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Farid Basharat tells his side of street brawl against ‘Coward’ Michael ‘Venom’ Page

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Farid Basharat has told his side of the street brawl against Michael Page at the fighter hotel following UFC 304.

Former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski revealed on his YouTube channel that two fighters got into it at the fighter hotel. He wouldn’t reveal who it was, but the video was released of Michael Page and Farid Basharat getting into it.

Following the video being released, Basharat took to social media to explain his side of the story and called Page a coward for his actions.

“I’ve never been one to look for a fight but if somebody starts it I will never shy away. He swung first and then backed away. Coward and a fake nice guy. But it’s cool.. I know how to deal with bullies. See you around,” Basharat wrote.

It was an interesting comment from Basharat who thought Page was a coward and a fake nice guy. He also put the blame on the brawl on Page as he claims the welterweight contender swung first on him.

Farid Basharat is 12-0 as a pro and is coming off a decision win over Taylor Lapilus in January to improve to 3-0 in the UFC.

Alexander Volkanovski shares story of brawl at UFC 304 fighter hotel with Farid Basharat

In his YouTube video, former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski first shared the news of the Farid Basharat altercation at the fighter hotel after UFC 304.

“I wasn’t sure if I should even mention it. I didn’t want to cause any issues or name anyone involved. But since you’re asking, I’ll share a bit. There was a scuffle in the lobby between two individuals. One was definitely a fighter, but I’m not sure about the other. It looked like a punch was thrown, and things got heated. Security was all over it, but I tried to step in and diffuse the situation,” former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel.

“The guy I tried to hold onto was quite slippery. Despite my efforts, he managed to evade me and a few other security guards. It was quite a scene, with everyone scrambling to control the situation. I almost lost my balance as we tumbled down the stairs,” Volkanovski said.

After Volkanovski talked about the incident, a video of the brawl was released on social media.

Luckily, no one was injured in the altercation at the hotel following UFC 304.

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UFC 285 Sleeper Scrap: Farid Basharat vs. Da’Mon Blackshear

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UFC Bantamweight Recalls Michael ‘Venom’ Page Scuffle At UFC 304: ‘I Just Kind Of Lost It…’

Michael “Venom” Page may not have been competing on home soil at UFC 304 but he was still in the headlines for a fight that could have happened. Video footage captured after the event showed an altercation between Page and UFC bantamweight Farid Basharat at the fighter hotel. Alexander Volkanovski also detailed the situation after […]

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Michael “Venom” Page may not have been competing on home soil at UFC 304 but he was still in the headlines for a fight that could have happened.

Video footage captured after the event showed an altercation between Page and UFC bantamweight Farid Basharat at the fighter hotel.

Alexander Volkanovski also detailed the situation after being caught in the middle of it, where, despite his best attempts to keep Basharat from getting to “MVP,” he was unsuccessful.

The two men, at least from the video, tried to get at each other for some time until, with the help of security, they were separated and situation was deescalated.

Ahead of his return against Victor Hugo at UFC 308, Basharat gave his side of the story.

Farid Basharat Explains How He Nearly Came To Blows With Michael ‘Venom’ Page

In an interview with InsideFighting, Basharat explained exactly what happened at the fighter hotel following UFC 304 in Manchester.

He said that his relationship with Page goes way back to when he and his brother Javid were training at the same gym as “MVP,” London Shootfighters.

Having left that gym on less than ideal terms, they didn’t want anything to do with Page or the rest of the team. Although he had a brief interaction with the welterweight contender on the shuttle back to the hotel after the July event, Farid said there was no drama at first when Page started speaking to him.

“I shake his hand, I say ‘Okay, good.’ I keep it short because I don’t really want to, I don’t really like him, I don’t want to speak with him. Anyway, we get off the shuttle, we go back to, I just walk off and we’re in the hotel. I go through the lobby and he kind of tries to put his arm around my shoulder and I just kind of like brush it off and say like, ‘No, I don’t really want to speak with you, thank you.’ He was obviously drunk a little bit because I could smell it and his ego must have got a little dented.”

Basharat then said that despite his wishes for them to go their separate ways and leave it at that, Page continued to press him on what the issue was.

The 27-year-old added that things got heated from there, stating that getting into a fight at 7 AM in the morning with a fighter four weight classes above him wasn’t something that he was actively pursuing.

He claimed to have flipped was when Page threw a “cheap shot” at him while he was distracted by one of the Londoner’s friends.

What made him tip even further over the edge was that despite Basharat being the one who needed to get through members of security and a former UFC featherweight champion, it was Page who was backing up.

“In my head, I was so annoyed. I was thinking, ‘Just step to the left a little bit and we can make something happen. We could at least throw a couple of exchanges, a couple of shots,’ you know? But look, these situations, I’m not sitting here like some bad boy trying to create hostile situations, trying to get into fights, but sometimes when you have to go, you have to go. If someone starts on you, it doesn’t matter.

“It doesn’t matter who, why, where, when and at that point. I just lost it to be honest, and you’ll see in the video, I was trying to get ahold of him for probably about 10 minutes. The video cuts out short but honestly, I just kind of lost it because I couldn’t believe I was trying to deescalate a situation, I was trying to go my way and stuff and this coward…he’s the one that throws a punch. In my head, I was so p*****, I just wanted, at that point, I would have done anything to get my hands on him. But now, whatever, I don’t care about this guy. When I see him, we’ll deal with it however.”

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VIDEO: Alexander Volkanovski Shoots Takedown In Attempt To Stop Bantamweight Attacking Michael Page At UFC 304 Fighter Hotel

It would seem that the UFC security had to deal with more than just fight week altercations in Manchester last week… The promotion was recently back across the pond to stage its return to Manchester, England, for the first time in close to a decade. The UFC 304 pay-per-view went down at the Co-op Live, […]

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It would seem that the UFC security had to deal with more than just fight week altercations in Manchester last week…

The promotion was recently back across the pond to stage its return to Manchester, England, for the first time in close to a decade. The UFC 304 pay-per-view went down at the Co-op Live, with two title fights and a host of intriguing matchups playing out.

Even before fight night, some fighters couldn’t keep their hands off one another. Early in fight week, videos came out showing opponents Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape coming to blows after the former landed a sucker-punch outside the fighter hotel.

And that evidently wasn’t the only scrap UFC security had to deal with at the location.

Following the event, ex-UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski detailed another altercation in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel. While he didn’t provide the names of those involved, he described his attempts to calm things down.

“I don’t know if I should even bring it up. I don’t know; maybe I won’t bring it up. You guys are gonna hate me for that. I won’t say who was involved, but I’ll tell you a little bit,” Volkanovski said. “Something happened in the lobby between two guys. One was a fighter; I don’t know if the other guy was a fighter. I don’t think he was random, but stuff happened.

“There might have been a little punch thrown. The other guy tried to get to him. Security tried to stop it. I’m like, ‘It’s not worth it, it’s not worth the cops.’ I’m trying to stop it,” Volkanovski continued. “Guys were stepping and getting around all the security guards. I was trying to help, but he stepped around me as well. I’m like, ‘This guy has got some good movement.’ He’s going again. I’m trying to tell him to ‘chill out.’ Again, he’s come on; I’ve tried to grab him. We almost ran into the bottom of the stairs, so we sort of went down. I fell to my knees. As I’m trying to hold him, he slipped out. I was like, ‘This guy is very slippery.’”

Now, the two fighters in question have seemingly been revealed after footage emerged of the incident.

Basharat, Page Get Into It At UFC 304 Fighter Hotel, Volkanovski Among Peacekeepers

This week, the @CasualsCorner_ account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a video showing an altercation at the fighter hotel in the aftermath of UFC 304 last weekend.

While the start of the confrontation was not shown, the footage appears to show security attempting to stop UFC bantamweight prospect Farid Basharat from getting at welterweight contender Michael “Venom” Page.

Among those attempting to prevent an all-out brawl is Volkanovski, who can even be seen shooting a takedown (unsuccessfully) in the hopes of stalling Basharat’s progress.

Interestingly, Basharat has previously trained at the London Shootfighters gym in London, which is the longtime home of Page.

It’s unclear what sparked the animosity between the pair. But in a comment posted on social media, Basharat accused “MVP” of throwing the first punch at the UFC 304 fighter hotel.

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