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Michael Page expects to be be back in action by March. | Getty/UFC
Michael Page is pretty sure when he’s going to return to the Octagon. It’s just a matter of selecting the opponent and weight class.
“My likely next fight is going to be, because they’re coming to London as they always do for March,” Page said on the “Shxts N Gigs” podcast podcast (transcription via MMAFighting.com). “I’m a big name over here, they want me to fight, but they still haven’t got an opponent.
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“So it’s like, ‘Yeah, you’re definitely going to fight in March and we’re still trying to figure out an opponent.’”
Page is coming off a 2-0 campaign in 2025 in which he earned unanimous decision triumphs over Sharabutdin Magomedov and Jared Cannonier at 185 pounds. The Bellator MMA veteran would prefer to return to welterweight, where he competed in his first two UFC outings. However, the 38-year-old Brit claims that the promotion didn’t seem especially eager to book him at 170 pounds.
Welterweight Shortage?
“I’m in two divisions,” Page said. “I said I want to be at welterweight. I’ve taken a spur of the moment middleweight fight with ‘Shara Bullet,’ didn’t mind. Then I was like, give me a welterweight fight again. ‘Nobody’s available.’ OK, give me another middleweight fight, they give me another middleweight fight. Cool.
“Give me another welterweight fight. ‘Nobody’s available.’ How can nobody be available? This is what I’m literally getting. This guy. I kid you not. There was a fight the other day, quite a few welterweights were performing. He just won a fight spectacularly. [I] message them, ‘That’s a great fight for me in London.’ [They responded], ‘Oh, we’ve got plans for him.’ The [man] just stepped out of the cage. I’m already out for months, and you don’t have any plans for me, but you have plans for him. That doesn’t make any sense, bro.”
As it turns out, the timing of a March return may be ideal for Page, who was filming for the “Road House” sequel in the later portion of this year.
“In my head, something’s going on,” Page said. “I don’t know what it is, but weirdly enough — like I said, I don’t try to over stress it because I know other things will come — then ‘Road House’ came. So I’m on that until December, and if I had a fight, it would’ve been hard to do both of those things anyway, and it allows me to have the time between January and March to prep, have a proper prep, and be ready for action.”
UFC London — also known as UFC Fight Night 270 — takes place at the O2 Arena on March 21. The card, which doesn’t yet have a headliner, will air on Paramount+.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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