Michael "Venom" Page says UFC 299 was everything he hoped for and more | ESPN MMA

Megan Olivi interviews Michael “Venom” Page backstage at UFC 299 after his decision win vs. Kevin Holland in his promotional debut. MVP breaks down his first experiences in the Octagon, wanting to do more and what will be next.
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[@TufuDeDrake]

Give MVP Wonderboy. Instant Classic.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

true but if you wanna test em the most, Burns

[@DonMIFC]

Itd be a snoozefest apart from a couple of rushes. Would be similar to Izzy v Romero except with a lot more jumping around in the same spot

[@sadworldwide]

MVP absolutely murders Wonderboy lmao

[@ogflunky]

I think they are too close of friends for that to happen and has a lot of potential to be boring. Them having the same style leads to too much respect

[@time2chill121]

Don't think they would fight. They did a video together and seems like they're good friends now

[@JonSnowsGhost]

Wonder Boy is ranked 8th. So he should be next.

[@ozzee5094]

Yessir

[@worlds_greatest_detective6667]

They won’t ever fight, they’re friends.

[@ozzee5094]

@@worlds_greatest_detective6667 they will fight they’re martial artists goofy

[@JimmyGotRustled]

​​@@ozzee5094There are numerous cases of fighters not fighting their friends... It's not that unrealistic. Usman/Izzy, Merab/Aljo, DC/Cain But they are prize fighters and the match would sell.

[@underdogpsychosis2841]

I think and hope so.

[@tafaofamily4819]

Holland was no easy task! Kudos to MVP well done 👏🏽

[@FakeAnarchist]

MVP looked like he always belonged in the UFC tonight

[@JFBangaTV]

Because he did.

[@AkamapD]

I hope his wrestling/bjj improved. He got outwrestled by Paul Daley of all people

[@anasshahid224]

MVP with a really impressive UFC debut 👏

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

I'm not impressed by this guy. This was a lacklustre debut. The UFC want to make as much money off of him so they gave him the win. MVP doesn't beat Shavkat, Belal, Brady, Colby, Durinho and he definitely ain't beating Leon.

[@TheOne-el5ox]

@@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns are you actually trying to insinuate holland got robbed?

[@shortscut7614]

​@@IAMJEFFREY-cw9nsbro dont be bu__hurt. He was and is pretty entertaining

[@OwenHarris-ey6os]

Yeah, really great................sure.

[@CompleteProducer84]

Been a fan for 12 years now, and have always wanted him to get his shot in the UFC. At his age it’s not really about the belt. I’m just happy to see him here, collecting some cash and getting some wins

[@lostandlooking]

Still has plenty of time for exciting fights and to put his name in the UFC history books.

[@JSLAYHEROFFICIAL]

BEST SMILE IN THE UFC!

[@randygarcia953]

facts im about to get a new grill cause of him

[@TrillBillTx]

Charles McGregor and MVP should start the pearly white gang.

[@valiantt9619]

Michael is a sweet guy outside of the ring/octagon

[@YeTism]

MVP vs Edwards could be a super fight if he keeps winning. Still think he’s like 7 years late to the UFC tho

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

Imagine him vs Anderson Silva

[@lomafeurma9744]

Wonderboy vs MVP is the fight to make

[@BrandonBreathes]

that could sell out a stadium

[@ybthegod7988]

Unless the feed him to shavkat

[@etiennebunbury1285]

👍🏾😢

[@kenmoraes6843]

Impressive debut. Truly happy for MVP. Very exciting addition to the roster. So surreal seeing him do that in the UFC. 💯

[@lonewolf_0073]

MVP coming to ufc kinda feels like when sting finally came to wwe, it’s been a long time coming.

[@C3phoe]

You won many fans tonight mike 👍

[@trex1517]

I enjoyed sparring with him 😂 first fight/sparring he already telling all

[@trollof229antthevariable9]

Congrats and welcome to the UFC

[@t0p-D]

Love MVP and Holland. I was laughing out loud when I realised how annoying it must be to fight MVP 😂

[@mphommopi3728]

Man been waiting for this guy.

[@ashash7348]

Awesome fighter

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

That was a sick fight, mad mad respect to michael venom page gor sticking to his guns, not changing his style. Its so epic to see this guy, play this in and out game, its like playing with fire, but its so good to see when its succesful. That was a dope fight last night

[@cujosandlot8233]

MVP 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@DDTVvlogs]

Think too old for a title run, but he’s about to beat up pretty much any striker in WW.

[@ItachiUchiha-ge6em]

Leon Beats him up. Della beats him up as well.

[@ghagzor]

Della might get smoked lol. Leon wins for sure tho

[@lostandlooking]

Well, history shows that guys entering the UFC late are fast tracked to the title... such as guys like Poatan and Chandler.

[@heisenberg6142]

@@ItachiUchiha-ge6emdella barely beat up Kevin Holland…

[@iinfluencedyou]

He’s 36 & he’s about two fights away from a title shot…… Enough with the ageism

[@JosseMosse-zf8yw]

Great guy

[@stoneroses8818]

MVP is what Izzy imagined he is or fights like

[@hakunamatata-w3873]

Izzy really living rent free in your head

[@Beta_Kiryu]

Izzy is a 2 time UFC champ what are you talking about

[@amarirasheed6]

Lmao You didn't watch enough Izzy kickboxing. Israel in the UFC is literally him with a safer fighting style and he's been a 2 Time champion.

[@Samlevine111]

Izzy is my least favorite fighter but bro chill . Kevin sucks

[@stoneroses8818]

@@Beta_Kiryu stylisticaly

[@brettunger2578]

What a great interview this guy is....

[@DavidMuir-h7y]

MVP fantastic

[@ricardobjj24]

The Diamond is shining tonight though

[@dannymcguire3623]

Dustin consistently delivers!

[@AppleMactronic]

MVP is the most exciting mma fighter period

[@johnnyallenshaneprater4870]

This man is so awesome so glad he is in the ufc now and he did not disappoint last night at all!! Great fight mvp loved the walk out too man

[@thomasmarked2233]

So glad MVP is in the mix..the guy is underrated asf...people that hate just don't understand what he's doing..styles make fights..

[@sandman62100]

MVP just proved that he is the greatest striker ever in mma. Better than Anderson Silva, Izzy, and Poatan. He is THAT good. I feel so honored and lucky to witness his talent. He plays the game like he's in the matrix. Unbridled creativity and art in it's purest form. The artist has just created a masterpiece. Take a bow, king. Take a bow.

[@karmaisreal261]

How’s his D taste?

[@alancervantes126]

…..What💀

[@sandman62100]

@@alancervantes126MVP! MVP! MVP!

[@quanganhdinh418]

@@sandman62100 stop sucking

[@shredkaczynski8414]

wonderboy is better

[@Austin123.]

MVP vs Wonderboy or Geoff Neal. Main Event of a Fight Night with a CROWD. Do it in the UK, that'd be massive.

[@flaype4009]

for everyone saying MVP VS wonderboy.. they are friends they made a video together just last year.. I don't think it's going to happen

[@georgepierre3594]

He fights like a black version of wonderboy lol

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@tyrocyr]

Still a good fight

[@Razear]

The footwork and level of movement was making Holland hella frustrated. But it makes for a really entertaining, fan-friendly style.

[@KartikSharma-wu6vw]

Loved the fight 💯🔥

[@francmittelo6731]

1:01 Freudian slip. He "enjoyed sparring" with Kevin Holland. That is what the fight looked like, Kevin trying to lay-and-pray or wall-and-stall his way to a judges' decision. You know you are an elite striker when other strikers' game plans to grapple you. LOL

[@cheoiswater]

Kevin Holland is a grappler

[@francmittelo6731]

@@cheoiswater "Kevin Holland is a grappler" --- I wouldn't say that. Khabib is a grappler because EVERYTHING Khabib does is to get the opponent to the ground. --- I don't think Kevin Holland has that "I need to get the fight to the ground" mentality, so I wouldn't call him a grappler.

[@C3phoe]

​@@cheoiswatera panic grappler anyway 😅

[@heisenberg6142]

@@cheoiswaterKevin only grapples when he’s out of his depth

[@cheoiswater]

@@francmittelo6731 fair enough. He just doesn't have the wrestling ability

[@kevinlewis8162]

this guy has gotten unnecessary hate from all those ufc sheep! it's mainly cause of kevin holland's iron chin that mvp didn't get the knockout victory

[@BroFilmz_]

MVP vs Thompson and than vs Edward’s

[@Clips4GO]

I don’t even remotely wanna see it or say this but sadly at some point we’ll have to let belal get his chance lmao bro been in line some time

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@thegoldengatesound]

Hope he and Rocky both win their next 1 or 2 so they can fight eachother. Rocky won’t be going for the take down

[@ChristelFounga]

It goes to show you that the UFC is a different breed. MVP was knocking out dudes left and right and break skulls and bones alond the way at bellator but you could see here this wasn't an easy win and this isn't even a top 10 ranked fighter at welterweight. Congrat to mvp and welcome to the UFC.

[@NicholasMarakas]

MVP is such an awesome dude. Glad he’s in the UFC.

[@time2chill121]

I think Ric Flair vs MVP could be legendary

[@ChadDanes]

Ian Garry or Sean Brady next? Those are 2 good ones but if they can BOOST him up to Belal Muhammad that would be AMAZING. If he could get Belal next, he would literally need 1 more fight then Title fight that quick. But if he can take out one guy top 10 then 2 guys in the top 5 that would get him a title shot.

[@emgee1393]

Gentleman

[@underdogpsychosis2841]

I think it was just the subconscious nerves of his debut with the UFC on such a large scale. I'm sure in his next fight of 2 he'll be at full capacity.

[@qwerty..9511]

Bellator top fighters can hang with ufc top fighters

[@skelleytor]

MVP vs Edwards

[@see_no_evil_1354]

Him vs michel pereira would be fun if michel could still make 170 if not neal or wonder boy if he gets passed either then ian gary

[@williamcobbett4943]

Bro Pereira looked 225 last night. I know they said he weighed in at 186 but he hat size differential, post fight as they raised his hand, was ridiculous

[@ЦарьБатюшка-я8ц]

Was someone there going to show the same UFC level to MVP that he is not a level😂? And then Michael Page from Bellator came in and took Holland out of the gates👊💥💯.

[@thizzlemetimbrs8194]

Very fun fight! Sick fighter! Mvp vs wonderboy lets gooo

[@bjj4645]

lets gooo

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@PatriotMastiffsKennels]

Kevin said B level fighter...😂😂😂 Wat that make kevin now??? 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@taga-narra]

colby vs mvp worthy co-main

[@tomasunava4570]

Whats name of the song of MVP walkout??

[@InfamousAustinT0]

With so many strong grapplers in the division it might be a hard shot to the top of the division. He's got guys like Burns, Colby, Belal, Shavkat etc ahead of the him and he can't avoid them all. There's some exciting match ups with strikers in his division ahead of him as well though. Let's see what the match makers do.

[@noobciity321]

The man was smoooooth

[@cagataycakmak2280]

He looked lightning fast.

[@thechosenone93]

Lot of losers in the comments saying he’s come too late to the UFC…with your mindset he would retire (and this doesn’t apply to people like Ferguson who is about 2 years older than MVP but actually needs to retire).

[@OwenHarris-ey6os]

The greatest MMA fighter of all time, the greatest fighter to ever live. There can only be one Michael VENOM page

[@kenpachizaraki4303]

please don't match against wrestlers. he's so fun to watch in a stand up fight. he's like a more explosive wonderboy.

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@hotdude655]

Mvp will be the next champion

[@Ephesians-612]

MVP 🕺🔔🤸

[@drunksaylor4156]

Hot take they should now release Kevin holland

[@tyrinlovelady8020]

“Sparring” is exactly what they did lol

[@feelsgoodman420]

i want to see this guy vs wonderboy

[@alberto8428]

Sad Mvp didn come to the ufc at least five yearsaerlier im quite sure he woud have been a champ i v been following since he got in to bellator coming from tkd

[@unclejohnson2090]

nobody caught on "I enjoyed sparring oops sharing cage with him"

[@Omegaluck]

He had good ground defense vs Kevin but how is he going to do against grapplers.

[@simonmasson-dupras3946]

wonderboy or colby or could be burns

[@C3phoe]

Mike that hesitation was self preservation, he wasn't that hurt and you could have been embarrassingly ko'd sir!

[@Hybrid_Therapy]

To us it was a UFC match but to MVP it was just 1:02

[@yunginglo]

he said *sparring 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@VIP-by6gb]

Give him Shevka next!

[@alappara_kelappurom778]

Nope. Jack called him out

[@Raspectras]

The ufc is mostly grappling ground and pound, boxing, 2% muay thai kicks & 20% jujitsu. 85% real mma 😊 with the addition of "MVP" goes up 5% & more each time he busses heads in nephew Dana's "brand". 😊 Donald is his Uncle 😂

[@crisiscon]

Kevin Holland has one of the best chins in mma that's the only reason mvp didn't finish him

[@donjames1903]

Give him Jack Della ,

[@markosesuan6338]

Wonderboy vs MVP

[@denisenoles3159]

That would be boring. Anyway, Wonderboy said he won't fight him.

[@alexisflexis2327]

MVP VS USMAN

[@p_ooba]

GIVE HIM IZZY

[@Dr_1212]

👍

[@shihandesilva811]

Geeze this chick is so loud

[@erikdexter3100]

After poirer got 4 guillotines slipped and venom saying everyone is slippery …are there rules on oil for gamesmanship on body or is it all fair and they just act like its sweat?

[@BeeDee_1]

MVP “the can crusher” crushed Holland

[@AliceGutierrez-x4u]

Davis Elizabeth Perez Carol Thomas Deborah

[@burritobandit45]

The crazy thing is he didn’t even look as good physically as he usually is

[@AIAudiobooks411]

what u mean? he said he was off tonight

[@burritobandit45]

@@AIAudiobooks411 He looked more sluggish than usual

[@AIAudiobooks411]

@@burritobandit45 i think he needs to fight at 185 sooner than later

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

I'm not impressed by this guy. This was a lacklustre debut. The UFC want to make as much money off of him so they gave him the win. MVP doesn't beat Shavkat, Belal, Brady, Colby, Durinho and he definitely ain't beating Leon.

[@iDontLookAtTags333]

Wdym they gave him the win?

[@AliFrankTheTank]

Everyone keep saying Wonderboy but MVP vs Burns, if he wins, give him Leon!!! 😂😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ 22-2, 1-0 in UFC jump on the 🤩⭐️ power now Dana !!!

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@MainCardMinute]

⬆ALL PLUS MONEY bet breakdowns💰4/5 on UFC 299🔥4 straight winning weeks

[@avo13swiftish51]

Megan is my girlfriend

[@aboodthebest7726]

Mvp vs wonderboy is the fight to make

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@charleedoessolarmaintenain9149]

MVP is good but SHAVKHAT finishes him in 2

[@Matt-ou7tu]

I want him to embarrass Ian Garry.

[@alexzaevchimreira]

Oh he will

[@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS]

❤️‍🔥💥🥇🥊🙏✝️GOD BLESS ✝️🙏🥷🦾👏

[@leakingsink]

Why doesnt he walk out with the uk flag

[@drakeshotplays]

He is Jamaican as well so maybe thats why but who knows lmao

[@ibezzant]

Myself and everybody wants MVP vs Wonderboy but according to journalist James Lynch, Wonderboy said he won't fight him. 😕

[@drakeshotplays]

They are friends and won't fight go watch Submission Radios interview of Wonderboy if you need proof

[@ibezzant]

@@drakeshotplays yeah, I read the same thing. Obviously I respect that from Wonderboy but man we miss out on a sick fight.

[@surgeyou123]

How is Megan so tall lol

[@MikeBarratt-lk3gt]

Why is that funny

[@young_fenix]

heels

[@Fightookaishii]

she's standing on a box most likely

[@emgee1393]

Machismo

[@jeffreyortega3932]

Blackman coco butter.

[@catchwreck928]

Megan knows all about black man coco butter🤫🤭

[@mountainskys]

I found the fight to be a bit boring. 🤔

[@mmafan87]

You can thank Kevin for that with all his clinching

[@kamehameha90]

Dude s never gonna be ufc champ.....

[@twicebakedspuds]

DANA MAKE MVP VS COLBY... THEN ITS EASY TO FAST TRACK HIM TO LEON FOR THE SUPER FIGHT IN A STADIUM.... FEEL FREE TO ISSUE ME A FIGHTMAKERS BONUS :)

[@jman1percent995]

This was trash though lol

[@twicebakedspuds]

@@jman1percent995 your opinion and your reply... I agree jman😎🤣🤡