Review: 2014-12-31, Shinya Aoki vs Yuki Yamamoto gets three stars thanks to a good finish. The black belt in judo and Bjj Shinya Aoki entered this fight with a pro mma record of 36-6-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Eddie Alvarez in their rematch (=Alvarez vs Aoki 2), since then he ha won six consecutive bouts, the last one against Kamal Shalorus (=Aoki vs Shalorus).
His opponent, Yuki Yamamoto, has a record of 6-6-3 (100% finishing rate) and he comes off the loss against Ramazan Esenbaev. Aoki vs Yamamoto is on the undercard of Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic vs Satoshi Ishii 2 – IGF Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014. Watch the video and rate this fight!