Michael Page: “I’m Used to Opponents Dropping Out”

Michael Page spoke with MMAjunkie about his fight with Charlie Ontiveros at Bellator 144. Check out the highlights:

On losing earlier opponents for the show: “In the U.K., I’ve had that before. In the last week I had changes. But in America, it’s the first time. It’s a frustrating feeling to have someone in mind that you’re ready to go and fight and then not have that person for whatever reason.”

On studying his opponents: “A lot of people try to look at what’s bad about them. I like to look at what’s good about them, because you know they’re going to resort back to that thing. You’ve got to come up with answers, and in a shorter space of time, you’ve got to come up with very quick answers.”

Of course, it also works the other way, too. Those tasked to knock Page off his path to a title shot will seek the path of least resistance, which appears to be wrestling. To that, Page can only say they haven’t seen the full extent of his abilities. Maybe everyone else hasn’t because he’s been so successful with his primary skill set.

On his fighting style: “I’m lucky in the fact that my style is so unseen that people spend more time in the cage trying to figure me out than I do them.”

On Ontiveros: “…the way he uses his karate style is, even for me, very unorthodox.”