Shinya Aoki worried about a cold..

By Lyman Hoyt June 14th, 2008

Shinya Aoki
Aoki all bundled up
Slow news day in the Japanese MMA world in advance of Sunday’s DREAM.4 event. How slow was it? Slow enough that one of the top stories concerned Shinya Aoki’s dress. Aoki showed up at the pre-event press conference dressed as if he were in Maine and not Tokyo, and there was a squall blowing in. Keep in mind that the weather today in Tokyo was sunny with a high of 27 C. That translates to 82 degrees F, not exactly the weather where you’d expect to see heavy anoraks and stocking caps.

As always, Aoki had an explanation that was equal parts logic and craziness. He said he was afraid of catching a cold, particularly since with the balmy weather everywhere he went (the cab, the press conference venue) had the AC on full blast. Can’t blame a fighter for not wanting to catch a cold a couple of days out, but at the same time there may be a better way of doing this than dressing up like an LL Bean model.

Aoki doesn’t want to catch a cold @ Nippon Sports (in Japanese)

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