The MMA community reacts to Sage Northcutt getting KO’d in 29 seconds

By Tom Taylor - May 17, 2019

On Friday, on the main card of ONE: Enter The Dragon in Singapore, former UFC talent Sage Northcutt made his debut in the ONE Championship ring. He was welcomed to the Asian martial arts powerhouse by kickboxing talent Cosmo Alexandre, who he met in a mixed martial arts bout.

Cosmo Alexandre, Sage Northcutt, Joe Rogan, Dana White

Northcutt’s ONE Championship did not go as he planned. In fact, this first bout on Asian soil went disastrously for the former UFC wunderkind, as he was knocked out cold by his Brazilian foe in less than 30 seconds.

Unsurprisingly, this tough ONE Championship debut for Sage Northcutt generated some interesting reactions from the MMA community on social media.

See some of the best reactions below:

https://twitter.com/SchiavelloVOICE/status/1129378290576179200

https://twitter.com/JakeHeun/status/1129383019490373632

https://twitter.com/killerbeemma/status/1129377991488933889

https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/1129382421458313216

With this knockout at the hands the kickboxing star Cosmo Alexandre, Sage Northcutt returns to the loss column after three-straight wins in the UFC’s Octagon: a TKO victory over Zak Ottow, and decision triumphs against Thibault Gouti and Michel Quiñones. Northcutt had never been knocked out in a mixed martial arts bout previously.

Cosmo Alexandre is now 8-1 as a mixed martial artist.

This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 5/17/2019.

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM


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