Aoki says arm-break could happen again
“No (I don’t) because it happened during the fight,” Aoki told MMAjunkie.com through his translator during a media day promoting his upcoming fight with Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez (17-2 MMA, 7-1 SF) at “Strikeforce: Nashville.”
Aoki makes his U.S. debut April 17 on the CBS-televised event after a decorated career in Japan that’s only recently come under fire for his behavior this past New Year’s Eve.
Melendez is a seasoned ground-and-pound artist in addition to a respectable stand-up game, and that’s a big part of the intrigue behind the April 17 fight: whether he can stay away from Aoki’s slick moves on the mat.
The hold Aoki applied to Hirota was not in the Rolodex of common submissions. But the speed and force in which he cranked it produced a devastating result.
That force, Aoki said, was the result of being overtaken by an “outside force” in the fight’s final moments. The force caused his aggression and subsequent in-ring outburst.
It was the final bout in an event that pitted DREAM fighters against World Victory Road’s Sengoku fighters, and the score was even when the two met in the co-main event. Aoki said there was a special urgency to the bout because of Hirota’s Sengoku belt.
He’s not quite sure why the feeling arrived at that moment.
“The thought came down to me,” Aoki said. “Maybe the bad thought came down to me.”
He said it was the first time he experienced such a feeling during a fight, though two viral videos show him damaging the arms of opponents Keith Wisniewski and Kuniyoshi Hironaka in past competition.
Aoki said he is not trying to hurt his opponents, though.
“I just want to win the fight,” he said.
When he faces Melendez, Aoki is not allowed to wear the grappling pants that have allowed him to catch many a fighter. But he thinks he can stop the Strikeforce champion before he takes any real damage.
“It’s going to be a very great fight (with a) quick submission or knockout,” he said. “Either way, it’s going to be a first-round fight for him (or) for me.
“I can take his pressure, but finally, I’m going to win.”
Aoki did not, however, rule out that he could be overtaken by that “force” once again.
“Sometime in the future, it may happen,” Aoki said. “I can’t deny that it will happen again.”
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