What was David Gardner thinking?
We all knew Shinya Aoki was going to win by submission, but we didn't know it was going to be because David Gardner wanted to wave to everybody. Gardner defended the rear naked choke extremely well the first time Aoki got his back (so well, in fact, that Aoki gave up the back to try a different submission), but the second time Aoki got his back was just a disaster. What the heck, Gardner? You're in a fight against one of the best submission artists in the world and he has your back. Now is not the time to wave to the crowd and say "Hi, Japan." If he hadn't stuck his arm up to wave, Aoki wouldn't have been able to slide his own arm up and rear-naked choke him. It'd be like if in a bull fight, the moment the bull was about to charge, the matador threw down his red cape and then bent over.
NOTE: You can watch the entire fight after the jump, but skip to about 6:45 if you only want to see the end.