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VIDEO: Highlights As Michael ‘Venom’ Page Beats Carlos Condit In Polaris Grappling Match

Michael “Venom” Page and Carlos Condit were back in action tonight, but it wasn’t in a cage that they competed in. The two faced off as the featured match at Polaris 30 in London, England with “MVP” coming out on top against the former interim UFC welterweight champion. After the Brit comically feinting a jab […]

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Michael “Venom” Page and Carlos Condit were back in action tonight, but it wasn’t in a cage that they competed in.

The two faced off as the featured match at Polaris 30 in London, England with “MVP” coming out on top against the former interim UFC welterweight champion.

After the Brit comically feinting a jab to start off the grappling match, the two felt each other out before Page stopped a Condit takedown attempt, ending up on top after the first minute.

The currently ranked UFC welterweight contender looked to score a takedown of his own about a minute later, but both men went out of bounds.

He did, however, score a highlight by getting behind Condit and landing a flashy takedown with just under six minutes left.

Michael ‘Venom’ Page Scores Takedown, Defeats Carlos Condit At Polaris 30

With less than four minutes to go, Condit looked to go after Page’s leg and looked for a submission, but “Venom” fought it well.

The former Bellator title challenger was able to prevent another takedown attempt from Condit not long after and held his own for the remaining competitive couple of minutes en route to scoring the decision win.

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Michael ‘Venom’ Page Set For Combat Sports Return vs. Former UFC Champ

UFC welterweight contender Michael “Venom” Page will enter a different realm of the fight game for his next taste of competition. 2024 has marked Page’s debut year in the UFC, having had his switch from Bellator confirmed shortly after the Professional Fighters League (PFL) acquired his former employer. The Brit has had mixed success, arriving […]

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UFC welterweight contender Michael “Venom” Page will enter a different realm of the fight game for his next taste of competition.

2024 has marked Page’s debut year in the UFC, having had his switch from Bellator confirmed shortly after the Professional Fighters League (PFL) acquired his former employer.

The Brit has had mixed success, arriving with a strong showing opposite Kevin Holland at UFC 299 in Miami but falling short of a rise into title contention against the undefeated Ian Garry at UFC 303 in Las Vegas.

Against the Irishman, Page had his grappling deficiencies exposed. That, evidently, is an area “MVP” is looking to improve in before making his return to the Octagon.

The Londoner’s focus will entirely be on his ground game in the coming weeks as he gears up to compete in a grappling match under the Polaris banner.

News of Page’s debut in the promotion was reported by Ariel Helwani, who revealed that the 37-year-old will face former interim UFC champion Carlos Condit at the London-held Polaris 30 event on November 2.

While he’s never been submitted in professional MMA, two of Page’s three defeats came by way of grappling. Before Garry utilized control to get the job done this year, Logan Storley pulled off a similar gameplan across five rounds to win interim Bellator gold back in 2022.

Condit, meanwhile, announced his MMA retirement in September 2021. The decision followed a defeat to Max Griffin two months prior, which brought “The Natural Born Killer’s” late-career win streak to an end.

During his memorable MMA stint, Condit defeated the likes of Thiago Alves, Dan Hardy, and Rory MacDonald. In 2012, he got the better of Nick Diaz to capture the interim UFC welterweight title, subsequently falling short against Georges St-Pierre.

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Carlos Condit Says It’s Up To Fighters To ‘Know Our Worth’

Carlos Condit has recently walked away from the UFC and now is sharing some wisdom with young fighters. Carlos Condit has had a long career in mixed martial arts. He began fighting professional back in 2002. Now, almost twenty years later, Condit is ready to hang up his gloves and try his hand at retirement. […]

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Carlos Condit has recently walked away from the UFC and now is sharing some wisdom with young fighters.

Carlos Condit has had a long career in mixed martial arts. He began fighting professional back in 2002. Now, almost twenty years later, Condit is ready to hang up his gloves and try his hand at retirement. Condit announced his decision to retire at 37 years old and spoke to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about what the future holds for him.

“I just felt like it was the right move,” Condit said. “Probably about three weeks or a month ago, I called Dana and I let him know, so this thing has been coming down the pipe for a little while. At a certain point, there’s diminishing returns, so I think it’s time to move on.”

Now that he is past the fighting stage of his career, perhaps he could be an asset for current fighters. Condit was asked about the resources available for former fighters and the possibility of having a pension for former UFC athletes. Condit is in favor of such a plan. He also has some idea on how getting a pension program could be possible.

“I hope so. I mean, I think that there’s a lot of improvements to be made but that’s gonna be on us,” Condit said (via Sportsekeeda) That’s gonna be on fighters to make that happen. Nobody’s gonna just hand that out to us. We have to negotiate it, know our worth, and know that we are the ones that make the sport.”

Fighter pay has been a hot-button issue as of late. People outside of the sport have been calling for fighters to be activists for themselves. Now perhaps ex-fighters such as Condit can join together to make life better for all involved.

Do you think the UFC will ever have a pension plan for retired fighters?

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Carlos Condit Explains Why He Retired From MMA

Carlos Condit has talked about his retirement from MMA. Late last week, MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz reported that Condit has retired. “The Natural Born Killer’s” manager, Malki Kawa later confirmed the news. Condit appeared on MMAFighting‘s The MMA Hour to discuss his decision to retire. Condit said the main gist of it is there were simply […]

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Carlos Condit has talked about his retirement from MMA.

Late last week, MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz reported that Condit has retired. “The Natural Born Killer’s” manager, Malki Kawa later confirmed the news.

Condit appeared on MMAFighting‘s The MMA Hour to discuss his decision to retire. Condit said the main gist of it is there were simply diminishing returns.

“It was time, man. It was time. For a lot of different reasons. After that last fight, I felt like I put together a good camp and I was just a step behind Max. I feel like I could really try to tweak things and I could try to figure out what’s missing, what part of the formula isn’t working right now and then go and test it again and test it again, but that’s a tough thing to do. That’s a tough thing to do because ultimately I have to go and put myself on the firing line to see if what I’m doing is working.

“At a certain point there’s diminishing returns, so I think it’s time to move on.”

Condit makes it clear that he has little to no regret about anything that happened throughout his career.

“That’s really tough. I’ve loved every f*cking second of it. The ups, the downs, all of it. If I had to pick a specific one, these last two fights that I won when we were out in Abu Dhabi and really just living in this surreal atmosphere. My coaches are all my really good friends and we had the opportunity to go to this crazy nice place and fight. That was a lot of fun. But I have 19, almost 20 years’ worth of memories so it would be really hard to pinpoint.”

Condit ends his pro MMA career with a record of 32-14. He had won two bouts in a row before running into Max Griffin. Condit lost the fight via unanimous decision. “The Natural Born Killer” was 9-10 under the UFC banner.

Carlos Condit did capture gold in the UFC, albeit interim. He defeated Nick Diaz for the interim UFC Welterweight Championship back in Feb. 2012. Condit lost the title unification bout against Georges St-Pierre.

Condit will be remembered for his exciting fighting style and few will forget his five-round classic against Robbie Lawler back in Jan. 2016.

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Carlos Condit Speaks Out for First Time Since MMA Retirement

Carlos ConditLongtime UFC welterweight Carlos Condit surprised many in the MMA community when he announced his retirement from the sport last week and he’s recently talked about what into his decision to leave the sport and to reflect on his incredible career. Condit is just two months removed from his last UFC octagon appearance, falling to […]

Carlos Condit

Longtime UFC welterweight Carlos Condit surprised many in the MMA community when he announced his retirement from the sport last week and he’s recently talked about what into his decision to leave the sport and to reflect on his incredible career.

Condit is just two months removed from his last UFC octagon appearance, falling to Max Griffin by unanimous decision in a fight where he had little success as he once did in his career. Entering the fight with Griffin, Condit made quite the comeback to the sport with back-to-back wins over Court McGee and Matt Brown.

But, the recent loss to Griffin made Condit reflect on what could be next for his career and his life in general. Ultimately, he decided to leave the sport he was once feared and move on to new ventures.

Just days following his retirement, Condit spoke with MMA journalist Ariel Helwani about what went into his decision to retire and how he looks back on his success in the octagon.

“It was time. For a lot of different reasons,” Condit said. “After that last fight, I felt like I put together a good camp and I was just a step behind Max [Griffin]. I feel like I could really try to tweak things and I could try to figure out what’s missing, what part of the formula isn’t working right now and then go and test it again and test it again, but that’s a tough thing to do.

“At a certain point there’s diminishing returns, so I think it’s time to move on. Probably about three weeks or a month ago I called Dana [White] and I let him know, so this thing has been coming down the pipe for a little while.”

When Condit made his return to the UFC after a two-year hiatus late last year, it was expected to be the last potential title run for the UFC fan favorite. Over his career, Condit had accumulated a 32-14 record including 15 wins by knockout.

Condit has also competed with some of the best welterweights in UFC history, including former champions Georges St-Pierre and Tyron Woodley. After defeating Nick Diaz at UFC 143, Condit went on to challenge for the welterweight title and would go on to lose by unanimous decision to Georges St-Pierre.

What is Carlos Condit’s legacy in MMA? How will you remember him?

[ARCHIVES] Joe Rogan Rants About MMA Scoring After Lawler/Condit

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 3, 2016, 10:45 AM] Following Saturday’s UFC 195 main event for the UFC Welterweight Championship between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Joe Rogan took to social media to rant about the problems with the scoring system in MMA and how it may have cost “The Natural Born Killer” the 170-pound title this […]

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[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 3, 2016, 10:45 AM]

Following Saturday’s UFC 195 main event for the UFC Welterweight Championship between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Joe Rogan took to social media to rant about the problems with the scoring system in MMA and how it may have cost “The Natural Born Killer” the 170-pound title this weekend.

Rogan, who has been calling last night’s Lawler-Condit title fight one of the best in history since the horn sounded to end the crazy fifth round, explains why the current system in place for scoring fights in MMA is “inexcusable.”

With the old school 10-point must system still in place for MMA, Lawler went on to retain his title after five epic rounds of action with Condit, as a split decision went his way with official scores of 48-47, 47-48, 48-47. You can check out the complete results of last night’s pay-per-view here: UFC 195 Results – Lawler vs. Condit.

Additionally, the longtime UFC commentator tells fans what they can do to help facilitate change. Rogan posted the following:

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