Page vs Houston

Who won Page vs Houston?

Michael Page beat Ross Houston by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 248, on Saturday 10th October 2020 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michael Page.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the 175 Catchweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Page vs Houston stats

Michael Page stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ross Houston made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Michael Page's Bellator record stood at 17-2-0, while Ross Houston's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Page had a massive power advantage over Houston, boasting a 65% knock out percentage over Houston's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Houston had an advantage over Page, with a 38% submission rate over Page's 18%.

Michael Page was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Page had a height advantage of 1 inch over Houston. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Page was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Houston, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 46 to Houston's 27.

Page vs Houston 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 Shinsho Anzai at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gianni Melillo at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Richard Kiely at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Paul Daley at Bellator 216 on 16th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Page's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Houston's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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