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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Alex Pattle

Michael Page: ‘Lots of people put on a mask after losing – that will burn away at you’

Lucas Noonan / Bellator MMA

“The fact that I can even say now, ‘I can’t fight my opponent, because he’s gone to war,’ is insane to me. And I’m not lying when I say it, I think that’s crazy.”

On Friday night, Michael “Venom” Page will step out in front of a home crowd at London’s Wembley Arena, looking to win the interim Bellator welterweight title.

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