Filed under: DREAM, interview, Japan
“The foot was cracking and making noise and the joint was already broken, but that was being endured by Kawajiri.”
After his humiliation at the hands of Gilbert Melendez in Strikeforce, Shinya Aoki needed to make a statement. And he did. The DREAM Lightweight Champion’s first successful title defense against challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri at DREAM.15 was a completely dominating and almost flawless performance.
Aoki spoke following his win about the gruesome specifics of the fight ending achilles lock, becoming his “ideal self”, his much talked about moodiness and his admiration of Gegard Mousasi.