{"id":210841,"date":"2016-11-20T10:34:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T18:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210841"},"modified":"2017-02-18T21:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T05:05:44","slug":"michael-page-blames-negative-fernando-gonzales-forgettable-fight-bellator-165-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/michael-page-blames-negative-fernando-gonzales-forgettable-fight-bellator-165-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Page blames ‘negative’ Fernando Gonzalez for forgettable fight at Bellator 165"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael “Venom” Page<\/a> \u2013 also known simply as “MVP” \u2013 has long stood out as one of Bellator’s most exciting young stars. Look no further than his recent, skull-smashing knockout of Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos<\/a> for the reasons behind this reputation. When Page stepped onto the canvas with Fernando Gonzalez at Bellator 165<\/a> in San Jose, California, however, his reputation for excitement was dealt a pretty severe blow.<\/p>\n

In a performance that was reminiscent of Anderson Silva’s lackluster defeats of Thales Leites and Demian Maia, Page showboated, danced and generally failed to engage over the course of the three-round fight. Though he clearly possessed the ability to out-strike his foe, his refusal to put the pedal to the medal resulted in a fight that was fairly difficult to score \u2013 as evidenced by the judges’ split verdict.<\/p>\n

In the end, Page walked away with the split decision win, but he certainly didn’t gain any fans in doing so. In fact, the Englishman could very well have lost a few. In a post-fight interview with MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Page discussed this performance, and explained that he doesn’t take responsibility for its boo-inducing nature.<\/p>\n

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“Normally, I put on a show,” he said. “People have high expectations. I had a bad day at the office.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“When you’re working with someone being negative ten minutes of the fight, it’s very difficult to get anything off. In the last round, I was disappointed in not figuring out the timing. It was still a bad day at the office, but I won that fight two rounds to one.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I felt like I was chasing a headless chicken,” Page continued. “It was very difficult to get something off on someone being so negative. I landed a few jabs and a kick to pull him in. In the final round, when he was pressing, I didn’t get my timing off to where I could land the shot I wanted to land. That’s why I’m disappointed. But whoever that judge was who scored it 30-27 [for Gonzalez], don’t sit in that corner when I fight again.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Page should take responsibility for this less-than-stellar performance, or does the fault lie in Gonzalez’s corner? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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