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Former UFC darling Sage Northcutt, who became a free agent and migrated to Asian promotion ONE on a three-fight winning streak, has drawn former kickboxing champion Cosmo Alexandre for his debut, scheduled for May 17. It will be at ONE’s weight-cutting-free version of ‘welterweight’, 185 pounds.
ONE Championship actually gave Sage Northcutt a dangerous opponent for his debut- Alexandre, a truly world-class kickboxer with MMA experience, is no joke. This will be interesting. At 36, he’s competed in three sports, with an MMA record of 7-1. His most recent bout was a kickboxing loss to Nieky Holzken. His last MMA fight was in 2016.
Sage is fighting Cosmo Alexandre in his ONE debut? Not your average Kickboxing/MT crossover opponent. Cosmo has actually had a successful, albeit sporadic, mma career. Sounds fun. pic.twitter.com/ROCI3alHVq
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 27, 2019
Northcutt, at 22, will be looking to prove he is championship material for ONE; he has stated he wants to become a Muay Thai and kickboxing champion for the promotion as well. This will be his opportunity to demonstrate he has the potential to do that.
Insomnia
Tony Ferguson fires back at the magnanimous Conor McGregor
You’re More Like A Dairy Queen Ya Phony… CSO Of Champ Shit Only – Thee Champ pic.twitter.com/2MUmlR6lcD
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) February 27, 2019
Sage is fighting Cosmo Alexandre in his ONE debut? Not your average Kickboxing/MT crossover opponent. Cosmo has actually had a successful, albeit sporadic, mma career. Sounds fun. pic.twitter.com/ROCI3alHVq
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 27, 2019
I’ll be honest, this makes me nervous to watch. She’s probably fine, the baby’s probably fine. But it definitely looks a little shocking.
Cowboy Cerrone enjoyed snowmobiling and shooting a machine gun in Canada
Someone started this thread of baseball fights and a few of them have been very entertaining. This was just disrespectful, in the best possible way.
The greatest moment in sports pic.twitter.com/eaWSVjic0B
— DA ALPHA KING OF TEXAS (@MattRoth512) February 26, 2019
This, for instance. Amazing.
Great blast double
Tony Ferguson rebuked former opponent Josh Thomson today
You Talk Too Much Kid, Get Back To Competition.
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) February 26, 2019
This made me chuckle. Ben Askren’s rivals Daniel Cormier in his dadness factor.
Will Ben Askren be able to get his wrestling going against Robbie Lawler?
— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) February 26, 2019
Reminder that Robbie Lawler is a crazy man, and if he smiles at you its probably a sign you hit him really hard
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 27, 2019
Jon Jones finishing up training camp
Tyron Woodley has always had a blistering right hand
The velocity and ferociousness of this right hand is pure ridiculousness! This Woodley-Usman Match Up is super intriguing. The contrast of fighting styles, between 2 high level wrestlers makes for a dope ass fight! https://t.co/7CN284vBxI
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) February 26, 2019
The real Jon Jones, meanwhile, is making good use of his Twitter
the Rogue One deleted scenes show how great it could have been pic.twitter.com/J5vJ0Bb8QN
— Jon Jones (@jonjones) February 26, 2019
That’s pretty impressive. I, for one, would still love to see Petr Yan vs. John Lineker, but we will probably end up with Jimmie Rivera, which is who he called out
Ranked 8 in 8 months. What’s next? pic.twitter.com/VEmAWhhcSd
— Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) February 26, 2019
Accurate
Every fighter in the gym after the showtime kick pic.twitter.com/hMrGXx4oXD
— Rich (@high_light) February 26, 2019
Congratulations to Brian Ortega
All about this #ManCrushMonday, @BrianTcity – the #1 @UFC ranked featherweight ! So grateful he said yes to training with me in preparation for #BruisedTheMovie, and cannot wait to share what we cook up together pic.twitter.com/bPNTggc9SM
— Halle Berry (@halleberry) February 25, 2019
Random Land
Yes, please. Everything about this is bucket list material.
Beautiful Dreamland pic.twitter.com/m2SochKnbM
— Physics & Astronomy Zone (@ZonePhysics) February 26, 2019
Sleep well, Maniacs! A better tomorrow is always possible. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @Vorpality