One Championship: Joe Rogan says ‘it’s like Sage Northcutt was set up’ against Cosmo Alexandre
- UFC commentator weighs in again on Northcutt’s brutal knockout on debut in Singapore
- ‘This kid is just not ready for this yet,’ says Rogan
Joe Rogan has weighed in on Sage Northcutt’s One Championship debut again, saying he felt as if the former UFC fighter was almost “set up”.
“One punch, broke like eight bones in his face … this is not for the lighthearted,” UFC commentator Rogan said on his podcast. “I don’t wish that on anybody. I don’t like that match-up, I didn’t like it at all. I was like, ‘What are they doing?’
“That is a world champion striker, Cosmo is a f****** bad man, he lights people on fire. Him at 185 pounds with no weight cutting, and that’s one of the things that he said about that fight, how good he felt that he didn’t have to cut any weight. You see how thick and full he looked, he wasn’t depleted and dehydrated.”
Brazilian veteran Alexandre has seven kick-boxing world titles to his name and 69 wins from 88 fights – but he is no slouch in MMA either with an 8-1 record. “It’s also Cosmo having a chance to punch you with MMA gloves on too, the majority of his career he fought Muay Thai,” Rogan said.