Overview
- UFC confirms Page will face fellow Brit Sam Patterson on March 21 at London’s O2 Arena, with Page slated to open the main card as Luke Riley vs. Michael Aswell holds the co-main spot.
- Page says he feels out of favor with the promotion and believes he may have "upset somebody," calling his opponent choice and card position "weird."
- He notes Patterson sits lower on the ladder and says they have trained together before, which he argues undercuts the marquee feel he expected.
- Page points to recent UFC wins over Shara Magomedov and Jared Cannonier to argue he earned a higher-profile assignment, and he reiterates a preference to compete at welterweight as he claims the UFC has steered him toward middleweight.
- The event is headlined by Lerone Murphy vs. Movsar Evloev in a bout widely viewed as a featherweight title eliminator with the winner expected to face Alexander Volkanovski, and the UFC has not publicly responded to Page’s remarks.