White: I should have pulled Northcutt from the fight
Sage Northcutt lost the first fight of his career at UFC on FOX 18, but according to UFC President Dana White the fight probably never should have happened.
Sage Northcutt lost the first fight of his career at UFC on FOX 18, but according to UFC President Dana White the fight probably never should have happened:
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Dana White knew that Sage Northcutt was sick with strep throat last week. And the UFC president let him fight anyway. Now, he regrets it.
“The kid was super sick and he still wanted to fight,” White said on the Big Boy show this week. “His father said, listen we still want to take the fight, we still want to take the fight. I should have pulled the kid from the fight. He’s 19 years old, he fought three times in [four] months. I should have pulled the kid from the fight.”
Northcutt, a top prospect, ended up losing to Bryan Barberena via second-round arm triangle last Saturday night at UFC on FOX 18 in Newark. On The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Northcutt detailed his illness, saying he went to an emergency clinic two days before the fight.
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