Forward of his return at UFC Saudi Arabia, Michael Venom Web page goes all in on a predicted victory for shut buddy, Israel Adesanya in his important occasion conflict with the surging, Nassourdine Imavov this weekend in Riyadh.
Web page, who has been sidelined since final summer season, makes his third Octagon stroll this weekend, taking over surging Russian uber-prospect, Shara Magomedov in a bid to return to the winner’s enclosure.
Most not too long ago that includes on the primary card of UFC 303 throughout Worldwide Combat Week again in June, British striker, Web page would undergo simply his second-ever skilled blended martial arts loss in a unanimous choice defeat in opposition to Irish contender, Ian Garry.
Michael Venom Web page picks Israel Adesanya to win at UFC Saudi Arabia
And returning to motion beneath a pivotal middleweight conflict between former two-time divisional kingpin, Adesanya and Imavov — Web page is selecting the Metropolis Kickboxing star to prevail with a win — fairly comfortably, in truth.
“I’d bet my house on (Israel) Adesanya coming back [with a win],” Michael Venom Web page instructed Poker Scout throughout a latest interview forward of UFC Saudi Arabia. “I do know he’s had a number of ups and downs, however he’s simply received that mentality, that grind, that push, he needs to get again there.
“I’ve spoken to the team and he’s changed a few things around and he’s doing a few more things again,” Michael Venom Web page defined. “That shows excitement and motivation still like he’s trying to still make things work and change things and adjust things. Adesanya turns up either way, he’s gonna win.”
Making an impromptu middleweight transfer this weekend in his conflict with Magomedov, London Shootfighters staple, Web page has additionally referred to as into query the power of incumbent divisional champion, Dricus du Plessis
“One thing he (Dricus du Plessis) just knows how to do is scrape out the win, regardless of how he performed,” Michael Venom Web page stated. “Because I’ve seen him do some technically really, uh, bad things during the fight. But still, like I said, he just knows how. He’s just a tough guy. He just knows how to grind out the result.”