UFC prodigy Northcutt responds to steroid accusations

Sage Northcutt, billed as the rising star of the UFC, has spoken out about accusations of steroid abuse.

And in his usual confident way, the 19-year-old has called the allegations - from upcoming opponent Cody Pfister - "a compliment". "I'm very thankful they're saying stuff like that. It's very nice of them," Northcutt said. "But I know how hard I've trained since I was a little kid. I've been dieting for 15 years." https://www.instagram.com/p/-ASANQqGn0/?taken-by=supersagenorthcutt Northcutt goes into the fight against Pfister at UFC Fight Night 80 off the back of an eye-catching UFC debut, in which he took just 57 seconds to record a TKO against Francisco Trevino. The youngster has been training hard, and recently shared a video of some of his frankly ridiculous regime.