, his comeback was delayed.
The two men are set to finally square off on January 28 inside the Ariake Arena,, the place producing back-to-back wins will solely assist to place Northcutt’s troublesome debut additional into the rear view mirror.
‘Super’ Sage nonetheless has time on his aspect and all the adversity he has confronted in his profession will solely form his legacy that he leaves behind.
ONE 165 airs stay on Sunday, January 28, through global pay-per-view on watch.onefc.com.
