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Nerokerubina posted:this thread could definitely thrive in PSP because there is nothing wrestling fans love more than stories about how crooked the business is behind the scenes Is organized crime involved? Because that'll get the kickboxing fans, too.
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Anime Reference posted:Is organized crime involved? Because that'll get the kickboxing fans, too. 
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Don't forget to submit your banzuke entry form for Guess the Banzuke! http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntry.aspx A Canadian, Brody Henderson, has joined Nishikido Beya. I don't know if he'll be in MaeZumo for March Tournament but its probably likely. He's 20, 150 kilo (325 lbs) 201 cm (6'7"). 
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He won the most recent US Sumo Open. I was hoping he would go to Japan.
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Uncle Jam posted:So two bits of news: I stumbled across a link to the finals match for those interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJFjEkW7DA
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:I stumbled across a link to the finals match for those interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJFjEkW7DA
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doctorfrog posted:I wish I could see all the strutting and salt throwing for the matches on Kintamayama's channel, even though I'm sure I'd get tired of them eventually. It's part of the pageantry of the thing. The problem is that it takes over 2 hours to go through all that, and that's just for makuuchi. I was raised on baseball and I can't even watch 2 straight weeks of baseball games like that. That said, Jason's All Sumo Channel usually covers the last half-dozen or so matches, and in their entirety. The new Sumo app seems to cover matches starting with the last sip of water and salt throw, so you do get some drama. You could figure out which match Jason covers first, then watch Kintamayama's summary (or individually with the sumo app, although currently you'll have the results spoiled) up until that match, then switch over and watch the big matches in their entirety.
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Fryhtaning posted:The problem is that it takes over 2 hours to go through all that, and that's just for makuuchi. I was raised on baseball and I can't even watch 2 straight weeks of baseball games like that. That said, Jason's All Sumo Channel usually covers the last half-dozen or so matches, and in their entirety. The new Sumo app seems to cover matches starting with the last sip of water and salt throw, so you do get some drama. Yeah, I know. A huge part of the appeal of watching this sport is that it's 15 minutes a day every couple of months, it's not some all-consuming thing I have to block out time for. I may or may not go through the trouble, but heck, it's a new YouTube channel to add to the bunch. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Uncle Jam posted:Don't forget to submit your banzuke entry form for Guess the Banzuke! Jesus christ. This guy looks exactly like me, except huge. My girlfriend actually asked why I had photoshopped my face onto a sumo body. Hope he does well so I can watch myself wreck poo poo. At that height I'm hoping he becomes the new Human Crane.
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Gibbo posted:Jesus christ. This guy looks exactly like me, except huge. My girlfriend actually asked why I had photoshopped my face onto a sumo body. Hope he does well so I can watch myself wreck poo poo. Gonna need a pic of your face on his body now for science
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Gibbo posted:Jesus christ. This guy looks exactly like me, except huge. My girlfriend actually asked why I had photoshopped my face onto a sumo body. Hope he does well so I can watch myself wreck poo poo. Human Crane? All I'm coming up with in a search is Myobundani from the 60s, and he was 6'2 and 250, reportedly. This guy looks more like a Baruto, who I would definitely agree was a human crane, even if not Human Crane himself.
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Fryhtaning posted:Human Crane? All I'm coming up with in a search is Myobundani from the 60s, and he was 6'2 and 250, reportedly. This guy looks more like a Baruto, who I would definitely agree was a human crane, even if not Human Crane himself. I was indeed talking about Baruto. I could have sworn I had seen that name in a wiki or something somewhere. "Human Crane Baruto" is bringing up nothing but Naruto references on google now. Weird. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Was having trouble finding info on him, then figured out it's actually Brodi, not Brody. Highlight video from him winning the 2014 tourney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vh1UNzKuug Dude beat Byamba 
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Knew he looked familiar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7n2UP60bk Skip to 6:06. After watching this video, it's normal to be apprehensive about other videos for a while, as though expecting Byamba to burst through one of the walls a la Kool-Aid man, demanding that the subject consume a steaming, sloshing bowl of chankonabe. doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Fryhtaning posted:Was having trouble finding info on him, then figured out it's actually Brodi, not Brody. Ah, my bad, I was reading from the katakana so I just took a guess.
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doctorfrog posted:
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Fryhtaning posted:Was having trouble finding info on him, then figured out it's actually Brodi, not Brody. What the actual gently caress, he's only 20?
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How good is/was Byamba? e: It looks like he reached Makushita and then retired due to injury. Was he projected to continue to improve?
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Kibner posted:How good is/was Byamba? it's hard to tell at that level. plenty of very good rikishi toiled in makushita for a good while before finally coming into their own. hakuho wasn't there for that long but if you look at his record he got some very favorable promotions while he was there.
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Next round of Chiyonofuji's streak is up on the sumo app. I can't determine if film from that era just ran faster, or if sumo was just that much more explosive back then. Wrestling Chiyonofuji looks like wrestling an angry crocodile in most of those videos.
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Third round up on the app now. You can see the nerves starting at the very first one, against garage rikishi - it's amazing he won another 20 after that. Pure beast.
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Banzuke for Haru basho
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hey, another russian. i wonder if this one also henkas every bout
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Huh, Gagamaru's back in makuuchi. Wasn't expecting that.
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Kikkoman posted:From reading Amuuru's wikipedia page, I wouldn't expect too much from him. He's lighter than Harumafuji and has had two serious right knee surgeries in the last five years. I'll be surprised if he makes it to 8 wins. He only got 5 the last (and only) time he was up. He seems to be even more Greco-Roman style than Aran and overall just wasn't very impressive from what I remember. Geez, they were brutal to sanyaku. I never would have expected 10-5, from M9 (Tamawashi), against ZERO sanyaku or yokozunae, would be enough to push a 7-8 komusubi (Tochiozan) down to maegashira. Tochiozan beat a yokozuna, an ozeki, and the other komusubi ffs. Tamawashi might go 0-15.
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Recently they've been very unkind to people who pull out due to injury, which makes the problem even worse. That's why Jokoryu was up there crippled basically.
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Konstantin posted:7-8 means you have to be demoted at least one rank if you're not an Ozeki or Yokozuna, but I agree that Ichinojo is more deserving of the slot. Biggest surprise for me is Chiyotairyu going all the way from M5 to Juryo. I don't buy it. What if you go 8-7 as M1 and everyone above you is also kachikoshi? You aren't guaranteed a promo just for kachikoshi. It makes no logical sense for 10-5 against trash from 20 spots down to result in a higher spot than a 7-8 performance against all sanyaku and M1-3. I know sekiwake and komusubi are known as the meat grinder, but ffs. And it's Tochiozan, pretty much the only rikishi who has had a chance at ozeki in the last two years other than Goeido, so he has earned his place in sanyaku.
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A K1w has never stayed there after a 7-8. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&form1_rank=K1w&form1_wins=7&form1_losses=8 Yeah sometimes stuff gets jammed up and winners can't move up, but there has always been an element of luck with getting into Sanyaku.
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Are there any decent write-ups online for the lower divisions? I'm curious about who is considered up-and-coming and was watching previous year's matches for Ishiura (who has just come up to Juryo) and Shodai (who will probably bump up after this basho). I couldn't find anything (in English) about expectations for these guys.
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Last round of Chiyonofuji's streak is online, including the match that ended it. Unless it's a typo, you only have 3 days to watch these (through 2/28), so get to it - you don't want to miss three tsuridashi, one of them possibly the most impressive one I've ever seen.
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The March basho is here! Day 1: http://youtu.be/Vqbk7Mj0s6c Today was not a good day for people in the first couple of rows. If you bowl over a gyoji seated ringside while crowdsurfing, what is that called? Ouch, Kakuryu out for the whole basho anakha fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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What happened on the Hakuho bout there? it looked like both wrestlers lost their balance at the same time for like 1 second or so. Funny stuff.
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Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIkwrMd-FGE
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Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nPqOSWdZs Aminishiki-Tochinoshin was pretty fun.  Ichinojo with the John Cena shoulderblock to win his bout.anakha fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Day 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgq7QhEy8Dc Well there goes my 0-15 prediction for Tamawashi, thanks to Okinoumi being kyujo.  Finally some spirited bouts.
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