UFC welterweight fighter Michael Page is considering moving up the division to face undefeated fighter Shara “Bullet” Magomedov.
UFC middleweight fighter Shara Magomedov stunned fans with a spectacular finish at UFC 308. The fighter displayed an impressive performance and called out former champ Isreal Adesanya for a battle. The former champ swiftly dismissed this call, but Michael Page said he was willing to give it a shot.
“Actually, I just forgot his first name. it is terrible, Magomedov — he just fought, did the double spinning back [fist] knockout and then he called out my boy Izzy,” Page told MMA Fighting. “Mate, I’m at that weight right now. You don’t even have to wait too long. That one there, I’ll just take straight away just for the fun of it.”
Page is slated to face former interim champ Carlos Condit, but Page believes he can also take time out to train for a Shara bout.
“That’s what I’m grappling at right now,” Page said. “So, I’m in shape now, ready to go. So that’s a good fight for me, I think. Just a nice stand-up fight for everybody just to come back to the game. And like I said, leave my boy Izzy alone. He’s trying to get back to the belt, to the throne, so I’ll take his place.”
“I’d say [it’s been] a prosperous year,” Page explained. “I really have enjoyed the level up I have enjoyed, almost putting a stamp on where I knew I was. I know there is a big question mark over my head with regard to whether I can hang in the UFC. Is my talent level that of the UFC level? So, it’s been nice to not only get signed but also tick that box off and let everyone know that, oh yeah, now he is competitive at this level, as well.
“The last one didn’t go my way, but it was close, and there are only a few alterations. … And now I get to, again, express my martial arts skills in a different way, show the world, or keep shocking the world by doing a little something different. And then straight back to the next year, I want to be really, really aggressive in the cage. I’ve had a year when I have had five fights in one year. That’s the goal again. I want to be that kind of aggressive: Get a fight, put someone away, back at it, back at it, back at it, straight away.
“I want to make noise, man. And, I said that as soon as I came in here, if it’s a good fight, exciting fight, we can do it wherever. Let’s go.”
The longtime Bellator star signed with the UFC earlier this year and made two octagon appearances. In his UFC debut, Page earned a decision against Kevin Holland. He soon went on to face one of the division’s surging prospects Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 in June.
