Page vs Rickels

Who won Page vs Rickels?

Michael Page beat David Rickels by submission in the 2nd round during the co-main event of Bellator 200, on Friday 25th May 2018 at SSE Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Page vs Rickels stats

Michael Page stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

David Rickels made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Michael Page's 19th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Michael Page's Bellator record stood at 17-2-0, while David Rickels' came in at 15-6-0.

The stats suggested Page had a large advantage in power over Rickels, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Rickels' 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rickels had a slight advantage over Page, with a 32% submission rate over Page's 25%.

Michael Page was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Page had a height advantage of 3 inches over Rickels. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Page was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 11 months later than Rickels, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 52 to Rickels' 60.

Page vs Rickels form

Page had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ross Houston at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Shinsho Anzai at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gianni Melillo at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, England.

Before that, he was victorious against Richard Kiely at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

He had lost to Douglas Lima at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, United States.

Activity check

Page's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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