post-fight interview with UFC<\/a>. \u201cSometimes, I haven\u2019t done enough and the results show that I haven\u2019t done enough. I probably need to push myself a little bit more, take a few more risks. Sometimes I want it to be too clean, too just precise. I just know to myself, I know there\u2019s more and it\u2019s frustrating as I get to the cage, I feel like I\u2019m holding back.<\/p>\n\u201cI want to give more. The fans deserve more, the UFC deserves more. I know I can give more. I feel like I\u2019m almost there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Being \u201calmost there\u201d as Page turned 39 years old back in April is a dubious distinction for a fighter who built his reputation on delivering dazzling knockouts and showcasing the kind of creativity that made him one of the most exciting fighters in the world.<\/p>\n
But through six UFC fights thus far, Page has failed to earn a single finish, and he\u2019s faced far more criticism for his performances than any kind of praise despite putting together a 5-1 record.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to have to doctor my style a little bit more,\u201d Page said. \u201cMaybe adapt it so people feel more comfortable coming forward and that also might make me slightly less dangerous but maybe over volume, I\u2019ll still get it. I\u2019ve got to go back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know the exact answer. Go back to the drawing board, test it out when I\u2019m sparring and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
With his UFC contract completed, Page now has to sit down with the matchmakers and executives at the promotion and find out if they want him back or not.<\/p>\n
At his best, Page is absolutely a top 15 fighter but his entertainment value has plummeted with his recent performances. Page isn\u2019t oblivious to the boos from the crowd and he knows he has to do a lot more in his fights if he wants bigger and better opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll sit down with the UFC and have an honest conversation,\u201d Page said. \u201cLook, I know I can do better. I\u2019m aspiring to do better. Give me better opponents and have faith I can go deliver something special for the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether or not the UFC believes what Page is selling is a whole other story and only time will tell if the organization makes him an offer for a new deal or the two sides just part ways and \u201cMVP\u201d becomes a free agent heading into 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael \u201cVenom\u201d Page promised something spectacular would happen in his fight against Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Paris on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2772,30,12037,23557],"class_list":["post-75225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-latest-news","tag-paris","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}