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far of his career. In the second
round of the bout Page threw
an extremely powerful shot
to the body that had Santos
visibly hurt, which resulted in
Page throwing a flying knee
that left Cyborg Santos cring-
ing in pain holding his face
on the ground. This knockout
was one of the most vicious
knockouts in mma history,
with even referee legend Big
John McCarthy tweeting af-
ter the fight, “@JohnM and it
gained so much attention that
it was featured and trending
all over the internet, with even
Sports Center talking about it.
Another thing to note is that
according to Bellator, The Mi-
chael Page knockout is the
promotions most viewed vid-
eo ever with 3.3 million views
and counting. Bellator 158
also broke another promotion
record with the event gener-
ating over 90,000 total social
media mentions which is the
most event for an event. After
the highlights of the knock-
out were trending all over the
world, a few days later photos
began circulating of the grue-
some injury that Santos had
due to the knee landed by
Page, resulting in a fractured
skull.
Page is the star that Bellator
has been searching for and
with Page becoming one of
the biggest “must watch”
fighters in mixed martial arts,
they are beginning to pick
up a ton of more speed and
becoming a much more re-
spectable promotion. Another
thing to note is that right now
Page is becoming the biggest
star to come out of England,
which is a place that right now
the UFC is lacking in star pow-
er. If Page can continue to put
on remarkable knockout per-
formances like he has thus far
he is going to become not just
the biggest star in Bellator, but
