MICHAEL ‘VENOM’ PAGE scored the biggest win of his UFC career with a stunning stoppage of Shara Magomedov.
The long-time fan favourite moved up to middleweight to take on the kickboxing phenom in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia.
Michael ‘Venom’ Page and Shara Magomedov locked horns in the co-main event of UFC Saudi Arabia[/caption]
Page was at his elusive best against the Dagestani[/caption]
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 01: (R-L) Michael Page of England elbows Shara Magomedov of Russia in a middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at anb Arena on February 01, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)[/caption]
Page, 37, revealed to SunSport this week that he was eyeing a huge knockout victory over the new cult figure.
And the Londoner delivered on his vow with a dominant display that saw the judges turn in 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 scorecards.
“Look at me. I am the captain now,” Page said in reference to Magomedov’s ‘Pirate’ moniker. “I am the captain now.”
Both men looked to use their feints to get a read on the other close the distance early doors.
MVP looked to land his patented leaping overhand left before the two-minute mark but missed and briefly found himself in a guillotine.
But landed it a minute and a half later to draw a big reaction from the pro-Magomedov crowd.
Page closed a tense first by narrowly missing a spinning wheel kick a split second before the horn.
Page’s brilliant range management in the second allowed him to brilliant to avoiding leg kicks early in the second.
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Michael ‘Venom’ Page lands a big elbow on Shara Magomedov[/caption]
Magomedov started to become visibly frustrated as the round wore on, so much so that he found himself on the receiving end of a stiff one-two.
He almost ate a huge flying knee a few seconds later but managed to get his head off the centre line.
Confidence soon started to ooze out of Page, so much so that he started sticking his tongue out as he circled out of range.
Magomedov’s corner urged him to empty the tank between the final rounds as they were well aware their man was down two rounds.
But closing the distance and landing his own strikes proved to be nigh-on impossible due to Page’s incredible elusiveness.
Page snapped back the head of the pirate with a huge flying knee on the stroke of the midway point of the round.
A frustrated Magomedov started to walk Page down with a minute and a half of the round left and found a home for a right hand.
But Page managed to stay out of range of a knockout blow, although he threw himself into the fire with a rolling thunder kick seconds before the final horn.
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