Michael ‘Venom’ Web page supplied some perception into the rumors that he did some onerous sparring with undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev.
Web page seemingly struck up a good friend with ‘Borz’ final Might when the previous Bellator star spent a while coaching with Chimaev in Dubai. Since then, rumors have run rampant relating to what went down between the 2 behind closed doorways.
Throughout a current look on the OverDogs podcast with former BKFC foe ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry, ‘MVP’ was requested whether or not or not he discovered success whereas sparring with the UFC’s third-ranked middleweight contender.
Because it seems, it was simply one other MMA city legend.
“I’ll kill that now. I’ll kill it now, that’s nonsense,” Web page mentioned. “I didn’t even get to spar him. He ended up sparring my boy, Norbert Novenyi. Norbert gave him a bit back-and-forth spherical. That they had their tense sparring session. I believe as a result of we got here as a crew, and I sparred a few the opposite guys, I used to be kinda having enjoyable and displaying my flare and stuff.
“Like I said, Chinese whispers, it got mixed. I have nothing to do with that. I got to see him in his element, he is such a beast. I guarantee you he gets the title this year.”
May we see ‘Venom’ vs. ‘Borz’ contained in the octagon sometime?
On February 1, Web page moved up from his publish at welterweight for a middleweight conflict with Shara ‘Bullet’ Magomedov in Saudi Arabia. ‘Venom’ got here out on prime, scoring a decisive unanimous choice victory and handing the Russian his first profession loss.
With Web page discovering on the spot success at 185, maybe we might someday see ‘Venom’ go toe-to-toe with Chimaev contained in the Octagon.
Borz’ is anticipated to be the subsequent man up for reigning middleweight king Dricus Du Plessis, although no official bulletins have been made. ‘DDP’ scored his second profitable protection at UFC 312, pummeling Sean Strickland and pulling off a clear sweep on the scorecards.
