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Michael Page vs. Fernando Gonzalez set for Bellator 163 in November

The MMA Report Staff

Bellator is hoping the third time is the charm as the promotion has once again booked welterweights Michael Page and Fernando Gonzalez as they are now scheduled to meet at Bellator 163 on November 19 in San Jose, California.

The fight booking was announced by Bellator on Friday.

Bellator 163 will come from the SAP Center and is expected to be headlined by Michael Chandler defending the lightweight title against former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.

Page (11-0) is coming off a TKO win against Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos last month at Bellator 158 and six of his seven wins in Bellator have come by stoppage. He was initially scheduled to face Gonzalez at Bellator 151, but Page pulled out of the fight and they were then booked to fight at Bellator 158 but Bellator had to pull Gonzalez from the bout due to visa issues. Gonzalez (25-13) has gone 5-0 in Bellator and is coming off a split decision win against Gilbert Smith. Three of his five wins in Bellator have come by decision and he is 8-2 in his last ten fights.

Tickets for Bellator 163 will go on sale Friday, September 2 at Bellator.com, SAP Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.

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  1. Nm on the ?’s on the other post. It was just comments/ my opinions.

    What do you think of Bellator booking MVP vs Gonzalez for a 3rd time? I think they should forget about this match up and do MVP vs Ward.

    Who would you like to see Rory Mac fight in his debut? I wanna see him vs Daley. After that fight for the title.

    Top 5 biggest Bellator free agent signings of all time?

    2. Page vs. Gonzalez is the right fight to make. The reason I would not make Page vs. Ward at this time is due to the fact that Ward is coming off a lost to Evangelista Santos, who Page just defeated.

      With Rory, I like the fight you mention with Daley. However, it would not surprise me if he gets an immediate title fight. If I was Andrey Koreshkov’s management, I would be pushing for the MacDonald fight over the Douglas Lima fight.

      When it comes to the 5 biggest signings, I would go Benson Henderson, Rory MacDonald, Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz and Phil Davis.

  2. Do you think UFC releases Anthony Pettis if he loses tonight? I highly doubt it. I think if he loses, he’ll retire and be an analyst.

    Where would you rank McGregor vs Diaz II on your list of all time greatest fights in MMA history?

    Scott Coker said they’ll announce the next Bellator kickboxing card on Monday. Do you think Rampage or Daley will be on it?

    1. I doubt the UFC would release him and I would expect him to keep fighting.

      In terms of greatest fights in MMA history, I would need some time to really think about that, but I would not put that fight in my top five.

      I expect the Bellator Kickboxing announcement will be the Israel or Italy show. Maybe Daley, but doubt Rampage.

  3. I think Lorenz Larkin stays with the UFC. Hbu? Only way UFC lets him walk is if Bellator offers him 100k per fight. Bc if they offer him like say 80k per fight. I think UFC matches it.

    1. I expect you will see Lorenz back in the UFC. His disclosed pay for UFC 202 was $39k to show, $39k to win. I could see an offer from UFC being $50k to show, $50k to win. Doubt they would go higher than that.

        1. As in $110 guaranteed a fight or $55,000 to show and $55,000 to win? If the offer was $55k/$55k, I would expect the UFC to match. If Bellator offered $60k/$60k a fight, doubt UFC would match.

      2. Yes, as in 110k guaranteed. So Bendo is making 250k-275k? And Mittrione 120k-130k? Do you know how much Josh Thomson is making a fight?

        Also will the 160 fighter salaries be made public?

        1. If Bellator offered Larkin $110k guaranteed a fight, don’t see UFC matching that. Numbers I have heard on Bendo is $250k and Mitrione $120k guaranteed a fight. Bellator 160 salaries will be available via public record request and those should be released by the commission on Monday afternoon.

  4. Actually since Rory won’t fight until early 2017. And since he’s coming off a pair of loses. I would like to see Bellator match him up with Andre Santos. Bc I don’t like seeing a guy fight for a title with loses. It just doesn’t make any sense.

    1. What do you think of Rory Mac vs Andre Santos as his first fight in Bellator? Since he’s coming off a pair of loses. Then fight for the title.

      1. I could see why Bellator would do that type of fight with MacDonald. However, not sure that would draw people to watch on Spike.

  5. Hahaha, what a surprise announcement of this matchup, NOT (lol). One thing with Bellator is if a fight matchup is announced, you can beat good money that Bellator is going to make that matchup happen even if unforseen circumstances come up to cause the matchup not to take place the first or second time, Bellator is going to make that matchup happen (lol). Good matchup. If Gonzalez wins, he deserves a title shot, if Michael Venom Page wins, Bellator should hold off on giving him a title shot because the title matchup would be the last fight on his current Bellator contract and more importantly, Fernando Gonzalez would be his only real significant win. Have MVP fight Chidi Njokuani if he beats Fernando Gonzalez.

      1. I like that fight better than MVP vs Gonzalez. But I really wanna see Rory Mac vs MVP next yr. But I highly doubt they’d do that fight.

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