Michael Venom Page must be 'like a sniper' to defeat Douglas Lima at Bellator 221 here this weekend in Chicago and progress to the welterweight tournament final against the winner of Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. The Briton is a huge underdog against Lima, the former 170lbs champion.

That is the view of legendary veteran kick-boxer Raymond Daniels, who has a similar fighting style to the London fighter who, if he emerges a winner on Saturday night, will go down as the claimant to one of the greatest victories by a British fighter in MMA, if not in combat sports.

Page, a brilliant stand-up fighter from freestyle kick-boxing, faces an opponent in Lima who is as adept on the ground as he is in the stand-up. Page is renowned for his outrageous knockouts, and is thus far undefeated in mixed martial arts, after 14 victories in seven years.

"For me, I’m a huge fan of Mike. When I started I was 'the man' in then karate world and Mike was the young guy coming up," Daniels explained to The Telegraph.

"Mike and I go way back and we’re really tight. He kind of got his style from my style and he made it into his own thing. Not only did he do that, I was his senior in the sport karate world."