Michael Page ready to wrestle if necessary

Michael Web page received’t rule out a grappling recreation plan vs. Shara Magomedov.

Web page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) meets Magomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in a middleweight bout, which co-headlines UFC Combat Night time 250 (ESPN+) Saturday at ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Web page vowed to make Magomedov shoot for a takedown first, however that doesn’t imply he wouldn’t probably shoot for a one himself. He highlighted the distinction of their strategy ought to the struggle hit the bottom.

“The factor is, after I mentioned it, I wasn’t speaking about who was going to do it first,” Web page mentioned throughout Wednesday’s media day. “I used to be merely saying he would. I could make him do it. I’m comfortable to shoot a takedown. That is an MMA recreation. So, I’m comfortable to do it. I’ve been engaged on that space, however I don’t really feel like I’ll must. There’s a distinction.

“I’ll get to some extent the place I really feel like it might be value draining him out on the ground somewhat bit, touchdown some photographs, elbows on the ground. So I’ll try this, however I don’t suppose I’m going to want to. Whereas, if he shoots a takedown, it’ll be for a very completely different motive. If I do it, it’s simply a part of my recreation plan. If he does it, he’s in peril. That’s the distinction.”

Web page is coming off a detailed resolution loss to Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 the place he was taken down two occasions and managed for over seven minutes. He has since competed in a grappling match, defeating Carlos Condit at Polaris 30.

“Since my journey, I really feel like loads of issues have clicked for me,” Web page mentioned. “It occurred to me in my kickboxing profession, as nicely, the place I used to be doing OK, then one thing simply landed, and I used to be going into circulation state. It was completely different, and I really feel like an identical factor is going on with the jiu-jitsu for me. Clearly, I centered on jiu-jitsu earlier than coming into this struggle.

“So, I really feel assured in myself to have the ability to carry out the way in which I need to carry out throughout our struggle. MMA is a really, very small world, and I hear he (Magomedov) doesn’t actually like doing jiu-jitsu and wrestling. He possibly neglects a few of his jiu-jitsu and wrestling so, I’m positively assured. If he decides to go there, it’s going to be much more of an issue for him.”

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