Michael Page (15-1) made an easy work of his last night opponent Richard Kiely (3-2) at Bellator Dublin.
The Brit defeated Kiely via KO in the very first round, landing a beautiful flying knee to the head of the Irish fighter. MVP was the favorite prior to the fight and he left no doubt that who was the more skilled fighter in the cage.
JUMPING KNEE FINISH!
Michael "Venom" Page stops rival Richard Kiely in the very first round. An incredible win for MVP.
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The 32-year-old Englishman was in need of a one-sided win because he was coming off of defeat by the hands of Douglas Lima at Bellator 221.
Here are all the results from Bellator 227/Dublin:
Bellator Dublin main card
James Gallagher def. Roman Salazar via submission (R1, :35)
Danni Neilan def. Camila Rivarola via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Michael Page def. Richard Kiely via KO (R1, 2:47)
Peter Queally def. Ryan Scope via TKO (punches) (R2, 3:07)
Bellator 227
Benson Henderson def. Myles Jury via UD (30-27 x3)
Kiefer Crosbie def. Hugo Pereira via UD (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Norbert Novenyi Jr. def. Will Fleury via UD (30-26 x2, 30-27)
Leah McCourt def. Kerry Hughes via submission (R1, 2:14)
Frans Mlambo def. Dominique Wooding via UD (30-27 x2, 30-28)
Preliminaries
Richie Smullen def. Sean Tobin via technical submission (R1, 2:43)
Ryan Roddy def. Patrik Pietila via UD (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Ilias Bulaid def. Vitalic Maiboroda via KO (R1, 4:59)
Karl Moore def. Lee Chadwick via SD (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Philip Mulpeter def. Keith McCabe via SD (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Jake Hadley def. Blaine O’Driscoll via submission (R3, 3:14)
Dylan Logan def. Adam Gustab via submission (R2, 2:14)
Constantin Gnusariev def. Ian Coughlan via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
