EXCLUSIVE
Sage Northcutt‘s fight injuries were worse than initially reported — he didn’t just suffer 8 fractures in his face, but his cheek shattered into 30 different pieces … according to his coach, Urijah Faber.
As we previously reported, Northcutt suffered major damage Friday when he was knocked out by Cosmo Alexandre during his ONE Championship debut in Singapore … and was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
“Dude got his face blasted, man,” Faber said … “His cheek shattered like an eggshell.”
Faber says Northcutt described the pain as “40 times worse than any pain I’ve ever felt.”
Sage went under the knife over the weekend — requiring doctors to access the wound through 4 entry points … including his hairline, mouth and eye.
You gotta listen to Faber describe the procedure — it’s gnarly.
The good news … Sage is in good spirits and he’s already talking about setting up his next fight.
There’s also this … Faber said Northcutt was battling injuries going into the fight and probably should have pulled out rather than fighting a killer like Alexandre at less than full strength.