The door is open for Michael “Venom”
Page to return to bare-knuckle boxing.
Page completed his
Ultimate Fighting Championship contract with a unanimous
decision victory over Nursulton
Ruziboev at
UFC Paris. Despite going 5-1 in the UFC, “Venom” failed to
secure a single finish and his victories were lackluster affairs,
prompting the promotion to opt against re-signing him.
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Dave Feldman welcomes a potential Michael Page return after his
UFC run
Dave Feldman spoke about his interest in Page in an interview with
Bloody Elbow. The Bare Knuckle Fighting
Championship president is still unsure about Page’s status with the
UFC, so hasn’t made a move yet, but is keen on the Englishman
competing in his promotion again.
“I don’t know if his contract is actually terminated,” Feldman
said. “That’s a pretty fast time to get his contract terminated, so
I don’t want to make any moves on him yet. We would definitely
welcome MVP. When he fought for us with Mike Perry,
it was a pretty exciting match, and a lot of people actually
thought he won that fight.”
Feldman further emphasized that the format of BKFC brought out a
different version of Page.
“You can’t really be boring in BKFC, so it’s hard for him to fight
that type of fight in BKFC,” Feldman added. “We would be
interested? Yes. I think BKFC will force excitement out of MVP and
I think that the fans would love that.”
Page took on Mike Perry in BKFC in 2022, losing via majority
decision in a close fight.