LONDON – Michael Page left a good first impression in the bareknuckle boxing world.
Despite not getting his hand raised in his debut for BKFC, the Bellator star impressed the promotion’s president, David Feldman, and now has an open invitation for a return.
Page competed in his first bareknuckle boxing bout in the main event of BKFC 27 on Saturday in London. He lost a hard-fought majority-decision to former UFC fighter Mike Perry.
Feldman hopes this isn’t the end of Page in bareknuckle boxing.
“The door is wide open for him,” Feldman said. “He deserves it. He definitely deserves another opportunity here. He made good money with us, and he deserves to make more because he fought his ass off.”
Feldman said he’s open to a rematch between Page and Perry given the nature of the fight. The two fought to a split draw after five rounds and went into a sixth round for the tiebreaker.
Feldman though it was a close enough fight for Page to have an argument that he was the rightful winner.
“I couldn’t have been more impressed with him, especially finishing that sixth round,” Feldman said regarding Page’s performance. “I mean, he came out banging. I was afraid that he was going to run and dance and hold and not fight, but he engaged the whole time.
“I take my hat off to him. (He’s a) great fighter. The judges – it could’ve gone either way. For a second time in history, we gave the fans a sixth round. We don’t see that anywhere else, and then they laid it all on the line.”
Don’t think he would do it again. Doesn’t like getting hit
That’s the BKFC motto: this motherfucker came in and lost! He deserves more money!
lOLZ
Doesn’t seem like the right sport for him. He’s a sniper and he doesn’t seem to thrive in a firefight. Gritty guys like Perry are built for this style of fighting.
He should have won the decisions. That being said the BKFC ring is definitely a bit small for his style
MVP is a strange one. He has a very unique fighting style that makes him very hard to fight in mma … I haven’t watched his latest boxing match but if he can’t beat Perry he needs to stick to mma
Also he fought completely out of character. Maybe he wanted to put on a show and just swing for the fences. A disciplined MVP doesn’t lose to Mike Perry.
Never liked him but I’m up for fun matchups in the UFC
I wouldn’t mind watching him go on a five fight losing skid in UFC.
Yeah, it’s about time the UFC took on one of Bellator’s washed up homegrown stars for a change.
Izzy & Wonderboy dance with the fighters, TUF show replacement
Doah
Some great responses up in this thrad
I’d love to see MVP in the ufc
Vs Masvidal…
Vs Neal
Many good matchups for him there. I honestly forget, whose the current champion at 170 in bellator?