Within the 4 years that Sage Northcutt has been away from the highlight, he has been holding himself busy.

With the announcement of his comeback struggle at ONE Combat Night time 10 on Prime Video, the American has been speaking about what his life has been like while he hasn’t been competing.

A number of components have stored him away from the circle for a very long time, however that each one modifications on Could 5. He’ll make his second look beneath the ONE banner, dealing with Ahmed Mujtaba.

One side of his life that Northcutt has been fast to level out is his relationship along with his spouse Amanda Leighton. While excited to speak about returning to competitors and the enhancements he is made, ‘Tremendous’ Sage Northcutt can be eager to reward the achievements of his higher half.

In an interview with ONE Championship, he mentioned:

“My spouse, she’s wonderful. She’s a voiceover artist, she does voiceovers for all types of cartoons and totally different TV reveals on Netflix.”

He added:

“I can brag about her all day. She’s an actress too, an awesome actress. Tremendous proficient.”

Northcutt is lastly again within the highlight after such a very long time away, and followers are eager to see him often competing once more. On Could 5, he’s hoping for a contemporary begin in a brand new weight class.

“Undoubtedly sooner or later” – Sage Northcutt open to revisiting rivalry with Shinya Aoki

Throughout his hiatus, Sage Northcutt revealed that he was near combating Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki and he’s nonetheless open to that choice down the road.

Throughout an look on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, ‘Tremendous’ Sage detailed the final 4 years of his life and why he hasn’t been lively contained in the circle. A type of causes was COVID-19, which noticed a struggle with Aoki canceled.

Within the interview, Northcutt mentioned:

“I knew we had some beef going backwards and forwards, me and Shinya [Aoki] on Twitter. That may be an awesome struggle for the longer term. Proper now, I’m centered on me versus Ahmed Mujtaba. However undoubtedly sooner or later, I’d like to struggle Shinya.”

Watch the total interview under:

Northcutt was initially scheduled to face Aoki at ONE on TNT IV in April 2021. When the struggle was canceled, each males exchanged some phrases on social media.

The American had as soon as once more requested for the struggle, stating that Aoki had been ducking him. That clearly didn’t sit properly with probably the most legendary fighters Asia has ever produced.

If Sage Northcutt is profitable on on his return at ONE Combat Night time 10 towards Ahmed Mujtaba, the struggle with Aoki could possibly be made seeing because the American fighter continues to be within the alternative.