Overview

• Jared Cannonier has joined Conor McGregor as the only modern-era UFC fighters with TKO/KO wins in heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight divisions.
• Cannonier will meet Michael ‘Venom’ Page at UFC 319 on August 16 in Chicago, where a victory would reinforce his bid for a middleweight title shot.
• Page moved up from welterweight after citing politics in matchmaking and aims to make a statement finish in his second middleweight outing.
• A win over Cannonier would likely catapult Page into the top 10 of the UFC middleweight standings and bolster his championship prospects.
• Page has said he plans to pursue acting and launch a film company after his MMA career, and Conor McGregor has re-entered the UFC’s drug-testing pool with an eye on a 2026 comeback.