Michael 'Venom' Page says three Misfits fights will pay more than his whole UFC run

Michael "Venom" Page said on Monday that three fights on his new Misfits contract will pay more than his six in the UFC. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, he said each of the three fights, in boxing or MMA, pays seven figures, according to Uncrowned.

"Misfits came with a crazy deal," Page said, per Uncrowned. He put the money at "two times more, maybe just over" what he made in the UFC, according to Sherdog.

Uncrowned puts the total at a minimum of $3 million. That figure is the outlet's own arithmetic, three fights at seven figures each. Neither Page nor Misfits has given an exact figure, and his UFC pay hasn't been reported.

Page said the deal makes him exclusive to Misfits for 18 months. He can still compete in grappling or wrestling, such as Real American Freestyle. No report says he has signed or been booked there. ESPN called it "a multi-fight, multi-year agreement" when it was announced, which is longer than Page's 18 months. The full term hasn't been published.

How he got here

KSI announced the signing on Saturday, October 10, at Misfits' Essex vs. Dapper card at the Copper Box Arena in London, according to SI. The same night, KSI said he was retiring from boxing and returning as the company's CEO.

Page, 39, joined the UFC in March 2024 and went 5-1, with every fight going to a decision. He beat Kevin Holland, Shara Magomedov, Jared Cannonier, Sam Patterson and Nursulton Ruziboev, and lost only to Ian Machado Garry. The Ruziboev win at UFC Paris on September 5 was the last fight on his contract.

Dana White then said at a Contender Series press conference: "I don't think we're signing him, no," according to EssentiallySports. Page is 26-3 in MMA and 2-0 in boxing, and last boxed in 2018. He also lost a majority decision to Mike Perry in bare-knuckle at BKFC 27 in 2022, per Wikipedia.

Page closed as the underdog in his first three UFC fights, per our fighter page. He was +114 against Holland (won), +154 against Garry (lost) and +170 against Magomedov (won). He then closed as a favourite of −189 to −213 in his last three and won all of them.

One unit on him at the closing price in all six fights would have made 3.33 units of profit. That's a historical figure, not one anyone could be sure of getting.

We think he has a case: he went 5-1 and was a favourite in each of his last three. Against that, all six went the distance, and the UFC's matchmakers chose not to keep him.

His view of the UFC

Page called the UFC "a little bit of a factory line" that caters "for the bar casuals that just want blood," per Uncrowned.

Three days earlier, on October 9, UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland wrote on X that he's "kinda over it" unless things change with the UFC. He said he was thinking about giving up the belt. The National reports he turned down a proposed fight with Nassourdine Imavov, having said pay was an obstacle.

What comes next

No opponent, date or venue has been announced. Page said he hopes to fight before 2027 but isn't sure it will happen, per Uncrowned. ESPN reported that he plans to make his boxing debut "in the coming months".

"I definitely will be doing an MMA fight with Misfits," Page told Helwani, per MiddleEasy. Misfits has staged MMA before: Dillon Danis won its inaugural light heavyweight title in August 2025, according to Cageside Press.

He floated several names, none of them booked. He believes Darren Till still owes Misfits a fight, though Till has since moved to BKFC. He said Tommy Fury is "only going to be like a boxing option," and also mentioned Tony Ferguson and Nate Diaz.