Michael Venom Page (MVP) feels that his next fight will be a title fight, regardless of anyone’s opinion on whether or not he deserves it, including the current welterweight champion himself. At Bellator 258, Michael Venom Page did it again. Another hi…
Michael Venom Page (MVP) feels that his next fight will be a title fight, regardless of anyone’s opinion on whether or not he deserves it, including the current welterweight champion himself. At Bellator 258, Michael Venom Page did it again. Another highlight-reel performance to add to his list of many, this time at the expense […]
Scott Coker already has an idea for a strong potential opponent for Anthony Pettis in the event he signs with Bellator MMA. Anthony Pettis announced Tuesday that he will be parting ways with the UFC and exploring other options in free agency. Based on …
Scott Coker already has an idea for a strong potential opponent for Anthony Pettis in the event he signs with Bellator MMA. Anthony Pettis announced Tuesday that he will be parting ways with the UFC and exploring other options in free agency. Based on Pettis’ rhetoric, it would seem that the UFC is not one […]
Michael “Venom” Page racked up another impressive knockout win over the weekend, but former opponent Paul Daley was not impressed in the slightest. Page headlined Bellator London opposite Giovanni Melillo, who Page toyed with for the majority of the first round before putting him away with a nasty knockout. It was Page’s second-straight knockout win […]
Michael “Venom” Page racked up another impressive knockout win over the weekend, but former opponent Paul Daley was not impressed in the slightest.
Page headlined Bellator London opposite Giovanni Melillo, who Page toyed with for the majority of the first round before putting him away with a nasty knockout. It was Page’s second-straight knockout win since suffering the first defeat of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, a second-round knockout loss to Douglas Lima.
Speaking to MMA Junkie, Daley had some harsh criticism for the matchmaking Page has been receiving thus far in his MMA career, with a record of 16-1, and only having faced two truly notable names in that time in Lima and Daley.
“This is ridiculous,” Daley said. “You can’t continually beat these kind of opponents. Yes, he knocks them out, but he’s expected to knock them out. What does this prove, the fact that he knocked out a guy nobody will remember? It proves nothing. It proves nothing at all. Why didn’t he do that to me? Why didn’t he do that to Douglas Lima? Because he’s not of that caliber.
“I need to see more from Michael Page, in my opinion, whether it’s a rematch with me or a rematch with another top-tier fighter. Does a win over this guy warrant a title shot? In my opinion it doesn’t. Yes, he’s a star. Yes, people love him. But can he really fight? The two times he’s stepped up, on paper, he’s got a ‘victory’ over me.
“Most people, including me, thought he lost that fight. Second time he stepped up against the champion, who I went three rounds with, he gets knocked out cold. So he needs to fight solid opponents instead of feeding him these guys.”
Page and Daley fought back in February of 2019. It was a fairly uneventful bout, but Page was given the winning nod via unanimous decision. Daley believes he should’ve won the fight, and is open to a rematch in 2020, but wants the stakes raised.
“He couldn’t do what he normally does to everybody else (when we fought),” Daley said. “In my mind I thought I won that fight. The only way to make it more convincing to everybody else is to take him out before the judges. If that fight is going to happen it needs to be a big fight. It needs to happen here in 2020, at Wembley in 2020.”
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Michael Venom Page has managed to comprise an impressive 14-1 MMA record, only having suffered his first professional loss to former welterweight champion Diego Lima recently at Bellator 221. But one criticism that has followed Page around for years is…
Michael Venom Page has managed to comprise an impressive 14-1 MMA record, only having suffered his first professional loss to former welterweight champion Diego Lima recently at Bellator 221. But one criticism that has followed Page around for years is that he is a “can crusher,” only dominating opponents who are of subpar caliber. Oddly […]
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Michael Venom Page will be making his return to action since his first MMA loss when he takes on Richard Kiely in the co-main event of Bellator Dublin. Bellator announced the fight via the Irish Mirror on Wednesday morning. Michael Page and Richard Kie…
Michael Venom Page will be making his return to action since his first MMA loss when he takes on Richard Kiely in the co-main event of Bellator Dublin. Bellator announced the fight via the Irish Mirror on Wednesday morning. Michael Page and Richard Kiely have been engaged in a war of words for some time […]
