Twitter reacts to Sage Northcutt’s 29-second KO loss in ONE Championship debut

Sage Northcutt’s ONE Championship debut did not go according to plan. The UFC veteran was knocked out just 29 seconds into the first round at ONE Championship 96.

Northcutt (11-3) returned to competition from a 10-month layoff and was barely able o show anything off. Opponent Cosmo Alexandre (8-1) caught him with a huge punch in the opening seconds of the fight, leaving “Super” face-first on the mat less than a minute into the welterweight fight, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Northcutt’s knockout loss at ONE Championship 96.

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Sage Northcutt is about to make his ONE Championship debut against Cosmo Alexandre. That's far from an easy debut for the UFC veteran.

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) May 17, 2019

Raymond Daniels in Sage's corner? Time for the return of the side kick that gets Sage immediately taken down?

— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) May 17, 2019

#EnterTheDragon pic.twitter.com/keocKRcCNQ

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) May 17, 2019

JUST. LIKE. THAT! Cosmo Alexandre knocks out Sage Northcutt 29 seconds into the first round 👊 @CosmoAlexandre #WeAreONE #EnterTheDragon #Singapore #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/Nh32Z1LNjU

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) May 17, 2019

Sage Northcutt loses his ONE Championship debut by first-round knockout. Got clipped and laid face-first on the mat. Yikes.

— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) May 17, 2019

Dang what a shot I guess they can fight everywhere lol

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 17, 2019

WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!

Cosmo Alexandre DESTRUCTION with ONE punch.

Def. Sage Northcutt by KO in seconds. OMG!!!!

— Bruno Massami (Бруно Массами) (@BrMassami) May 17, 2019

Congratulations @CosmoAlexandre 💥

— Bi Nguyen “killer bee” (@killerbeemma) May 17, 2019

Cosmo with the Super KO in @ONEChampionship https://t.co/GCXVScLiDx

— CRIS CYBORG (@criscyborg) May 17, 2019

(What a silly fight to give Sage)

— Ryan Loco (@RyanLoco) May 17, 2019

That fight made no sense . Sheesh

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) May 17, 2019

I backed out of the @ONEChampionship app to text a friend and missed the Sage KO!!!!

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) May 17, 2019

An iconic sight: Sage Northcutt in his corner shaking off his first KO loss. pic.twitter.com/j2bOnuIkGE

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) May 17, 2019

Is anyone actually surprised Cosmo KOd Nothcutt? You can't possibly have seen that going any other way.

— Jake Heun (@JakeHeun) May 17, 2019

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http://twitter.com/JustinBuchholz/status/1129379198894632961

Told ya! I warned people on Nastyukhin with Eddie and with Cosmo on Sage. Boom out go the lights as Sage gets KO'd

— MichaelSchiavello PM (@SchiavelloVOICE) May 17, 2019

.@ONEChampionship 96 results: @CosmoAlexandre def. Sage Northcutt via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:29

Full results: https://t.co/gpXK6kZEPP

— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) May 17, 2019

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