Sage Northcutt Booked For Third UFC Fight In Four Months

UFC officials have finalized the upcoming UFC on FOX 18 card. Suprise! UFC’s top prospect Sage Northcutt will be featured on the four-card main card. Northcutt is scheduled to fight Andrew Holbrook at the event.

Northcutt (7-0) is an undefeated fighter. In his last six bouts, he beat Jacob Capelli at LFC 1 by first round TKO, James Christopherson at FF 6 by first round TKO, Gage Duhon at LFC 42 by first round rear-naked choke, Rocky Long at LFC 44 by second round neck crank, and then beat Francisco Trevino at UFC 192 by first round TKO in his UFC debut. He submitted Cody Pfister at UFC Fight Night 80 in the second round.

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Holbrook (11-0) is coming off a split decision victory over Ramsey Nijem at UFC on FOX 16, which marked his UFC debut.

UFC on FOX 18 takes place on January 30th, 2016 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. This event will air on UFC Fight Pass and FOX. The fights will start at 3:30 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass with three bouts then move over to FOX Sports 1 with six bouts at 5 p.m. ET. The main card starts at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.

Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader will be the headliner of this event, and the winner of this fight will most likely be the number one contender for the UFC light heavyweight title. 

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Here is the updated card:

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader
  • Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera
  • Andrew Holbrook vs. Sage Northcutt

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 5 p.m. ET)

  • Jake Ellenberger vs. Tarec Saffiedine
  • Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Diego Ferreira
  • Kevin Casey vs. Rafael Natal
  • Dustin Ortiz vs. Wilson Reis
  • George Sullivan vs. Alexander Yakovlev
  • Alex Caceres vs. Masio Fullen

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 3:30 p.m. ET)

  • Damon Jackson vs. Levan Makashvili
  • Tony Martin vs. Felipe Olivieri
  • Randy Brown vs. Matt Dwyer