S. Northcutt is looking for his third consecutive win at welterweight. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC
One of the hottest bets in MMA, Sage Northcutt returns to the Ultimate Octagon in the welterweight division against Zak Ottow at UFC Boise, on July 14th. The announcement was officially made by the organization on Monday (19) on its Twitter.
The 22-year-old Northcutt was discovered by UFC President Dana White in 2015. He has since moved up from lightweight to welterweight. There were two lightweight fights and he has been in the category in which he has been since 2016. Tyron woodley is the current champion.
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The North American has 11 fights on his record, with nine wins and two losses. Sage is coming off two consecutive victories over Thibault Gouti and Michel Quiñones. His last setback was against Mickey gall in December 2016.
The opponent of White's pupil, Ottow, is coming off a knockout victory over Mike pyle at UFC 222 in March. Zak is a jiu-jitsu black belt and has won three of his five fights since arriving in the UFC in 2016. His record is 21 fights, with 16 victories and five setbacks.
UFC Boise's fight of the night is between heavyweights Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov. On the main card are James Vick who faces Paul felder in the lightweight and women's bantamweight divisions, Zingano cat stares at Marion Reneau.
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