Aoki coaxes the tapout in photo by Esther Lin.
One of Japan’s greatest idols and presently one of the country’s best MMA fighters at present, Shinya Aoki managed to sink his first submission in the USA this Saturday, when he overcame Lyle Beerbohm at the Strikeforce show in San Diego.
The black belt imposed his Jiu-Jitsu savvy and didn’t spare his opponent a painful neck crank from back mount while still in the first round.
Check out the entirety of the action in the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ket1ph0GUA8