Lightweight Sage Northcutt landed a second round submission win over Cody Pfister at UFC Fight Night 80.
The 19-year-old improved to 7-0-0 in his MMA career after his second successive UFC win in three months. On a night when Paige van Zant was found out in the octagon, a win for Northcutt was much welcomed by the UFC marketing department.
Pfister and Northcutt traded take-downs in the first round but the teenager ended the contest early in the second.
He locked Pfister into a guillotine and pulled full guard, forcing a tap out from his stricken opponent.
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