Michael “Venom” Page promised something spectacular would happen in his fight against Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Paris on Saturday, but instead it felt like another predictably lackluster outing.
Page got the job done with a unanimous decision victory, but he also only landed 12 significant strikes across three rounds. He didn’t put Ruziboev down one time during the 15-minute fight, and the crowd in Paris was anything but satisfied with his performance. Considering he was competing on the final fight his current UFC contract, Page had to know the pressure was ratcheted up for his latest performance and he acknowledged afterwards that he didn’t
