ONE 165: Sage Northcutt pulls out, so Shinya Aoki taps John Lineker in open-weight bout After a bizarre circumstance in Tokyo, Shinya Aoki submitted John Lineker in the first round in a fight Lineker took on just a few hours’ notice. That’s the ending, but how it got there seems unique even for MMA. Aoki (48-11) was set to meet Sage Northcutt (12-3) in a 170-pound bout at ONE 165. The fight was the top-billed MMA bout on a card that, like most for ONE, offered matchups in disciplines other than MMA. But shortly before the fight, Northcutt pulled out due to “unforeseen circumstances” involving his cornermen
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ONE 165: Sage Northcutt pulls out, so Shinya Aoki taps John Lineker in open-weight bout – MMA Junkie