Quote of the Day: Shinya Aoki Responds to Jake Shields

by Luke Thomas on Aug 29, 2008 11:03 AM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

"Ah yea, I heard that the American, Jake Shields, is saying 'Aoki ran.' What the hell are you? A feudal lord? If you were some kinda genius like Michael Jackson, maybe I'd pay you some mind. But you? You can't say that."

-- Shinya Aoki, responding to claims by Jake Shields that Aoki had "no budo." More on budo (likely he means "bushido") here.

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that is sweet!

I love it. I have no interest in Shields/Aoki — I like Aoki at lightweight just fine.
Shields is a great fighter, but a guy who declined to sign with the UFC and face the best welterweights in the world is hardly in a position to talk about warrior spirit.

by Kid Nate on Aug 29, 2008 11:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“some kinda genius like Michael Jackson”?

by Kierkegaard on Aug 29, 2008 11:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

THAT is the best thing I've read...

…in such a long time.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Aug 29, 2008 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't that

Akiyama’s nickname? I think it was a reference about him not being able to talk shit like Akiyama can, so don’t bother trying.

by LiuLang on Aug 29, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His nickname is “Michael Jackson”? If that’s true, it might just take over the top spot of worst mma nickname ever, surpassing ridiculous nicknames like “Muscle Shark” and “Ken Flo” and “J-Lau” and . . .

I thought his nickname was some japanese term for “flying submission master” or something like that.

by Kierkegaard on Aug 29, 2008 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's Aoki.

by Luke Thomas on Aug 29, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahh.

That’s still a really bad mma nickname, though.

“In the blue corner, Brock "Don Ho” Lesnar …. "

by Kierkegaard on Aug 29, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His nickname is "Michael Jackson"?

That’s what they called Akiyama in the Dream 5 opening.

by Tonley on Aug 29, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In contrast, I think that is the best nickname I’ve ever heard.

by Simco on Aug 29, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

feudal lord?
Michael Jackson?
Genius?

What the hell is going on, lol??

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Aug 29, 2008 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

my bet is

that he said “shogun” and the translator went over literal.

by Kid Nate on Aug 29, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know right…I’m like WTF?

http://mma4real.net/

by Tha Realness on Aug 29, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Japanese translations are hilarious,

especially when the speaker knows it’s going to be translated. Ichiro Suzuki, the baseball player, is notorious for dropping ridiculous quotes on his translators and making them do literal translations. He’s actually close to a genius, and his stuff comes off as bat-shit crazy sometimes, but then when you look back at it a year later it all makes perfect sense.

That’s what I think of whenever I read a quote like the one above. “This’ll make much more sense a year from now. Don’t worry about it, because your head might explode…again.”

There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

by misterjonez on Aug 29, 2008 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's some funny shit.

If you were some kinda genius like Michael Jackson, maybe I’d pay you some mind. But you? You can’t say that.

Eat it, Jake!

by pud333 on Aug 29, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bubbafat

More likely ‘Daimyo’ not Shogun. Shogun is the supreme military leader of Japan, and the Emporor is a figurehead. Daimyo is a feudal lord. Plus, a Daimyo can be a vassal to another Daimyo.

by bubbafat on Aug 29, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs