Remember when Aoki flipped that guy a bird after breaking his arm and Sherdog defended him?

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You guys remember when Shinya Aoki broke that one guy's arm and then stood over his body and flipped him a bird...in front of his family?

All the hardcores on Sherdog tried to defend his actions by saying he was mad at the guy for making him break his arm when he could have just tapped out instead.

I don't know why but I just randomly remembered this. It didn't dawn on me at the time but that's like the most bullshit excuse for someone being a dick I've ever heard.
 
He didn't have a problem breaking his arm

"When I had his arm behind his back, I could feel it popping," said Aoki. "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."
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He said he flipped the bird just because of excitement

"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."
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https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-...dle-finger-then-goes-kellen-winslow--mma.html

iirc back then people were speculating Aoki was salty because in Hirota's fight before this he knocked out one of Aoki's closest teammates, Satoru Kitaoka (Taking the Sengoku LW belt off him in the process)

Brutal

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Anyone remember the absolute beautiful result when he fought that guy in a mixed ruled match

It was kickboxing the first round and then a round with MMA rules. During the kickboxing rounds, Aoki kept flopping to his back over and over and just did whatever he could do to avoid engagement

Second round starts and Aoki runs over and immediately shoots for a double and his opponent knew what was coming and threw a huge knee and KTFO Aoki. So satisfying

 
BonyAcaiNogueiraBrothers said:
All the hardcores on Sherdog tried to defend his actions by saying he was mad at the guy for making him break his arm when he could have just tapped out instead.

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But it's true, lol.

Don't want to have your arm broken, in front of family or not, then admit you're done and fucking tap.

Making the other dude maim you is an asshole move in itself.

Now, Aoki behaving like a lunatic afterwards is yet another matter.
 
Remember Renzo jumped on that dudes back after choking him out… I think he also spit on someone.
 
Aoki will rightly be remembered, criticized or praised for this event, but the passage of time does offer us some additional perspective and therefore context. Hirota was a fool for not tapping, and he changed the trajectory of his career substantially due to this choice. He was out for over 20 months in total. Pre-fight, he was the Sengoku champion and his cross promotional bout against Dream champion Aoki was hotly anticipated, with a riotous crowd on the night (by Japanese standards). There was of course the standard MMA war of words pre fight, which Aoki always takes to heart because he is a true psychopath. Additionally, as has been mentioned already, Hirota had defeated Aoki’s best friend and training partner. Well, defeated is kind. He actually beat the shit out Of Kitaoka and took his Sengoku belt. Easily shucking off Kitaoka’s sub attempts gave him confidence to claim he was not scared of Aoki’s equally weak submission game. In their fight, Hirota came to immediately regret this decision. His break was so severe that his surgery was performed by the same Doctor that repaired Jerome Lebannners forearm after he famously shattered it against Ernesto Hoost (the ref ignored the break and allowed the fight to continue until reaching the knockdown limit) however, attempted returns to light training were quickly aborted due to the high potential for further aggravation and damage. Not to be discouraged, Hirota decided to leave his longtime Gym, Gutsman Dojo with another Sengoku standout to form Cave……which then resulted in him injuring his repaired arm and further delaying his return to MMA. Sengoku never stripped him, but he ended up vacating the belt due to his sustained absence from the promotion. When he WAS finally ready to return, Sengoku had folded….and Aoki had rattled off 6 wins across the largest promotions outside of the UFC in strikeforce, bellator and Dream. Hirota, a respected champion before his injury, was left to feed on opponents in DEEP. Obviously, this was not the end for Hirota, and he made his short run in the UFC….but had he tapped that night against Aoki, his career would look dramatically different from today
 
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