UFC fans question Michael ‘Venom’ Page’s call for Kamaru Usman fight after Ian Garry loss

Michael ‘Venom’ Page still has high aspirations in the UFC, despite his loss to Ian Garry. The former Bellator fighter wanted to make an immediate impact in the UFC, which he did in his first fight. But after falling short against Garry, some of that hype died down. So when he challenged Kamaru Usman to another fight, UFC fans decided to belittle him.

In a recent interview with Michael Bisping, ‘Venom’ mentioned Usman as a potential opponent for his next fight.

But here’s the deal. You don’t just challenge Kamaru Usman, the greatest UFC welterweight champion of all time, to a fight. This man held the belt for years and defended it so many times that fans thought it was normal. *cough cough Jon Jones cough cough*

When MVP criticized the Nigerian nightmare, fans were not exactly happy with the disrespect.

“sorry usman is NOT fighting number 13. you can fight geoff neal next”

This user had some advice for the Brit before he thought about taking the former champion to task:

“He needs to get his wrestling skills in order before he calls Usman out”

Another fan pointed out the stark contrast in Usman and Garry’s wrestling ability, saying:

“Bro, if Ian can get him down, imagine what Usman would do”

This fan believes that MVP needs to get a win against a fighter who is fresh off a loss to increase his chances against another ranked opponent.

“That’s not a realistic call for MVP. He should call someone at WW who also comes from an L”

One fan said it would make sense for Page to fight Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson at this point in his career,

“Wonderboy is the fight that makes sense. Neither of them are legitimate contenders at this age and it could be fun.”

After the reactions, it seems sensible for the Briton to reconsider some of his choices. But the one he definitely won’t be reconsidering is when he claimed that Ian Garry would never be champion, despite losing to him days ago.

Can Ian Garry Become UFC Champion?

Michael ‘Venom’ Page still has title aspirations in the UFC. That was his main goal when he joined the organization and he made it known. Ian Garry, on the other hand, wants to emulate Conor McGregor and that means his path was meant to cross with MVP.

And when that happened, Garry wrestled him out and in the most boring fight of all time managed to squeeze out a draw, prompting Page to claim that despite the win, he didn’t expect the young Irishman to ever get past Leon Edwards and Shavkat Rakhmanov.

In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, the UFC fighter made the following statement:

“Not at all. If that’s the game you go to when you have a good striker, then Leon (Edwards) is going to kill you anyway. And then Shavkat (Rakhmonov) is going to kill you anyway.”

MVP made it clear that he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful or take away from Garry’s win over him, but he believes that an all-around fighter like Edwards or Rakhmonov would destroy him on the ground game.

To be fair to Garry, the same would be true of Page. The Brit couldn’t handle Garry’s wrestling, so it wouldn’t help him to go up against a pure wrestler.