Sage Northcutt Plans To Reassert Himself Among Lightweight’s Best at ONE Fight Night 10

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After four years, Sage Northcutt's return to ONE Championship is just one month away. "Super's" hiatus from the Circle will come to an end when the organization ventures West on Saturday, 6 May, for the sold-out ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III at Colorado's 1stBank Center.

Northcutt will immediately re-enter the lightweight fold when he meets Pakistani rising star Ahmed Mujtaba on the evening's main card. Following his account-opening loss to Cosmo Alexandre in 2019, Northcutt had no idea his stint out of action would last this long.

The 26-year-old Northcutt has viewed competition as a way of life for as long as he can remember, making his current situation a true test of his mettle.

The multiple-time Karate World Champion's patience has been wearing thin, and when he walks down that ramp once again on a historic card in his home country, Northcutt anticipates a rollercoaster of emotion.

"I have competed a lot since a very young age, fought in 14 professional fights, [and I'm] only 26 right now, but I came to the sport very young," Northcutt said.

"Having some time off, everybody's got nerves. If you don't, that's kind of different. But everybody's got nerves when they go into a fight. It doesn't mean you're nervous to fight, but you get butterflies, you get excited, you get amped up. So, of course, I'll be feeling all those things."

As for his opposition on fight night, Mujtaba has quietly been building his resume in ONE's lightweight division, a resume that culminated in a career highlight last November at ONE 163 when he submitted Brazil's Abraao Amorim inside four minutes.

Mujtaba now rides a two-fight winning streak with both victories coming inside the first round, and he'll be eager to make a strong case for title contention against the returning American.

While Mujtaba has had a solid start during Northcutt's absence, the bleach-blonde battler will do everything in his power to reintroduce himself to the division at ONE Fight Night 10.

But whatever the Pakistani throws at him, Northcutt believes his work at California's Team Alpha Male will have prepared him for anything. "Anybody would say they want a finish, that's for sure," the California kid said.

"Whether it's a submission, whether it's ground-and-pound, or it's a knockout, whatever it is, everybody wants a finish. That would be the ideal way, but you know I'm training for any aspect out there so that way I'm prepared."