Sage Northcutt’s ONE FC debut at ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon didn’t exactly go as planned.
Northcutt, who was released from the UFC last year, suffered a brutal knockout loss to kickboxing dynamo Cosmo Alexandre, requiring an intensive nine-hour surgery to treat the eight facial fractures he suffered after being walloped by a huge right hand in the first round.
The knockout has caused quite the stir online, and many fighters can’t understand why Northcutt was given such a tough test in his ONE FC promotional debut.
The latest (former) fighter to weigh in is ex-UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub, who blasted ONE Championship for possibly ruining ‘Super’ Sage’s career trajectory.