Bellator MMA welterweight Michael “Venom” Page will have to wait a little bit longer for the toughest test of his career. The Daily Telegraph’s Gareth A. Davies first reported on Wednesday that the striking specialist suffered a knee injury in training, which has forced him out of his Friday, May 19th feature bout against Derek Anderson, who has since been removed from Bellator 179.
While Page was unavailable for comment, Anderson provided this statement to Davies in the article:
“I’m upset, as MMA fighters we are always fighting injuries.