ONE Championship’s Cosmo Alexandre is ‘all taken care of’ after signing with Dominance, says Ali Abdelaziz
- Dominance MMA Management CEO says Cosmo has signed with him and finally agreed a new deal with ONE – ‘now there’s no problem’
- ‘Cosmo is an absolute killer,’ says Abdelaziz, ‘he makes people and promotions lose a lot of money on hospital bills’
Dominance MMA Management CEO Ali Abdelaziz has told SCMP MMA that Cosmo Alexandre has signed with him and settled his contract dispute with ONE Championship.
Alexandre had brought First Round Management on board after the highlight-reel win to help him negotiate a new deal and had a public falling out with the Singapore-based promotion on social media last month, calling on CEO Chatri Sityodtong to pay him more or release him.
“He’s good. Listen to me. Cosmo now is part of Dominance MMA Management. He’s all taken care of,” Abdelaziz said. “I just wanna say, thank you Chatri. Thank you ONE, for stepping up and making it right. Remember, we’re always as fighters as managers wanting more and sometimes we’re gonna get it, sometimes not. But right now they were very generous and they gave him what he wanted, and I’m very grateful.”
“Brother, there’s only one management in the world right now that represents the best fighters,” Abdelaziz said. “I’m not saying I’m better, but I am two things – I’m a problem solver, and I’m a kingmaker. If you wanna become a world champion, I’ll help you. But there’s many great managers out there too, it’s not just me. Me, I specialise in gold digging and collecting belts.”
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“We just wait for ONE, but right now there’s no problem between Chatri and Cosmo, and obviously there’s never been a problem,” he added.
“Cosmo’s a great guy, his job is to fight. His job is not to be involved in any of the drama. Right now he’s happy, he’s training and enjoying his family. Fighters should not be stressed about contracts or anything, fighter should be focused on fighting.”
Alexandre has 90 fights in kick-boxing and 70 wins, and is also a Muay Thai specialist. Abdelaziz, who has announced a new partnership with ONE Championship where he will be sending some of his free agents, said the Brazilian is one of the top fighters in the promotion.
“I like Cosmo Alexandre, man. Cosmo Alexandre is one of the best strikers that ever did MMA,” he said. “I don’t care … no, he is the best. The way he does it, he hurts people. He’s not nice.
“He breaks people’s faces, he makes people and promotions lose a lot of money on hospital bills. He’s vicious. It’s true, hes also with ONE who is my client, we just did a new deal for him and I’m sure you’re gonna hear the news about it from Chatri and the guys at ONE.
“But Cosmo is an absolute killer. I have stories – he trains with all my guys. Some of the things he did to people in the gym, he doesn’t even mean to, but he just breaks people’s faces on a daily basis, man. He’s just a powerful individual.”
