I chose Aoki for a few reasons. First, he consistently puts on entertaining fights. Obviously the Strikeforce fight sucked but he didn't really take that much damage and should've worn knee and ankle braces.
He finishes guys with crazy stuff that's sometimes brand new. The Aokiplata was one of the coolest subs I've seen. Granted, it wasn't against the most skilled opponent, but it was still cool as hell. Neck cranks, arm-breaking hammerlocks, last-second armbars, RNC while opponent waves to the crowd; it's always exciting.
His pants. If Cro Cop has head kicks and Silva has head stomps, Aoki has pants. I'm no homo/metrosexual, but I love his pants. They get crazier and more flamboyant every fight. In addition to being original and crazy, they're also extremely smart (but the candy-canes were my favorite). He knows they can help him a lot and he takes advantage of that.
Energy. He comes out screaming along to his entrance song in a gi. He scooted after his opponent on several occasions.
Now in his defense: he shouldn't have flicked off Hirota, but I don't blame him for breaking his arm. He wasn't going to tap, even facing a broken arm, so Aoki took it to the next level and broke it. In the Melendez fight, no one convincingly won. Melendez definitely controlled the fight and deserved the win, but Aoki didn't get close to a submission and Melendez didn't land anything heavy until the last 10 seconds.
Now I chose "Kom Igen Lena" by Hakan Hellstrom. TBH I don't know enough Swedish to understand the lyrics lol. So I chose it for the rhythm and tempo. It's upbeat and fast. It sort of has a "fun" feeling to it, and I feel like Aoki has that style of carefree, all-out.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4KxpC6-t28][/youtube]
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) he is verry good on the ground and like he showed against edgard not afraid to keep the fight standing!
