{"id":315902,"date":"2019-06-08T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T16:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315902"},"modified":"2019-06-08T09:50:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T16:50:11","slug":"dana-white-reacts-to-sage-northcutts-one-championship-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-reacts-to-sage-northcutts-one-championship-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reacts to Sage Northcutt&#8217;s ONE Championship loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lengthy stint in the UFC, &#8220;Super&#8221; Sage Northcutt now calls ONE Championship home. Unfortunately for the American and his fans, his first bout in the ONE ring did not go as planned, as he was stopped in less than 30 seconds by the ferocious Cosmo Alexandre. Speaking recently to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1137125737323028480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSN&#8217;s Aaron Bronsteter<\/a>, UFC President Dana White reacted to Northcutt&#8217;s tough ONE debut.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC boss&#8217;s take? That Northcutt should retire from MMA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White would like to see BJ Penn retire and would also like to see Sage Northcutt retire, says &quot;this sport isn&#39;t for him&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1vEjV1IMY\">pic.twitter.com\/k1vEjV1IMY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1137125737323028480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would really like to see Sage Northcutt retire,\u201d Dana White said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/06\/ufc-dana-white-wants-sage-northcutt-to-retire-one-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI hope he does. (He\u2019s a) good looking, charismatic kid, smart. He was an engineer, taking college to be an engineer. He\u2019s got a lot going on in his life. This isn\u2019t the sport for him. I don\u2019t want to sound like I\u2019m (expletive) all over the guy, because I really like the kid a lot, but this isn\u2019t the sport for him. I would love to see him retire before he seriously gets hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah (I don\u2019t think he\u2019s good enough),\u201d White added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that the kid doesn\u2019t have some talent. He does have some talent. This isn\u2019t the sport for him. He needs to retire. Hopefully the people that surround him listen to what I\u2019m saying and set this kid on another path in life, because he can literally do whatever he wants to do. He\u2019s young, he\u2019s smart. Some people have to fight. Sage Northcutt doesn\u2019t have to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinary-widget-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"opinary-widget\">\n<p>Dana White continued, reflecting on Northcutt&#8217;s time in the UFC, which began when the fighter was still just a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took him in so young. We brought the kid in so young and tried to give him some fights to help build,\u201d White said. \u201cWhen I let guys go, I let guys go for a reason. If I think a guy has the potential to be the best in the world or is the best in the world, they\u2019re not going anywhere no matter what number anyone throws at them. I\u2019m going to keep what I believe to be the best guys in the world. And when I let you go, look back and see how many times I\u2019ve been wrong when I let somebody go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Dana White?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/8\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lengthy stint in the UFC, &#8220;Super&#8221; Sage Northcutt now calls ONE Championship home. Unfortunately for the American and his fans, his first bout in the ONE ring did not go as planned, as he was stopped in less than 30 seconds by the ferocious Cosmo Alexandre. 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