SAN JOSE, Calif. – It’s not set in stone, but Michael Page thinks a win Friday should mean his next time out will be with a title on the line.
Page (20-2 MMA, 16-2 BMMA), who fought for an interim welterweight title in May 2022, returns Friday against Goiti Yamauchi (28-5 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) to open the main card at Bellator 292. And while the promotion hasn’t called it an official No. 1 contender fight, that’s precisely what “MVP” thinks is going on.
“I think that’s what it is,” Page said at a Wednesday media day ahead of the fight. “It just makes the most sense that that’s what it is. I don’t see anybody else ready to be in our position. I think the winner of this fight fights the winner of the next title fight, which is most likely going to be Jason Jackson (against champion Yaroslav) Amosov.”
