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ONE Championship CEO sits down with Sean Sheehan to talk about ONE's upcoming United States debut ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes 3 on Prime Video.
"I truly believe Sage has everything and more in terms of what it takes to become a world champion. A world champion across multiple disciplines for that matter. If you talk to anyone that’s trained with Sage or you’ve seen Sage spar, you’ll know he has unbelievable athleticism, cardio, explosiveness, speed, balance and of course, technical ability. He’s an unbelievable striker, great wrestling, and outstanding jujitsu.
It’s just unfortunate he had a bad, bad start in ONE – so this is going to be a huge comeback story. Of course there’s a lot of questions, fans are going to be asking, where is Sage mentally? When you’ve been knocked out like that coming back you may or not be the same person, you may be gun shy but at the same time, Sage is one of these 1 in 8 billion kind of athletes.. I think Sage is going to come back spectacularly but he has a tough fight."
What's covered in the interview:
- ONE Championship United States debut
- Why ONE won't do gimmicks like YouTube boxing and slap fighting
- The benefits of including mauy thai, kickboxing and grappling
- Ruleset for US Debut
- Weight Cutting and Hydration Testing
- ONE Championship scoring system
- ONE Fight Night 10: Demetrious Johnson vs Adriano Moraes 3
- Is Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson the GOAT?
- Roberto Soldic vs. Zabaztian Zadestam | Murad Ramazanov rematch
- What's next for Sage? Sage Northcutt vs. Ahmed Muhtaba
- What's next for Angela Lee and Christian Lee
"I truly believe Sage has everything and more in terms of what it takes to become a world champion. A world champion across multiple disciplines for that matter. If you talk to anyone that’s trained with Sage or you’ve seen Sage spar, you’ll know he has unbelievable athleticism, cardio, explosiveness, speed, balance and of course, technical ability. He’s an unbelievable striker, great wrestling, and outstanding jujitsu.
It’s just unfortunate he had a bad, bad start in ONE – so this is going to be a huge comeback story. Of course there’s a lot of questions, fans are going to be asking, where is Sage mentally? When you’ve been knocked out like that coming back you may or not be the same person, you may be gun shy but at the same time, Sage is one of these 1 in 8 billion kind of athletes.. I think Sage is going to come back spectacularly but he has a tough fight."
What's covered in the interview:
- ONE Championship United States debut
- Why ONE won't do gimmicks like YouTube boxing and slap fighting
- The benefits of including mauy thai, kickboxing and grappling
- Ruleset for US Debut
- Weight Cutting and Hydration Testing
- ONE Championship scoring system
- ONE Fight Night 10: Demetrious Johnson vs Adriano Moraes 3
- Is Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson the GOAT?
- Roberto Soldic vs. Zabaztian Zadestam | Murad Ramazanov rematch
- What's next for Sage? Sage Northcutt vs. Ahmed Muhtaba
- What's next for Angela Lee and Christian Lee