Sage Northcutt has 'Super' UFC 200 Media Day
Sage Northcutt has 'Super' UFC 200 Media Day
Rising UFC star Sage Northcutt brought his signature high energy to the media day for UFC 200
Sage Northcutt’s politeness is a force of nature.
The highly touted prospect may be coming off the first loss of his professional career against Bryan Barberena, but the setback did nothing to affect his outward presentation. Northcutt addressed the press in attendance during the media day for UFC 200, and remained true to his “Gee Golly” form for the duration.
Forget the loss at UFC on Fox 18 back in January--the young Texan seemed as if he’d never experienced a bad day in his 20 years on planet Earth.
“There are no effects from the loss other than maybe I shouldn’t have gone out there and fought,” Northcutt said. “Even though I was sick I thought I could go out there and put on a great show for the audience and the fans, but if anyone is sick in the future and has to pull out of a fight then they have to.
“Anyone who knows me or is in grappling class with me for instance knows it’s very hard to sink a choke in on me. I’m normally able to pick guys up who are much bigger than me and I wasn’t able to do it in that fight. I just wasn’t my normal self. Anyone who’s had strep throat knows the pain. You can’t even touch your throat much less breathe.”
Northcutt was downright amplified when talking about his upcoming bout on Saturday night and everything involved with competing at the promotion’s historic event.
“Fighting on UFC 200 is awesome,” Northcutt said. “You always have to have goals so yes, Sir I did visualize it. I just didn’t expect everything to happen this fast for me.”
The fighting pride of Katy, Texas has shucked the past to focus on his fight with Enrique Marin at UFC 200. Northcutt has been known to travel around to different camps for his preparation, and spent time at Tristar in Montreal and with the Blackzilians in South Florida in the lead up to his bout with Marin in Las Vegas.
Northcutt’s traveling has allowed him to train with former and current champions alike, and he took positive experiences from working with Georges St-Pierre and Bellator lightweight title holder Michael Chandler.
“GSP is super nice. He’s super awesome,” Northcutt said. “He told me to take each fight one fight at a time and what I’m doing is having fun with each fight. That’s what is important and he’s a very nice guy.
“Tristar is great and you can obviously pick up advice from them. Like I said, I wasn’t myself in the fight and I think it would have turned out differently if I was myself. I know it wasn’t my best performance. I didn’t have my speed, strength or explosion. I think I have the best cardio in my weight class and maybe the entire UFC and I didn’t have it that night.
“All the gyms are awesome,” he added. “Everyone treats me nice.”
The highly touted prospect may be coming off the first loss of his professional career against Bryan Barberena, but the setback did nothing to affect his outward presentation. Northcutt addressed the press in attendance during the media day for UFC 200, and remained true to his “Gee Golly” form for the duration.
Forget the loss at UFC on Fox 18 back in January--the young Texan seemed as if he’d never experienced a bad day in his 20 years on planet Earth.
“There are no effects from the loss other than maybe I shouldn’t have gone out there and fought,” Northcutt said. “Even though I was sick I thought I could go out there and put on a great show for the audience and the fans, but if anyone is sick in the future and has to pull out of a fight then they have to.
“Anyone who knows me or is in grappling class with me for instance knows it’s very hard to sink a choke in on me. I’m normally able to pick guys up who are much bigger than me and I wasn’t able to do it in that fight. I just wasn’t my normal self. Anyone who’s had strep throat knows the pain. You can’t even touch your throat much less breathe.”
Northcutt was downright amplified when talking about his upcoming bout on Saturday night and everything involved with competing at the promotion’s historic event.
“Fighting on UFC 200 is awesome,” Northcutt said. “You always have to have goals so yes, Sir I did visualize it. I just didn’t expect everything to happen this fast for me.”
The fighting pride of Katy, Texas has shucked the past to focus on his fight with Enrique Marin at UFC 200. Northcutt has been known to travel around to different camps for his preparation, and spent time at Tristar in Montreal and with the Blackzilians in South Florida in the lead up to his bout with Marin in Las Vegas.
Northcutt’s traveling has allowed him to train with former and current champions alike, and he took positive experiences from working with Georges St-Pierre and Bellator lightweight title holder Michael Chandler.
“GSP is super nice. He’s super awesome,” Northcutt said. “He told me to take each fight one fight at a time and what I’m doing is having fun with each fight. That’s what is important and he’s a very nice guy.
“Tristar is great and you can obviously pick up advice from them. Like I said, I wasn’t myself in the fight and I think it would have turned out differently if I was myself. I know it wasn’t my best performance. I didn’t have my speed, strength or explosion. I think I have the best cardio in my weight class and maybe the entire UFC and I didn’t have it that night.
“All the gyms are awesome,” he added. “Everyone treats me nice.”