While DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki has long
been considered among the best submission artists in mixed martial arts, “Tobikan
Judan” has also recently developed a reputation as one of the sport’s
biggest heels.
Never was that more apparent than when, after breaking former Sengoku
champ Mizuto Hirota’s arm this past New Year’s Eve, Aoki shot a middle
finger at his vanquished foe and stormed around the ring like a madman.
Now, Aoki meets Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez at
tonight’s “Strikeforce: Nashville” event, and “El Niño” says he might
just have to do a little breaking of his own.