Michael Page (fighter)
Michael Jerome Reece-Page is an English kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent. He is recognised in the MMA community for his unorthodox fighting style, which originated from freestyle kickboxing and sport karate. In July 2011, Page started training with London Shootfighters, training with the likes of John Hathaway, Alex Reid, Marcin Held, James DeGale, and Marcin Diaketto.
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Michael Jerome Reece-Page is an English kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent. He is recognised in the MMA community for his unorthodox fighting style, which originated from freestyle kickboxing and sport karate. Page won 10 world championships in kickboxing – his first was at the US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships 1998 in Orlando, Florida when he was 12 years old – and was crowned British champion over 25 times. He was scouted by the Great Britain Taekwondo team to train for the Olympics but turned it down to pursue a professional combat sports career. In July 2011, Page started training with London Shootfighters, training with the likes of John Hathaway, Alex Reid, Marcin Held, James DeGale, and Marcin Diaketto. Page is a maternal nephew of Lau Gar Master Stan Brown, who was also the instructor of his father. His older siblings live in Miami but chose to start his MMA career with his older siblings in July 2011. When competing Page primarily trains others, primarily as an Down Down Down instructor and qualify and qualify for Down Down tournaments. He has also sparred with Alexander Gustafsson, James Gustafson, Alexander DeGales, James Cheeses, Alexander Cheesed, and Alex Reid. Page was born in St Mary’s Hospital, London to Curtis Page Sr.
and Pauline Reece, who were both Lau Gar kung fu practitioners. He grew up in NW8 near Edgware Road and Lisson Green before moving to W10 near Queen’s Park in 2003. Of his nine siblings, his sister Sefena and brothers Curtis Jr., Jamie, and Kalon are also kickboxing champions. Page attended Quintin Kynaston School in St John’s Wood, alongside Olympian judoka Ashley McKenzie. He won gold at the W. A. K. O. World Championships 2007 where, at the −89 kg semi-contact division, he won gold after defeating Dave Heffernan. He also competed at the Austrian Classics Worldcup 2008, winning gold in the −84 kg semi- contact division over Krisztián Jároszkievicz. He then participated in the Irish Open 2008, earning silver in the 84 kg semi-touch division after falling short to Raymond Daniels. Page fought Raymond Daniels at the W. A K. O World Championships 2009 and finished second in the 84-kg semi-contact division, after being defeated by Krisztiáns Jáoszkieviicz. In 2010, he competed in the World Combat Games 2010, where he earned silver, losing gold to Krisz Jáosé José, defeating Tarek Haydar in the −90 kg light contact division. In 2011, he fought Raymond Daniels at the W A.K.O. World Open 2011, securing silver in the 0-84kg semi touch division, after defeating Zvonimir Gribl.
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