Page vs Melillo

Who won Page vs Melillo?

Michael Page beat Gianni Melillo by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator London, on Saturday 23rd November 2019 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 Melillo stats

Michael Page stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Gianni Melillo made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 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 Gianni Melillo's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Melillo had a slight advantage in power over Page, with a 62% knock out percentage over Page's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Page had a slight advantage over Melillo, with a 20% submission rate over Melillo's 15%.

Michael Page was the younger man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Page had a height advantage of 4 inches over Melillo.

Page was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Melillo, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 49 to Melillo's 32.

Page vs Melillo 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, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Page vs Melillo?

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