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MIAMI – The UFC doesn’t typically strongly pursue Bellator stars in totallyfree company. There haveactually been cases nevertheless, from Eddie Alvarez to Michael Chandler and beyond. Michael Page is amongst them.
Page (21-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) debuts Saturday versus Kevin Holland (25-10 MMA, 12-7 UFC) on the UFC 299 primary card at Kaseya . MVP signed with the promo in December following a 19-fight stint with Bellator.
Despite his advertising obligation, Page constantly freely mentioned he’d one day battle in the UFC. After all, it’s the brandname that triggered his interest long earlier.
“It was my objective at the begin,” Page informed MMA Junkie and other pressreporters Wednesday at a pre-fight news conference. “It wasn’t something that I ever lost sight of. I was a common fan before, so just understood UFC. I was the mostlikely the guy who would ask you, ‘Do you do UFC?’ at the time. … I neverever lost sight of desiring to ultimately come here at some point, simply because it was my initial objective.”
For 9 years, Page constructed his brandname in Bellator through his emphasize reel knockouts and fancy battling design. But he just endedupbeing mindful he had prevalent market worth when he took a one-off BKFC bout versus Mike Perry in August 2020.
“Their veryfirst reach out, which was kind of a error on their part, since it kind of revealed their interest,” Page stated. “Basically when I did my bareknuckle battle and I revealed that I did my bareknuckle battle, individuals began reaching out like, ‘Oh, is he a complimentary representative?’ The UFC reached out like, ‘Is he a complimentary representative?’ So we’re like, ‘Oh, someone is interested, huh?’ So clearly that was them starting it. It was like, ‘No, no, still w