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31st Jan 2016

Twitter reacts to Sage Northcutt crashing and burning at UFC on Fox 18

Over hyped

SportsJOE

First it was Ronda Rousey, then it was Paige VanZant… and now Sage Northcutt’s hype train has been firmly derailed.

The 19-year-old UFC wonderkid suffered his first pro defeat on Saturday night when he tapped out to an arm triangle – despite limiting Barberena from half guard.

There were plenty of shocked reactions among his fellow fighters, with Londoner and UFC bantamweight competitor Brad Pickett tweeting…

Northcutt won’t be surprised to see there was little sympathy on social media…

https://twitter.com/DanYoungMate/status/693736471795208192

https://twitter.com/ToniVuolle/status/693728342378418177

https://twitter.com/ampo87/status/693723912622968832

But he’s only 19, and some fans tipped him to bounce right back…

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