Forward of his return at UFC Saudi Arabia, Michael Venom Web page goes all in on a predicted victory for shut good friend, Israel Adesanya in his foremost occasion conflict with the surging, Nassourdine Imavov this weekend in Riyadh.
Web page, who has been sidelined since final summer season, makes his third Octagon stroll this weekend, taking over surging Russian uber-prospect, Shara Magomedov in a bid to return to the winner’s enclosure.
Most just lately that includes on the primary card of UFC 303 throughout Worldwide Battle Week again in June, British striker, Web page would undergo simply his second-ever skilled blended martial arts loss in a unanimous determination defeat towards Irish contender, Ian Garry.
Michael Venom Web page picks Israel Adesanya to win at UFC Saudi Arabia
And returning to motion beneath a pivotal middleweight conflict between former two-time divisional kingpin, Adesanya and Imavov — Web page is choosing the Metropolis Kickboxing star to prevail with a win — fairly comfortably, the truth is.
“I’d guess my home on (Israel) Adesanya coming again [with a win],” Michael Venom Web page advised Poker Scout throughout a latest interview forward of UFC Saudi Arabia. “I do know he’s had a number of ups and downs, however he’s simply acquired that mentality, that grind, that push, he needs to get again there.
“I’ve spoken to the staff and he’s modified a number of issues round and he’s doing a number of extra issues once more,” Michael Venom Web page defined. “That reveals pleasure and motivation nonetheless like he’s attempting to nonetheless make issues work and alter issues and alter issues. Adesanya turns up both method, he’s gonna win.”
Making an impromptu middleweight transfer this weekend in his conflict with Magomedov, London Shootfighters staple, Web page has additionally known as into query the flexibility of incumbent divisional champion, Dricus du Plessis
“One factor he (Dricus du Plessis) simply is aware of how you can do is scrape out the win, no matter how he carried out,” Michael Venom Web page mentioned. “As a result of I’ve seen him do some technically actually, uh, dangerous issues in the course of the battle. However nonetheless, like I mentioned, he simply is aware of how. He’s only a robust man. He simply is aware of how you can grind out the end result.”
