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Bloody Elbow Judo Chop: Shinya Aoki Breaks Mizuto Hirota's Arm With a Hammerlock Variation He Calls the "Keichi Sasahara 2010"
Shinya Aoki's use of a modified hammerlock to break the arm of Mizuto Hirota at Dynamite!! 2009 was much discussed, mostly because of the controversy that arose from Aoki's decision to taunt the injured Hirota after breaking his arm. But the discussion of the technique that Aoki applied has been...
The History of Theatrics in Combat Sports Part II - Frank Gotch vs. Georg Hackenschmidt
In the wake of Brock Lesnar's win over Frank Mir at UFC 100 we are experiencing a focus on personality and theatrics in the fight game. Rather than allow this to simply be passed over as a product of a former WWE star I will be taking a look back at the history of theatrics in combat sports in a...
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