Bellator 267: Michael 'Venom' Page edges London rematch with Douglas Lima

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England's Michael Page 'Venom" took revenge on Douglas Lima, the former champion at welterweight.

Page, 34, knocked Lima, 33 three times at Wembley Arena. However, he was dropped once as a result of a split decision by the judges scorecards.

"I wanted to finish, but Lima's tough man is what I was looking for." Page, who is affectionately called MVP by his fans, said that he understood why he was a champion three times.

"Even though I hit him with huge shots, he kept coming back and he adjusted."

Although Page was the better fighter in striking, Lima managed to take Page to the mat twice during their fight.

Page was able to control his wrists and prevent Lima's ground strikes from being repeated, as he frustrated the Brazilian on the mat.

Lima began to make a stride towards Page in the last round, but the Brit was unable to catch up. Lima dropped Page with a solid left-hand.

Page was able to recover and, despite being knocked down in the final stages, the Londoner was still able stay calm and get the nod of two cageside judges.

Lima won the fight with the first score, while London fans waited anxiously for the second scores.

They both won the fight for Page Wembley Arena. Before the Londoner called for a title bout against Yaroslav Amonov, undefeated Ukrainian champion.

He said, "I have my redemption, now it's time for that bling."

McCourt tries to win a decision

Leah McCourt of Northern Ireland won her fifth consecutive Bellator win with a unanimous victory over Jessica Borga from America.

McCourt, 29 years old, had to be careful after taking her opponent to her mat. Borga was looking for a submission in round one.

McCourt managed to escape Kimura's attempt to stop her opponent and continued to dominate the fight. She used her boxing skills to jab, move and punch her way to the scorecards.

McCourt won the sixth victory in her MMA career, scoring scores of 30-27 and 29-28.

Trainer claims crowd-pleasing win

Luke Trainer, undefeated light-heavyweight prospect, was victorious with a TKO of Yannick Baiti in the second round.

Trainer, 25, began confidently and defeated Bahati (31), on the canvas, after securing an earlier takedown.

After finding his mark with a heavy combination against a cage, 'The Gent' was close to scoring a win in the final seconds of the round.

They battled it out through round 2, with Bahati spinning his backfist to draw gasps from the crowd.

Trainer had the advantage in striking exchanges. Trainer pushed his opponent back against the cage with a solid push kick. Trainer secured the finish with an elbow in the left eye. Referee Mike Beltran was forced to intervene and stop the bout at two minutes 50 seconds.

Wilde subdues Landu in order to win the decision

Wolverhampton's lightweight Tim Wilde defeated France's Yves Landu in the opening bout of the main card.

Wilde, 34, kept Parisian at bay while he increased the pace and forced Landu (35), onto the back foot.

After three rounds of back-and-forth, the judges came to an agreement. Wilde won the fight 29-28.

It was not a happy night for Robert Whiteford of Scotland and Andrew Fisher of England, as Whiteford's featherweight bout was declared a no-contest after Fisher accidentally poked Whiteford's eye. Whiteford, 38, was then unable to continue.