You have to get Bellator welterweight Michael Page pretty worked up to get a response online.

But when you question his character, he’ll make an exception, which is the reason he cranked out a slickly edited video that fired back at Fernando Gonzalez.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhdugOSJnw

Gonzalez (25-13 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) purportedly started a rumor that Page (10-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) had withdrawn from Bellator 158, where he was scheduled to face “Venom” before visa issues scratched him from the card.

“Bellator spoke to me and said, ‘Can you quickly go online and just let everyone know that’s not the case?’” Page told MMAjunkie. “I said, ‘Can I say my words to Fernando Gonzalez as well,’ and they told me to do what I want. They gave me the green light. Obviously, they didn’t know what I was going to do.

“I’m not that kind of person to have arguments online; I’m not into that kind of stuff. I was going to make it creative. I come from watching that (WWE) Attitude Era and watching ‘Stone Cold’ (Steve Austin), watching (Dwayne) ‘The Rock’ (Johnson), watching all these people I used to look up to entertainment-wise. I thought they were amazing and thought I was going to go with that.”

Page turned in a pretty cool promo video for himself and cut Gonzalez down to size, even throwing in a parting clip of Austin. When the pair are finally able to meet – they were previously booked for Bellator 151 before Page withdrew – the Viacom-owned promotion has some good footage to use.

But for now, Page is scheduled for another challenge, meeting Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos (21-17 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) on July 16 at London’s O2 Arena, which hosts Bellator 158 on Spike.

Page didn’t necessarily plan to include Gonzalez in his pre-fight promotional buildup, but he said he wasn’t going to stay quiet if the fighter was going to start rumors.

“If you’re off the card for whatever reason, that’s your business,” Page said. “But now you’re messing with my business and it’s unnecessary. You’re going to go out of your way to lie about me not being on the card.”

Check out the above video to hear how Page’s video came together, and for more on Bellator 158, go to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.