Sage Northcutt Pushing Return Back After Getting Tonsils Out

Sage Northcutt won’t be coming back next month as he had hoped. Northcutt’s father Mark spoke with MMA Fighting and said that Northcutt will undergo surgery to have his tonsils removed, pushing him back beyond his hoped-for return at UFC 211 next month.

“His tonsils were damaged from the first (strep throat illness) and had little pits or holes in them that kept harboring bacteria,” Mark Northcutt said. “…He was really bummed out and wanted to try and fight anyways, but we had to tell him it wasn’t a good idea.”

Northcutt is now targeting a return in July. He last fought at UFC on FOX 22 in December, losing to Mickey Gall.