{"id":297027,"date":"2023-12-03T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297027"},"modified":"2023-12-03T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:39:02","slug":"ex-ufc-star-eddie-alvarezs-eye-left-swollen-shut-after-bare-knuckle-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/ufc\/ex-ufc-star-eddie-alvarezs-eye-left-swollen-shut-after-bare-knuckle-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC star Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s eye left swollen shut after bare-knuckle fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#039;My dad won Olympic gold &#8211; and now people call me the best MMA prospect in the the world&#039;<\/h3>\n<p>Eddie Alvarez was left with one eye completely shut after a brutal bare-knuckle fight with fellow ex-UFC star Mike Perry. After the second round, Alvarez&#8217;s team pulled him out when he admitted he couldn&#8217;t see out of his left eye.<\/p>\n<p>In victory, Perry claimed the title of The King of Violence and said: &#8220;I like to get hit a little bit sometimes. I like that s***. It makes me feel alive.<\/p>\n<p>I work on the head movement but the last one ended so easily, I just wanted to have a battle so I let him get some shots off. I had a great time. Eddie Alvarez is a hell of a competitor. Who owns combat sports now? The king of violence! &#8216;Platinum&#8217; Mike Perry!&#8221; Perry added.<\/p>\n<p>Perry then challenged Conor McGregor, whom he faced off after his last bare-knuckle fight in April. &#8220;Conor McGregor would be a great matchup,&#8221; he said &#8220;I just beat somebody he fought for a world title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/167\/590x\/secondary\/5097132.jpg?r=1701612811660\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;s bigger than that? There&#8217;s no one bigger than Conor McGregor except me.These boxers don&#8217;t want to take the gloves off. Darren Till said he doesn&#8217;t want to do it with no gloves. Who wants to fight Platinum Mike Perry with no gloves?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez, the former UFC lightweight champion who lost to McGregor in 2016, shared: &#8220;I think bare-knuckle is the fastest-growing sport in the world. I love this, I really do. I was on point,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so sharp. Unfortunately this sport is so volatile, you just dont know. I think my orbital&#8217;s smashed up and that;&#8217;s all she wrote. It f***** sucks, it was a good show, the fans won; I didn&#8217;t win, but the fans won.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought Mike would go down and he didn&#8217;t, my hat goes off to Mike Perry, the guy&#8217;s a f****** battle axe. Mike was the better man, I take my wins and I take my losses the same way and keep my head high.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not 100 percent sure when he landed the shot he landed but midway though the second I felt my eye closing and when I sat down I went to open my mouth a bit and I think my orbital is smashed up a bit. I started getting into a firefight with him and that&#8217;s not something you do with Mike Perry, it&#8217;s foolish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>*An AI tool was used to add an extra layer to the editing process for this story.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/ufc\/1841609\/Eddie-Alvarez-eye-bare-knuckle-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#039;My dad won Olympic gold &#8211; and now people call me the best MMA prospect in the the world&#039; Eddie Alvarez was left with one <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/ufc\/ex-ufc-star-eddie-alvarezs-eye-left-swollen-shut-after-bare-knuckle-fight\/\" title=\"Ex-UFC star Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s eye left swollen shut after bare-knuckle fight\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-UFC star Eddie Alvarez&#039;s eye left swollen shut after bare-knuckle fight - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/ufc\/ex-ufc-star-eddie-alvarezs-eye-left-swollen-shut-after-bare-knuckle-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-UFC star Eddie Alvarez&#039;s eye left swollen shut after bare-knuckle fight - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#039;My dad won Olympic gold &#8211; 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