Aoki: continuing to break it more would have been fine by me
“Continuing to break it more would have been fine by me” After breaking the arm of Sengoku champion Mizuto Hirota…
“Continuing to break it more would have been fine by me”
After breaking the arm of Sengoku champion Mizuto Hirota with a hammerlock, the Dream lightweight champion followed it with a middle finger to Hirota, his corner and the audience. Aoki’s actions drew the ire of FEG and Dream officials, as Dream event producer Keichi Sasahara said Aoki was sternly reprimanded for his post-fight celebration.
Although Aoki apologized, his attitude indicated he was not particularly repentant.
After my fight, I was excited, and so I did something rude that I should apologize for. But that showed just how excited I was over that fight, said Aoki, despite stating prior to Dynamite that Hirota was a virtual unknown.
When I had his arm behind his back, I could feel it popping, Aoki said. I thought, ‘Well, this guy’s pride just won’t let him tap, will it?’ So without hesitation, I broke it. I heard it break, and I thought, ‘Ah, there, I just broke it.’ I was stopped afterward, but even if I hadn’t been, continuing to break it more would have been fine by me.
Sasahara reported Friday that Hirota suffered a fractured humerus.
Dream got a solid win [with my victory over Hirota], so that was good, but we finished off Sengoku. Although Sengoku was already finished from the very beginning, Aoki chided, twisting the knife.
Aoki claimed his killer instinct came from a sense of duty to Dream and its management company, Real Entertainment.
When Sasahara tells me to go and do something, I do it, and that’s how I live my life, he said. If Sasahara tells me to go to Strikeforce and take them out or ‘Go and kill that guy,’ I’m going to do it. Even if he tells me to go take out Tanigawa, I’d do that too.
