Sage Northcutt’s sophomore UFC outing revealed that while the perpetually upbeat lightweight has plenty of potential, he is still very much a work-in-progress.
Northcutt submitted Cody Pfister with a guillotine choke 41 seconds into the second round of their featured clash at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Thursday night to improve to 7-0 in his young professional tenure. That finish did not come without a brief period of adversity in the opening stanza, however.
Pfister began the first round by quickly closing the distance and getting his opponent to the canvas in the opening seconds.