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

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.

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.

JUST. LIKE. THAT! Cosmo Alexandre knocks out Sage Northcutt 29 seconds into the first round 👊 @CosmoAlexandre #WeAreONE #EnterTheDragon #Singapore #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/Nh32Z1LNjU

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) May 17, 2019

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

Cosmo with the Super KO in @ONEChampionship https://t.co/GCXVScLiDx

— CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) May 17, 2019

I backed out of the @ONEChampionship app to text a friend and missed the Sage KO!!!!

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) May 17, 2019

Congratulations @CosmoAlexandre 💥

— Bi Nguyen “killer bee” (@killerbeemma) May 17, 2019

Dang what a shot I guess they can fight everywhere lol

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 17, 2019

Is Alvarez and Northcutt getting KOd a disaster for ONE? Is it a triumph for ONE? I really don’t know but it sure has been entertaining.

— James Goyder (@JamesGoyder) May 17, 2019

What's funny is that so many people are now acting like everybody was sleeping on Cosmo… Literally everybody was saying how tough this matchup looked for Sage. Many were picking Cosmo outright… #EnterTheDragon

— Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) May 17, 2019

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

Quit saying these are the B/C leagues, you filthy casuals.

— Drake Riggs (@DrakeRiggs_) May 17, 2019

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.