Bloody Elbow · May 21, 2018
Bellator 200’s Michael Page talks year-long layoff, not rushing title shot
Striking dynamo Michael ‘Venom’ Page will return to action this Friday at Bellator 200, after spending well over a year on the sidelines due to injury.
The British fan favorite says he only made things worse by rushing into training prematurely, instead of allowing for a full, 100 percent recovery.
“It didn’t take too long to get back, but when you should be continuing to take it easy, as soon as it feels good, you want to jump back into training and do the things you were doing before,” Page told Mick Hammond of MMA Weekly in a recent interview. “That’s a mistake and you should keep taking things easy.