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Here's why Sage Northcutt needs to ditch 'low-level' sparring partners and join 'serious gym'

Related Topics: Sparring, Sage Northcutt

If Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight phenom Sage Northcutt is ever going to compete for the promotion's 155-pound title, he needs to ditch those low-level sparring partners he's pushing around back home in Houston, Texas, and join a serious gym.

That's according to Muay Thai champ and sparring coach Ilya Grad.

Grad made headlines last week for lambasting Northcutt's Dad-ager (more on that here). According to his firsthand account, father doesn't know best and kept interrupting their sessions to hand down some not-so "Super" advice, which led to a public falling out.

"When you have a dad coming to training, he should stay off the mat.