Sage Northcutt booked for UFC Fight Night 126 vs. Thibault Gouti

For the second time, Sage Northcutt will fight under the UFC banner in his home state.

Northcutt (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), a Katy, Texas native, has been booked to fight Thibault Gouti (12-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 126 on Feb. 18 in Austin, UFC officials confirmed to ESPN.com. The event takes place at Frank Erwin Center and airs on FS1 following prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

The last time Northcutt, 21, competed in the Lone Star State was for his 2015 promotional debut in Houston, where the prospect displayed his promising skills with a TKO win over Francis Trevino in just 57 seconds.

Most recently, after 11 months on the sidelines, Northcutt returned in November at UFC Fight Night 120, where he looked sharp in a dominant unanimous-decision win over Michel Quiñones. The performance marked Northcutt’s first as a member of Team Alpha Male.

Gouti, 30, will enter the bout coming off a first-round TKO win over Andrew Holbrook in September, which snapped a three-fight losing streak to open his UFC career.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night 126 lineup includes:

• Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura
• Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno
• Sage Northcutt vs. Thibault Gouti

For more on UFC Fight Night 126, visit the UFC Rumors section of the site.