Getting drowned out by the hubbub that is this Saturday's UFC 145 is the fact that one of the best lightweights in the world, Shinya Aoki, will be competing in North America for the first time in over a year. Aoki will be fighting former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (who Aoki beat four years ago) on Friday night at Bellator LXVI. So how has the limb-snatching, technicolor tights-wearing submission savant preparing for the fight? Behold:[youtube]OGU1vd5-iIY&[/youtube]
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