Northcutt (1-1) is a flyweight prospect from a fighting family. Brother Sage shot to stardom in the UFC; husband Raymond Daniels has transitioned from a world champion kickboxer to a mixed martial artist competing for Bellator.

Having a life partner that also fully understands and is part of the combat sports world, “it’s fantastic,” Northcutt told Cageside Press during the ONE on TNT IV media day this week. “It’s something that, I can’t actually describe how great it really is. He’s my partner in life, but also my training partner as well. We do everything together. We run a business together, we train together, everything’s together. It’s great that I have somebody who not only supports me and pushes me, but understands what I’m going through and does it themselves.”

In Singapore for her fight against Courtney Martin, Daniels is her lone cornerman. “There’s not too many fighters that can say they have their spouses as their one corner, that they would trust fully, 100% with all their training and everything like that,” she observed. “It’s something that you can’t really describe how great it is, and I’m really grateful for it.”

In an interesting bit of scheduling, Daniels himself fought for Bellator a little less than two weeks ago. “This is the first time that we’ve been in a camp together, and I actually really love it. Because, it’s funny, fighters, when you’re in a camp, you’re very strict, you’re very serious about your sleep, your training, your recovery, your diet.” Having one half of the couple in camp and the other not, explained Northcutt, leaves on a little bit more flexible, and the other a little bit more moody. “It’s nice to be going through it together, because it takes the pressure off of both of us, and we help each other out too.”

“This has been fantastic. And I am glad he fought first, because I get extremely nervous for him,” she continued. Of course, Daniels gets equally nervous if not more so when his wife fights. How nervous? Northcutt shared a story from her ONE Championship debut that makes it clear as day.

“My last fight, my ONE debut, I’ll go and tell this to people because I think it’s hilarious now — My opponent, Putri Padmi, she’s already in the ring, they’re announcing my name, I’m about to walk out and open the curtains up,” recalled Northcutt. “[Raymond]’s so nervous pacing behind me as I am getting my name called, he goes and throws up right on the floor right beside me, when I’m about to walk out.

“I’m seeing him throw up on the floor, and I’m thinking to myself ‘gosh that doesn’t make me feel any better about what I’m about to go do.’ So yes, he gets more nervous for me than I do for him.”

The nerves might never go away, but hopefully, there will be no vomit Wednesday night. In the meantime, Northcutt is now focused on Courtney Martin, after Sovannahry Em was forced out of the fight a few weeks back.

“I’m very very happy that ONE Championship was able to find me an opponent, that Courtney stepped up and said ‘yeah I want to fight,'” Northcutt stated. “Not too many people would do that such short notice, but I do understand the magnitude of this card. It’s a great opportunity for both of us.”

Of course, there will be adjustments. “Everybody is a little bit different stylistically. Whether they’re more of a kickboxer, grappler, whatever. That being said, I’m still going to be me no matter what. And I’m still going to use my advantages and attributes in this fight, and I would do that for anybody.”

“Yes, I got an opponent change, but that doesn’t mean the game plan changes,” she added.

That switch in opponents has led to a crash course on Courtney, taking in whatever video is available on the amateur fighter who turns pro this Wednesday. “She’s extremely tough, very durable, likes to go forward, is aggressive, and is very well rounded in every area. Some submissions, some knockouts, finishes, decisions, everything. From what I’ve seen, her amateur record is 8-1, 9-1, something like that. And she is a GAMMA world champ. So I’m not taking her lightly whatsoever. Courtney’s tough.”

Watch the full ONE on TNT IV media day interview with Colbey Northcutt above. The event takes place Wednesday, April 28, with the main card airing live on TNT starting at 10PM ET.

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Colbey Northcutt was one of the more curious signings by ONE Championship in the past year. The older sister of former UFC and now ONE athlete Sage Northcutt, Colbey was a promising prospect in her amateur days, but had lost her one and only pro fight under the LFA banner in 2017. She then took an extended hiatus from competition, focusing on her education until signing with ONE earlier this year.

Her first assignment under the ONE banner came at Edge of Greatness in Singapore on Friday, where she took on Indonesia’s Putri Padmi. Padmi, like Northcutt, had lost her one and only MMA contest, just over a year ago at ONE’s Warrior’s Dream card.

When the flyweight contest kicked off, it was clear that Northcutt held a massive size advantage over her opponent. She immediately put that to work, utilizing her long limbs with a high kick and strikes that put Padmi on the defensive. Northcuttt swarmed, and under siege, Padmi changed levels just as Northcutt jump guard for a guillotine. As they landed, Northcutt latched on to an arm, working on an arm-bar. Padmi survived, but Northcutt held on to the limb, even as Padmi stood back up. That dragged Padmi back down, at which point Northcutt switched to a triangle.

That choke became tighter and tighter as Northcutt slowly adjusted. Colbey certainly appeared more comfortable than her brother off her back. Padmi tried to work in some hammer fists, but remained stuck in the triangle until the final minute of round one, when Northcutt switched back to an arm-bar. She then swept and nearly wound up on top. Instead she landed on bottom again, employing a closed guard and trapping her opponent.

Northcutt’s length was a huge advantage both on the feet and on the ground, but whether she had burned either her arms or legs out in the opening frame was a question. She started the second hunting Padmi down on the feet, working her jab, straight rights, and head kicks. Padmi answered back, targeting the body and lead leg of Northcutt, but in terms of volume she was being vastly out-struck. The entire round would play out in this fashion: on the feet, Colbey Northcutt controlling the distance, Padmi unable to find a solution to her opponent’s reach.

A head kick landed for Northcutt early in the third. She continued to control distance with her jab, firing off punches in bunches when openings presented themselves. Padmi was taking some big swings, knowing she was down in the fight and in need of a finish. She finally punched her way in, backing Northcutt up against the ropes, but Padmi simply could not keep her there.

While Padmi turned up the aggression in the third, she was unable to connect with anything that came close to finishing Colbey Northcutt. It was a clear unanimous decision win for Northcutt, and a solid start to her ONE Championship career.

Where Northcutt goes from here could get interesting. ONE does not have a current women’s flyweight champ (also keep in mind their modified weight class rules). Nor do they have much of a division there. However Sovannahry Em takes on Brazil’s Rayane Bastos early next month, so there are signs of life in the weight class.

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ONE Championship’s Edge of Greatness card unfolded in Kallang, Singapore on Friday, less than a month after the UFC’s own excursion to the Asian nation. How would the latest ONE card shape up against the competition? While the UFC brought out Ben Askren, a former ONE star, Chatri Sityodtong and company opted to put a Muay Thai title fight atop their card.

That fight saw champ Nong-O Gaiyanghadao attempt to defend his title against the rising Saemapetch Fairtex. In MMA action, meanwhile, the evening’s co-main event witnessed Singapore’s own Amir Khan go to war against Malaysian-Kiwi Ev Ting.

Also notable, Colbey Northcutt, big sister of former UFC star and current ONE athlete Sage Northcutt, made her promotional debut. She faced off against Putri Padmi of Indonesia.

ONE Championship: Edge of Greatness Results:

Main Card

Nong-O Gaiyanghadao def. Saemapetch Fairtex by knockout, Round 4, 1:46 – For the ONE Muay Thai Bantamweight Championship
Amir Khan def. Ev Ting by split decision
Troy Worthen def. Chen Lei by TKO, Round 2, 4:56
Rahul Raju def. Furqan Cheema by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2, 3:00
Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Muhammad Imran by TKO, Round 3, 1:21
Colbey Northcutt def. Putri Padmi by unanimous decision
Alex Silva def. Peng Xue Wen by submission (arm-bar), Round 2, 4:45

Preliminary Card

Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy def. Charlie Peters by knockout, Round 2, 1:48  – ONE Super Series Muay Thai
Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat def. Yuta Watanabe by knockout, Round 2, 0:30  – ONE Super Series Muay Thai
Shuya Kamikubo def. Bruno Pucci by unanimous decision
Liam Nolan def. Brown Pinas by unanimous decision – ONE Super Series Muay Thai

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Colbey Northcutt, who like younger brother Sage Northcutt has been involved in martial arts since she was a child, has signed with ONE Championship. Announcing the news on social media, Northcutt (0-1) revealed that she’ll be making her debut in just a few weeks time, at Edge of Greatness on November 22. The signing reunites the Northcutt siblings under the ONE banner, after they previously competed together in Legacy, as part of their Amateur series.

On Instagram, Northcutt wrote that “I am SO HAPPY to finally announce that I signed with [ONE Championship] and get to make my promotional debut on November 22nd in Singapore for ONE- EDGE OF GREATNESS! So many incredible things are in store and this is only the beginning! So stay tuned!”

Northcutt has competed just once as a pro, under the LFA banner in 2017. She lost that fight, suffering a ground n’ pound loss against Courtney King. Both fighters were in their pro debut; King now competes for Invicta FC.

Per a report by MMA Fighting, Northcutt is expected to face Indonesia’s Putri Padmi (0-1) in her debut. Padmi fought her lone pro bout last year at ONE’s Warrio’s Dream card.

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In the main event, Brendan Allen (7-1) faced undefeated Eryk Anders (6-0) to crown the inaugural LFA middleweight championship (check out our event preview here). In the co-main event slot, the 125lb title was on the line between Dana White’s Lookin’ for a Fight alum Robert Sanchez (6-0) and fellow undefeated flyweight Jerome Rivera (7-0). Someone would be handed their first L, while someone else would go home champion.

Lots of action was on tap: check below for a main card recap and results!

Check back come fight time for updates!

Itzel Esquivel vs. Maycee Barber

First up on the LFA 14 card, a strawweight battle between Itzel Esquivel and Maycee Barber, in her LFA and pro debut.

In the first, newcomer Barber opened with a number of kicks which Esquivel answered before rushing in with a combo. Esquivel countered a Barber throw attempt and worked at an arm-bar to no avail. Barber then chopped at Esquivel’s legs as she lay on her back. Esquivel briefly got the upper hand, but Barber was able to mount and drop some heavy elbows. Another escape followed but before long Barber was back on top landing serious ground n’ pound.

In all, Barber managed to gain full mount three times in the round, with the third time leading to the finish. Opening up her opponent with some hard shots, she then transitioned to the arm-bar and secured the tap!

Maycee Barber def. Itzel Esquivel by submission (arm-bar), Round 1, 3:52

Colbey Northcutt vs. Courtney King

Colbey Northcutt made her pro debut in the second fight of the night, taking on Courtney King. Brother Sage was also on hand to support his sister, joining the LFA broadcast booth.

Northcutt opened with a side kick to start the action. She remained the more active fighter throughout the round, light on her feet, and managed to land a number of kicks throughout. King, for her part, did not back down and managed to continue moving forward for much of the opening frame.  King was showing damage to her lead leg by the end of the round, but came close to catching a couple of Northcutt kicks – then did with just ninety seconds left, scoring the takedown. Northcutt worked for a triangle while King tried to stay active inside her guard, then came on with some solid punches just before the bell.

In the second, Northcutt opted to move inside and press the action against the fence, but that allowed King to cause a scare with a guillotine attempt. She was then able to drag the fight to the canvas and secure the back, landing some punches and flattening out Colbey. She then went to work trying to secure the choke, with lots of time left in the round. Northcutt turned to her side to prevent the choke, but was in an ugly situation.

King then began dropping bombs from the back with Northcutt covering up, with the ref eventually moving in to wave off the action. Thus Courtney King plays spoiler on the debut of the elder Northcutt sibling.

Courtney King def. Colbey Northcutt by TKO, Round 2, 3:27

David Acosta vs. Dulani Perry

Perry showed some hard kicks early, but got clipped and dropped under a minute in! Acosta followed and rained hammer fists, but Perry managed to sweep and escape. Perry was still clearing the cobwebs though, but managed to make it into half guard and slow the pace of the fight. Some more transitions would see Acosta gain control momentarily with about ninety seconds remaining, then Perry sweep against and land back on top.

In round two, Perry opened with a kick, and after taking the fight down, maintained top control for basically the entire round. He worked to pass Acosta’s guard, but really made little progress as Acosta managed to keep him in full guard. That said, while Perry wasn’t doing much damage outside some elbows late in the round, he was controlling the fight from a positional perspective. He also could easily have been up two rounds to none, as despite the early knockdown he controlled much of the first as well.

Between rounds, Acosta’s corner warned him not to wind up on the bottom again. The fight stayed standing through the first minute of the third, with Perry using his large reach advantage to control distance, while circling away from Acosta’s overhand attempts. Acosta blocked a jump knee and ate several shots while swinging for the fences with each and every punch, unable to land anything of significance. However, at the halfway point of the third, the action went to the ground and Acosta managed to find himself in full mount. Acosta stayed active, but couldn’t find a finish, with both fighters trying for leg locks at the end of the bout. Ultimately it went to the score cards for a split decision leaning towards Perry.

Dulani Perry def. David Acosta by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Danny Orr vs. Noel Ligon

Orr announced prior to the card that he’d be retiring after this one. Ligon and especially Orr looked huge for middleweights. Orr landed a head kick early, but Ligon managed to score some offense of his own. Ligon pushed the action against the fence only to eat some knees. Ligon then managed to connect with a kick to the head that Orr surely felt. With Ligon defending via a guillotine Orr to his opponent down, but they were right back up.

Eventually, it would go to the mat again with Ligon managing to control from the top. That took us to the second, where Ligon took control, kneeing and pummeling Orr against the fence. Orr looked exhausted, but managed to come back with some shots of his own, and the bout was starting to look like rock ’em, sock ’em robots. Amazingly, they made it to the bell.

Both men were exhausted through the third, but managed to keep going, with Ligon stalking down his opponent. Orr, bloodiest, continued to put up a fight, and it wound up a pretty even affair with a minute remaining. In the end, it would go the distance, and a split decision when to an exhausted but satisfied Orr, who took the win in his final pro fight.

Danny Orr def. Noel Ligon by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 30-27)

Roberto Sanchez vs. Jerome Rivera

The co-main event had the LFA flyweight title on the line! Sanchez immediately took the back against the fence and looked to take Rivera down. Rivera looked to throw an elbow while trying to keep things standing. At that he was successful, as the action stayed against the cage for the first half of the round with Sanchez driving for a double leg to no avail. Finally a Sanchez misstep just as he finally got Rivera down resulted in hammer fists from Rivera. However, following that, Sanchez was able to slowly begin to control his opponent on the ground, showing some fantastic grappling. Sanchez would later threaten an arm-bar, with Rivera escaping at the end of the round.

Sanchez scored another takedown early in the second, and worked within Rivera’s guard. Rivera was active and defended well from the bottom, looking for an arm-bar. Midway through the round, looking for a triangle and other possible submissions Rivera unloaded some slicing elbows from the bottom that opened Sanchez up. Those were likely the most significant strikes of the round.

Once again Sanchez took the action to the cage and sought the takedown early in the third, taking Rivera’s back and this time securing a body lock. From there, he looked to sink in the rear-naked choke. After that, it was just a matter of time. Rivera fought off the inevitable for a time, but in the end there was no stopping the submission game of Sanchez. He managed to lock in an arm-bar, and that was all she wrote! Roberto Sanchez claims flyweight gold!

Roberto Sanchez def. Jerome Rivera by submission (arm-bar), Round 3, 3:41

Brendan Allen vs. Eryk Anders

With the inaugural 185lb title on the line, Brendan Allen faced off against former football player Eryk Anders in the main event of the evening.

The first half of the round played out mostly on the ground, but a big shot by the powerful Anders dropped Allen just past the halfway mark. Some follow up strikes came next, and Anders was able to take the back of his opponent. He would look for a body lock but Allen managed to escape — only to be dropped back down. A knee and a combo of power shots, and Anders was then throwing bombs against the cage with Allen taking a lot of damage. He’d eat a hellish uppercut and answer back with a head kick as the round ended.

In the second Allen went for an arm early but couldn’t hold on. Anders then looked to take the back of Allen. Allen for some reason put a hand down, apparently to ground himself, but the fight was contested under the new unified rules. Anders apparently never noticed. Allen continued to look for takedowns and submission attempts, perhaps conceding that Anders had greater firepower. He’d wind up on his back however, eating shots from Anders.

The third round saw Allen come out with some kicks, and Anders score an early takedown followed by a knee to the body. However, Allen would managed to survive and later lock in a standing guillotine with two minutes to go in the round. Anders looked to be fading, but was able to hold on and escape thanks to smart wrist control. Surprisingly, this would go to the championship rounds.

Both men started off swinging in the fourth which may not have been the wisest approach for Allen. He would survive, and Anders would press him against the fence and work in some knees. Allen got his underhooks in and pushed off, then ate some big shots, one after the other only to score the takedown immediately after. He’d try to slow the pace, no doubt needing a rest, and look for submissions. Anders managed to escape towards the end of the round, however, and try to end the fight from the top. An accidental knee then connected just seconds before the bell sounded, and the doctor was called to check on Allen. Anders was warned, but no point taken, and the action went to a fifth and final frame.

Both men looked exhausted after twenty minutes. Allen was active with kicks early. Anders landed some heavy lefts then shot for the takedown. He secured it and took the back. Allen would manage to reverse and control the action from the top, with Anders unable to escape, but managing to roll around enough to avoid taking much damage. Allen then looked to sink in an arm triangle choke. With both men slick with sweat so late in the fight it was no easy feat. They would go the distance, with Anders power serving him well and earning him the unanimous decision — and the LFA middleweight title!

Eryk Anders def. Brendan Allen by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)

LFA 14: Main Card Results

Eryk Anders def. Brendan Allen by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
Roberto Sanchez def. Jerome Rivera by submission (arm-bar), Round 3, 3:41
Danny Orr def. Noel Ligon by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 30-27)
Dulani Perry def. David Acosta by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Courtney King def. Colbey Northcutt by TKO, Round 2, 3:27
Maycee Barber def. Itzel Esquivel by submission (arm-bar), Round 1, 3:52

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