More than eight months after voicing frustration with the promotion, Sage Northcutt has been granted his ONE Championship release.
After signing with the company in 2019, Northcutt (12-3) has only competed twice under the ONE Championship record, going 1-1. The loss was a brutal one, as he suffered a violent 29-second knockout against Cosmo Alexandre in May 2019 that caused multiple facial fractures and led to extensive surgery and a nearly four-year layoff.
He picked up his lone promotional win in May 2023 with a 39-second heel hook finish, and was scheduled to face Shinya Aoki at Januaryâs ONE 165 event in Tokyo. The fight was called off late in the game, and Northcutt took issue with the âcompletely inaccurateâ portrayal of what unfolded that led to the bout being canceled.
Itâs been largely silent since then, but on Friday, ONE Championship issued a statement on its official website announcing the UFC veteran had received a âmutually agreedâ upon release from his promotional contract.
âONE Championship and Sage Northcutt have mutually agreed to his release from the organization,â the statement read. âONE wishes Northcutt the best in his future endeavors.â
It didnât take long for Northcutt, 28, to react to the news with glee and positivity about his future.
âExcited for 2025 and looking forward to having some big fights!â Northcutt wrote on Instagram.
Cosmo ONE hell of a striker
Well, two fights in six years and a canceled fight cause your boys didnât get their visas. No big loss.
If heâs not cut out for fighting anymore, maybe weâll get the Sage/Paige combo backâŚ.in porno form.
Good for Sage, doesnât seem like he was being treated well at ONE. Hopefully he finds a new home or maybe eventually ends up back in the UFC. Crazy to think that after all this he is only 28, and has a UFC record of 7-2.
One question Sage: do you want to be a fucking slapper?
He will be on the next PFL PPV fighting Jake Paul