‘Cyborg’ Santos believes Michael Page acted like ‘clown’ after fight

Evangelista Santos returned to the United States on Tuesday, three days after suffering a horrific injury in his welterweight clash with Michael Page at Bellator 158. Yet, despite all the commotion around his situation for the past few days, the Brazilian fighter guarantees he’s just fine.

“Cyborg” was on the receiving end of a brutal flying knee that fractured his skull Saturday, but chose not to spend more than a few hours in the hospital in London. Back to his hotel room before flying back home, Santos spoke with MMA Fighting about his current situation.

“It’s only a fracture, it didn’t hit my brain. I’m fine,” Santos said. “Actually, I didn’t even stay in the hospital. I was there for five or six hours, and then I came back to the hotel. I couldn’t fly back to the United States on Sunday, but I’ll have surgery in the United States. I’ll be back soon. Thank God I had no brain damage. I didn’t feel dizzy or anything like that. I wasn’t knocked out. I felt the pain due to the fracture. It was superficial, so it’s fine.”

Santos immediately went down when Page landed the flying knee, but he wasn’t unconscious. He was dropped because of the pain, but had no idea how badly hurt he was.

“I only realized I had this dent when I asked the nurse when I would be able to fight again, and she said ‘touch your face first,’ so I asked a friend to take a picture,” he said with a laugh. “I had no idea it was like that. I refused to be removed with a stretcher. I said ‘I’m fine, I only have a broken nose.’ I refused the oxygen mask, too. But when I saw the x-ray, I was like ‘f–k, God helped me.’ If it lands an inch below, it would have sunk my eye, my mouth. I hit where it should hit, my forehead, one of the hardest bones in the human body. The forehead protects you like a bumper.

“After that, I didn’t ask anything else about when I can fight again. But I know my body, I know how I feel. No one is better then you to know how you’re feeling. I know it’s only a fracture. I have to get it fixed, and I’m sure I’ll be back pretty quickly.”

Prior to Bellator 158, Santos told MMA Fighting that Page wasn’t a real fighter yet. After the fight, the Brazilian compliments the welterweight prospect for his win and skills, but isn’t happy with his antics.

“Page proved he’s a great athlete, a skillful striker. He doesn’t have a good ground game, and that’s what I was planning on working on in the fight,” Santos said, “but he’s showing to be a douchebag because he doesn’t respect his opponents before or after the fight. He’s using bad people as influences.

“He could become a celebrity with his talent and look up to other athletes, instead of acting like this. This generation looks up to (Conor) McGregor as an influence, and it’s not what being a competitor is about. Throwing things after the fight… Honestly, he’s a clown. The way he behaves is not how a champion should behave. He’s talented, yes. He’s skillful. And he fought a great fight.”

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The last time Santos had a bad injury in a fight was in 2008, when he fought Siyar Bahadurzada at Sengoku. “Cyborg” was coming off a first-round submission win in the promotion, but fractured his arm 22 seconds into the bout while being taken down.

“It was the same kind of pain I felt when I broke my arm in Japan,” he said. “You can’t hide the pain. If was f—ing painful. I wasn’t knocked out or anything like that, that’s why I’m not …

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