Michael Web page expects to be proper again in title rivalry with a win at Bellator 292.
Web page (20-2 MMA, 16-2 BMMA) faces Goiti Yamauchi (28-5 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) on Friday’s foremost card opener at SAP Middle in San Jose, Calif. The principle card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
“MVP” is coming off a break up resolution loss to Logan Storley for the interim welterweight title at Bellator 281 final Could, and sees a win over submission specialist Yamauchi as sufficient for one more crack on the title. Nevertheless, Web page is aware of there’s one fighter forward of him within the pecking order.
“100%, for me it’s a case of title combat,” Web page advised MMA Junkie Radio. “The following in line and I sort of know that’s Jason Jackson, just because there have been talks of me and him combating, and the rationale why it didn’t land is as a result of he genuinely believes he’s subsequent in line.
“So, there clearly was a dialog that occurred that made him really feel that, and he’s like, ‘If I’m subsequent in line, I want to attend’ as a substitute of danger having to combat and doubtlessly not achieve that combat and getting pushed additional again away from the title combat, which is why this combat ended up touchdown. I feel he’s subsequent and I’m positively the one after. So, that’s 100% what it does.”
If a title shot doesn’t materialize for Web page subsequent, he’s keen to compete as soon as extra both in MMA, or bare-knuckle boxing – like he did in his most up-to-date outing when he was edged out by UFC alum Mike Perry at BKFC 27 this previous August.
“It doubtlessly might be a very long time so it simply is dependent upon when issues are gonna occur,” Web page stated. “So, doubtlessly I’ll simply do one other one. I don’t care that a lot. I’ll simply do one other one to remain energetic, keep contemporary, however I nonetheless simply wish to be prepared to leap in and go.”
