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Kicking off the UFC on FOX 18 main card from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was a welterweight clash between Bryan Barberena and Sage Northcutt. It’s Sage’s 170-pound debut, and he looks even more freakishly huge than usual. Interesting take on the first fight of the evening’s main card, as the hype seems a little toned down, maybe it’s just me.

Round 1: After some feeling out Sage shoots for the takedown but gets stuffed, they take the centre of the octagon and trade kicks, Northcutt wings a kick, hits air, but he drops Barberena with a nice straight right. They clinch again, BB in charge against the fence, but Sage lands a deep double and takes the back but Barberena escapes. More clinching and Sage lands two punches on the break. He drops BB as he rushes in, but he’s not that hurt. Barberena cut on the forehead.

‘Bam Bam’ getting controlled now in the head fighting, nice knee to the gut by Northcutt. Takedown stuffed and now one scored by Barberena. Sage on his back but he kicks out and they trade. Sage rocked with a very nice right hand to the eye, and they swing for the fences. Close round, with the takedown it’s anyone’s.

Round 2: Sage moving on his toes, Joe Rogan says he noticed Northcutt looks a little tired, Sage misses a kick and ‘Bam Bam’ takes him down. Nice GnP from Barberena, elbows to the head and Northcutt throws up his guard but just keeps eating elbows. BB to half guard, nearly in side control here, this is not where Sage wants to be.

Big elbow hurts Northcutt now as he’s been down for a while, another stern elbow to the chops and Sage looks a little lost here. BB goes for the arm triangle, and it’s over! Northcutt taps to Barberena who took the fight on just weeks notice!

WOW! First round submission fr Bryan Barberena!

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19 year old fighting phenom “Super” Sage Northcutt has taken the UFC by storm, compiling two straight stoppage wins, one being a 57 second demolition of Francisco Trevino, since entering the promotion last October.

Northcutt was scheduled to make his third Octagon appearance against Andrew Holbrook at this weekend’s (January 30, 2016) UFC on FOX 18 from Newark, New Jersey. After Holbrook suffered an injury, however, it was announced that Northcutt would be moving up to welterweight to take on late replacement Bryan Barberena.

Despite having already started his cut down to 155-pounds, “Super” Sage admits that he feels even more super fighting at welterweight:

“I found out that my opponent that I was going to fight broke his foot, and that was at 155,” Northcutt told MMAjunkie.com. “So now the new opponent that got arranged for me is at 170, welterweight. I had actually cut back the amount of food I was eating. I was already getting close to my weight of fighting at 155, and now I feel great.

“I feel super strong. I feel like a super human getting to eat all this food and going back to welterweight at the last minute.”

Not only does he feel healthy and ready to go for this fight in particular, but Northcutt also touched on a possible future at 170 pounds:

“There is a chance that I might fight another fight at 170 or two more fights and go back to 155,” Northcutt said. “I’m not really sure yet exactly what the plan is, but it’s very possible I’ll have more fights and stay here at 170 and very possible I’ll go back to 155 in the future.”

Will “Super” Sage be able to keep the train rolling this weekend at the Prudential Center?

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