Junyong Park’s opponent this Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Waterson is finishing specialist Tafon Nchukwi. The up-and-coming middleweight has been telling anyone who will listen this week that he’ll be the first man to KO Park.
“So scary,” says Park before he explodes in uproarious laughter. “He won't knock me out because I'm ‘The Iron Turtle’ and he won't be able to get past my shell.”
When it comes to animal associations in martial arts, there are a ton of snakes, tigers and dragons, but generally the only turtles that come to mind are Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael.