and met inside the Octagon at UFC 303 on June 29, where they fought to a close decision, with the Irishman just about doing enough to pick up the win and remain undefeated. Unfortunately for ‘Venom’ Page, it scuppers any plans he had of fighting current welterweight champion, , for the title on a UK stadium show. Michael Page believes Leon Edwards and Shavkat Rakhmonov will ‘kill’ Machado Garry Following his win over the 37-year-old, ‘The Future’ called for a fight against fellow undefeated contender, .
Despite that, ‘Venom’ Page believes that now he has spent 15 minutes in the cage with the 26-year-old, he is confident that Machado Garry will not become a UFC champion. “Not at all, no. If that’s the game you’re going to go when you get a decent striker, then Leon (Edwards) is gonna kill you anyway.
Then Shavkat (Rakhmonov) is gonna kill you anyway,” Page stated on . “There’s a few guys in there that I just don’t see him surpassing. He went a bit more tactical (against me) but again, some of the areas he didn’t even feel massively strong, not even trying to be disrespectful to him because again, he done his job, he was smart about how he went by it,” Page continued.
Machado Garry is currently ranked seventh in the division, and is campaigning for a fight against number three ranked, Rakhmonov. The two have previously trained together, and the Irishman . The champion, Edwards, on the other hand, is in the final preparation of his July 27 title.
