Page vs Anzai

Who won Page vs Anzai?

Michael Page beat Shinsho Anzai by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 237, on Saturday 28th December 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Page vs Anzai division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Page vs Anzai stats

Michael Page stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Shinsho Anzai made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Shinsho Anzai's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Anzai had a slight advantage in power over Page, with a 64% knock out percentage over Page's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Page had an advantage over Anzai, with a 19% submission rate over Anzai's 0%.

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

Page had a height advantage of 8 inches over Anzai. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Page was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 8 months later than Anzai, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 49 to Anzai's 25.

Page vs Anzai form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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 and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 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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