We’ve already learned by now that Mike Perry is a pretty unique guy… The heavy-handed Welterweight striker known\u00a0as “Platinum” is set to take on his toughest opponent to date this Saturday in Santiago Ponzinibbio. But leading up to this bout, Perry did some rather interesting training preparation. Gunnar Nelson last fought Ponzinibbio and lost via first-round knockout after several claims were made of him being eye poked prior to the knockout.<\/p>\n
When asked about the pokes and training for them, Perry had this to say in his UFC on Fox 26 media day:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018No, keep going, that\u2019s good, I like it,\u201d Perry said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t stop me or phase me for one second. This is what I do. I live for the pain.\u00a0<\/em>He likes to throw punches like a middle school girl. He likes to open his fingers. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s trying to palm at the hands. I\u2019ve seen some videos where he was literally trying to stick his fingers in people\u2019s eye. He also does this one, too, where he sticks the knuckle if he can land it in your eye.\u00a0<\/em>I like that. Come with it. If your finger goes <\/em>in my mouth, it might get <\/em>bit off.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n