He was then set to faced Satoshi Ishii, another of Japan's Olympic judoka, at the K-1 World MAX 2010.
Satoshi Tomiie | Maki Ishii | Koichi Ishii | Satoshi Tajiri | Satoshi Ishii | Ken Ishii | Teruo Ishii | Takuro Ishii | Takashi Ishii | ShirÅ Ishii | Seiichi Ishii | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Satoshi Ohno's | Satoshi Ohno | Satoshi Kon | Satoshi Kitamura | Motoko Ishii | Makoto Ishii | Katsuhito Ishii | Hisaichi Ishii |
The fight between Aoki and Hirota was considered to be one of the main events of the night along with Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida and the K-1 bout Masato vs Andy Souwer.