Michael 'Venom' Page Teaches Street Fighter a Lesson
Michael 'Venom' Page Teaches Street Fighter a Lesson
Bellator welterweight star Michael "Venom" Page may very well be the most exciting fighter in MMA today. Page has compiled a highlight reel of finishes duri
Bellator welterweight star Michael "Venom" Page may very well be the most exciting fighter in MMA today.
Page has compiled a highlight reel of finishes during his relatively short career in the sport. His most notable wins include a TKO via elbows that dislocated his opponent's jaw, a submission stoppage via toe hold, and most recently, he literally caved in Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos' cranium with a flying knee at Bellator 158.
When he's not busy playing Pokémon Go, Page trains at the famed London Shootfighters, a pioneering fight team and gym based in London, England. The gym is home to a number of established MMA veterans, including Marius Zaromskis, John Hathaway and Karlos Vemola, to name a few.
For our latest installment of FloCombat Gym Stories, Page told us about when someone walked off the street and into his gym looking for a fight. Unfortunately for the tough guy, Page was the man he was told to gear up and spar.
"We have a ton of stories. I think it's just MMA that springs such characters," Page said. "The best times are when we get somebody in the gym who is 'somebody.' They are like, 'I'm this person. I'm that person. I want to fight the best fighters in your gym.' I became the guy that fought all the newbies that came into the gym looking for a fight. Whoever came to the gym, I would be the first person to test them out. We had this guy who said he had like 300 street fights, and he was this and that. He wanted to challenge our fighters.
"Usually, our coach would just throw him in a class, but he wanted to fight someone right then and there. So coach had him put his gear on, and he called me down. I literally hit him once in the stomach, and he crumbled. It was literally the end of the fight. It ended his day—he didn't want to spar anymore, he didn't want to work out. It was hilarious. My coach was trying to steer him away from that, but he wanted to fight somebody.
"We are always ready to fight at London Shootfighters," he said. "We don't shy away from sparring. If someone comes in who wants to fight, we will do it."
Page has compiled a highlight reel of finishes during his relatively short career in the sport. His most notable wins include a TKO via elbows that dislocated his opponent's jaw, a submission stoppage via toe hold, and most recently, he literally caved in Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos' cranium with a flying knee at Bellator 158.
When he's not busy playing Pokémon Go, Page trains at the famed London Shootfighters, a pioneering fight team and gym based in London, England. The gym is home to a number of established MMA veterans, including Marius Zaromskis, John Hathaway and Karlos Vemola, to name a few.
For our latest installment of FloCombat Gym Stories, Page told us about when someone walked off the street and into his gym looking for a fight. Unfortunately for the tough guy, Page was the man he was told to gear up and spar.
"We have a ton of stories. I think it's just MMA that springs such characters," Page said. "The best times are when we get somebody in the gym who is 'somebody.' They are like, 'I'm this person. I'm that person. I want to fight the best fighters in your gym.' I became the guy that fought all the newbies that came into the gym looking for a fight. Whoever came to the gym, I would be the first person to test them out. We had this guy who said he had like 300 street fights, and he was this and that. He wanted to challenge our fighters.
"Usually, our coach would just throw him in a class, but he wanted to fight someone right then and there. So coach had him put his gear on, and he called me down. I literally hit him once in the stomach, and he crumbled. It was literally the end of the fight. It ended his day—he didn't want to spar anymore, he didn't want to work out. It was hilarious. My coach was trying to steer him away from that, but he wanted to fight somebody.
"We are always ready to fight at London Shootfighters," he said. "We don't shy away from sparring. If someone comes in who wants to fight, we will do it."