Joe Rogan on Sage Northcutt Being BRUTALLY KO'd by Cosmo Alexandre

Dude, how about your boy Sage Northcut? Yeah, Cosmo Alexander. Cosmo killed a guy. He's a beast. Sage is still in the hospital. 17 fractures in his face. Yeah, no, he's still in the... One championship said... No, no, no. No, he basically did. Because, you know, Sergey Kovlov did. Yeah, I know. Kovlov killed a guy in a fight. Well, Cosmo Alexander is a world-class Muay Thai fighter. I mean, John Wayne Parr fought him. You know, he fought Nicky Holtskin. He's world-class. As far as striking, it's a completely different level. But I guess because it was an MMA fight, he was willing to take it. But they fought stand-up. Poor management. And Sage took that karate stance, and the dude circled off to his right and landed that fucking right hand, and it was on the bazette. That's the hardest right hand I've ever seen. Can you imagine? I can't think just from a world-class striker with four-ounce gloves on, and he's circling into the right, and it's like a fucking bomb. It's pretty goddamn strong, and Cosmo's a beast of a man. I mean, he's a big, thick dude. See, I mean, a big, thick dude with multiple world titles to his name. Don't you feel bad for Sage? Watch this again. Do you feel bad for Sage? Yeah, it's a terrible matchup. I don't know why they agreed to let him fight that guy. Boom! It's just not smart, because that, because the kickboxing, the stand-up, like... He doesn't have the experience, you know? No, no, no. I mean, Sage is good. He's very good. But these kind of losses are terrible for his future, because they're mismanagement losses, in my opinion. Agree. I think Sage is, what, 22? Like, look at that punch that lands. I mean, that is ferocious. From a world-class striker! Yeah, I mean, that's full blast, too. That is a full blast shot. That's right, that's full circle, right? You can't get hit cleaner than that. No, you can't even hit a... It'd be hard to hit a fucking... And meanwhile, have you ever seen him when he fought Nicky Holtskin? Uh, Cosmo? Yeah. Yeah, you gotta have class for sure. Nicky Holtskin fucked him up. Fuck him up. There's levels. There's levels, but in MMA, Sage isn't even rem... They shouldn't be sharing the same ring. Well, Cosmo's... If I'm on championships, though, why would I bring this stud, this American stud, who looks like Rayi from Street Fighter, and go, hey, first fight, here's the most world-class striker we got on the roster. We want him to be tested. And I think that if I was Chhatri, I would be looking at it like this. When a guy like Eddie Alvarez gets KO'd, or a guy like Sage Northcote gets KO'd, or a guy like Mighty Mouse gets tagged and has a real fight on his hands, then you're showing the whole world, like, hey, these guys that are coming over here, that are world-class fighters, they're fighting world-class fighters, and they're getting knocked out. I get that on the other... It's a great thing for him, I think. So with Eddie Alvarez, veteran, he should be fighting Hall of Famer, Bellator champ, UFC champ, give him the best you got. He's seen it all. It's going to be tough to get bone past him. Sage Northcote... Mighty Mouse, give him the best you got. He's seen it all. Good luck getting past him. Sage Northcote, you're investing in his future. He's not ready. So you've kind of fucked him, man. Also, you're trying to get in the American market. But Cosmo's not an MMA fighter. That's the thing. This is Cosmo's first MMA fight. What if Sage just takes him down and smashes him? That would have been great. Yeah, but I mean, that could have happened, too. So when Cosmo... That's not Sage's style. He's not a grappler. Okay, but he knows how to grapple. Sage is taking guys down in the Octogon before. Taking Cosmo down is easier than said. He's training with me and Rashad at Black's Aliens and fuck us up. Did he? Yeah. It's a nightmare. Yeah. So when I saw it for Sage, I'm like, what? Also, are you building Cosmo? He's older, man. Well, he's only 34. 37? Is he? 37 has 1,000 kickbox matches. Like, you're going to invest in that now? Yeah. A bit from a business aspect doesn't make sense to me. I think it does, though, because it shows with two giant results over the last two months that one has world-class talent there, and I think it makes people pay more attention to one. Not me. It put me off of him. Really? Yeah. Oh, that's crazy. Oh, that's fucked up. No. See, listen, man. Cosmo is a fucking Muay Thai fighter. I mean, that's his bread and butter. He fights Muay Thai. Standup's his bread and butter, yeah. So when Cosmo goes and fights in an MMA fight, you would think at least in one area he's going to be at a disadvantage. If Sage chooses to have a standup fight with a world-class standup fighter, that's just bad strategy. That's Sage's game, though, especially as a young fighter. If he's his game, but he's a mixed martial arts fighter, then he should become a kickboxer. If that's his game, it's just to stand up and strike with people, then just stay a kickboxer. Well... Because if you're going to fight... Listen, man. If you're going to fight in MMA, in MMA, you could do everything. What do you want to do in this fight? Don't you want to win? Okay, good. I want you to win. Here's how you win. You don't stand with one of the best fucking strikers in the world. How old is he? Twenty-two. Sage? Come on. Yeah. Yeah. But you just tell him. I know. This is an exercise and strategy. You keep that side stance, that's fine. Bait him in, but then shoot. So... Just get the clinch and drag that motherfucker to the ground. Let's wear him out. I'm with you. Which he's never done any fight ever. Right. But he has taken guys down before. Yeah. But let's say you see your manager and they go, hey, here's Cosmo. I'd go, hold on. Let's just... Let me go through this with you, Sage. Pros. You beat a straight world-class kickboxer in MMA. He's also 37 years old. Not a lot of pros. Cons. Okay, but he's 37 years old. You can't take him down. He fucking starches you and your face gets broken 17 places and your career is probably not going well. The trajectory is definitely off the rails. Pros, cons. That's true. It's just, if you look at the way boxing has always done it, and it's been often criticized, but there's some real good points to it about developing a fighter. You give a guy a fighter, a difficult fight that you think that he has the advantage in, but it's an advantage that will teach him some things. Like when the guy fights with him, what is this? Jimmy? Cosmo's ninth fight was against Sage. Oh, he's had a bunch of MMA fights? Yeah. And he knocks out everybody. And he knocks out everybody. He said it on his... I don't know. His, what the fuck? His Instagram post about it. He's no joke. That he doesn't fight MMA. He's no fucking joke. He's knocked everybody out. Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah. Start to everyone. One championship, guys. Here you go. Yeah, he looked... It's been a couple years, I guess. Oh, I see. Don't let that fool you though, man, because he's training with the best of the best as well. Bottom line is, as a striker, he's superb. Yeah. And he's fucking... But then the crazy thing is, pull up the Nicky Holtskin fight. Nicky Holtskin knocks out Cosmo Alexandra. That just shows you how many levels there are. But then Nicky Holtskin just lost to Regi and Ursul. Just lost to him. Yeah. Got dropped with a knee. It's so interesting, man, when you see levels upon levels upon levels, and you don't necessarily know that these levels even exist unless you're balls deep in the fucking sport. Like, you see a guy like Nicky First of all, Nicky's like... Oh, my God. One of the best body punchers in kickboxing. Ever. And this is a kickboxing fight as opposed to a Muay Thai fight as well. So, no elbows, limited clenching, and you can only hold for like three seconds when you throw a knee. You can only hold while you're... Like, think one knee at a time or something like that. They have weird rules, you know? Here's the thing. The fact that Cosmo Alexander went toe to toe with Nicky Holtsin, I'm probably gonna pass on my young 22-year-old wide-eyed youngster fighting him. Nicky Holtskin had an amazing career in glory too. Some fucking incredible fights. Some fun to watch. The Joseph Valtilini fight where he knocked him out in the last round. Yeah, he's a beast, man. Super, super tactical. Both monsters. And just tough as shit. Yeah, I mean, look at just the way these guys are standing front. They're just checking everything. Look at the technique. Perfect technique. Perfect technique. Perfect defense. Oh, he dropped him with that left hook. Yeah. Look, Holtskin's a monster. This is, by the way, a kickboxing fight. Holtskin also fought Cosmo Alexander and knocked him out in one FC. This is... This is... It's Showtime in Amsterdam. This is quite a few years ago. It's Showtime was the shit, man. You used to get it on AXS TV back when AXS TV was HD Net. Do you remember that? Mark Cuban's... Fuck, yeah, HD Net was dope. That MMA Live with Ron Kruck. Yes. I used to go on there all the time. Boss Rutan. Hell, yeah. And who's the other guy that Boss Rutan was on with? Our boy, Maro Ranella. No, no, no. The other guy. There was another guy who was on Kenny Rice. Kenny... Oh, Kenny... Kenny... Kenny Rice. Kenny Rice, yeah. That's right. Yeah. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. 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