Joe Rogan | Sage Northcutt Had 8 Facial Fractures After KO

It would be cool if they had a card with all different types of fighting on there. That's what one does. All in the same night. Yes, one FC does that. They'll have kickboxing, Muay Thai, and MMA in one night. Is it confusing? No, they let everybody know. This is what they're doing. I think one is doing fantastic. They're putting on amazing fights. We've seen that these are legitimately world-class fighters. They're beating guys like Timothy Natsuken just beat Eddie Alvarez. That was crazy. They also cut out all the weight cutting. There's no weight cutting over there. So when Sage Northcutt fought Cosmo Alexandre, he fought him at 185 pounds. That's really what he walks around with. So there's no weight cutting over there. That was a brutal hit that he got caught with. I'm glad that he's okay. His face had eight fractures. Do you think it's better for him to cut down? It's a good question. Very good question. If he's getting knocked out by that, I'm wondering if maybe he should be walking around lighter or... I don't know. Because he's pretty lean already. He's lean, but that fight played out realistically. Not that it's better for him or worse for him. But Sage is a young guy. He's 21 or 22 years old. He's got a limited amount of world-class Muay Thai experience. He fought Cosmo, who was a multiple-time world champion. And it's just a bad fight. Why would they set that up if they're trying to build him? I've said that too, and people are like, it's easy to say after the fact. You're right. But if I was in Sage's corner, I'd go, hey, bro, there's a lot of fights we should take. And that was a Muay Thai fight? No, it was an MMA fight. But Sage is not a wrestler. He has taken guys down before, but I would absolutely say that's the game plan. The game plan is tie this guy up and drag him to the ground. Don't be standing with this dude. I just feel like if you have a background in stressful situations, you always revert back to what you know. Sure. So even if he did work his wrestling, he's going to revert back to his really hoppy movie stance. And that's what it looked like what happened. He was kind of pulling out, hopping back, and got caught. Yeah. Well, he was trying that sideways karate-style stance. Cosmo's just super elite. And if you saw the fight, he fainted a couple times with the left. He set him up with a switch a couple times. And then as Sage circled off, he went to his right and cracked him. But that guy's just a super elite fighter. I mean, when it comes to striking, I feel like that is where being elite is the most dangerous for an opponent. I feel like if you fight an elite jujitsu guy and he catches you and he submits you, you live another day. Like Neil Magne and Damien Maia, we found out. Damien gets him to the ground and just strangles him, right? But he'll be all right. If you get KO'd by an elite striker, who knows what kind of damage happens to you? You know, when his face got broken, he had eight fractures in his face. His cheek, his orbital, they had to piece him back together. So did his orbital detach, do you know? I don't know. I don't know the extent of the injuries. He posted up some images, though. Did you see the images of the x-rays? It's like, whoa, this is horrible.