Michael Page’s Misfits move takes a ranked, decision-heavy striker off the UFC board

Michael Page’s UFC run has ended just as his results had stabilized. ESPN MMA reported that Page’s contract expired in September and that he signed a “multi-fight, multi-year” agreement with Misfits Boxing, with his boxing debut planned for the coming months.

The move removes an active ranked middleweight from the UFC betting pool. Page was No. 15 as of Sept. 6 and fought only 36 days before the signing became public, beating Nursulton Ruziboev by unanimous decision. He exits with a 26-3 professional MMA record and a 5-1 mark across the six UFC bouts in our archive.

For bettors, the important shift is not simply MMA to boxing. It is the loss of the conditions under which Page’s recent style became measurable. His UFC profile was built around accuracy, low exchange volume and defensive efficiency. Those traits may transfer, but the available evidence does not establish how they will hold up under a different ruleset against an unnamed opponent.

Page leaves behind a repeatable decision profile

Page won his final four UFC appearances, defeating Shara Magomedov, Jared Cannonier, Sam Patterson and Ruziboev. All four went to unanimous decision. His other win in the six-fight archive also reached the scorecards, giving him five decision wins, no knockout or submission victories and no occasions on which he was finished in that sample.

That sequence matters mechanically. Page did not build the streak through escalating output or demonstrated finishing power. Across 18 tracked rounds, he landed 173 significant strikes with 55 percent accuracy but recorded no knockdowns. His career UFC rates show the same selective pattern: 2.28 significant strikes landed per minute at 58 percent accuracy, against only 1.51 absorbed per minute with 62 percent striking defense.