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Dr.Radical posted:The real Hakuho died almost 10 years ago because his oyakata beat him with a baseball bat. To cover it up a succession of rikishi have gotten plastic surgery to appear as Hakuho. The most recent Hakuho has bionic implants taken from the Roswell crash, thus why he is so dominant. 
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Did anyone read that article that Kintamayama sent as his newsletter? I always found it fishy when I go to sumo that the "sold out" banners are unfurled when there are clearly a large number of seats empty. This article explained that.
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https://twitter.com/ghetto_stone/status/655942246580097024/video/1
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Similar premise, but with some recognizable faces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbPDY534sys
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Apparently Baruto is joining a cooky new MMA promotion starting Dec 29, I'll post links when I get home
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Diplomat posted:Banzuke Even though I think healthy osunaarashi is going to make it sooner or later, nsk is covering themselves and hoping ichinojo jams up sanyaku and they won't have to bump up osunaarashis retirement
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Uncle Jam posted:Even though I think healthy osunaarashi is going to make it sooner or later, nsk is covering themselves and hoping ichinojo jams up sanyaku and they won't have to bump up osunaarashis Ftfy.
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Uncle Jam posted:...Sumo Talk... I like reading Sumo Talk, just for the crazy. Plus, they actually can have some good analysis - when not crapping on about yao cho. That said, my favorite recent crazy is this: Mike Wesemann posted:I believe Takarafuji is currently being used as a pawn by his stable master to compensate for the Isegahama-beya having two Mongolian Yokozuna. Remember, the rule is in place that each stable can only have one foreign rikishi, but when the Magaki-beya was dissolved, they had to merge it with Isegahama, and so out of nowhere Terunofuji just fell into Isegahama's lap. ...largely because I'm fond of Takarafuji and wish he'd be more aggressive. Osunaarashi has improved incredibly over this year. Once he figures he doesn't need to be slappy-slappy and can wrestle well on the on the belt, he'll be nigh unstoppable.
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Elissimpark posted:Osunaarashi has improved incredibly over this year. Once he figures he doesn't need to be slappy-slappy and can wrestle well on the on the belt, he'll be nigh unstoppable. i want to believe seriously i think he has been great and is trending up but so many other guys in the last few years have plateaued around this level. i really hope that doesn't happen for him. also i think i mentioned this before and it might have been linked, but here's his post on sumoforum from 2009 looking to get hooked up with a stable http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19091#entry178894 pretty cool
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a false posted:i want to believe He's only been in two joi jin basho where he didn't pull out due to injury, I wouldnt get antsy yet.
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Holy gently caress those videos are the best thing ever. I cannot believe Toyonoshima did not finish last, and who knew that Sadanoumi could motor like that.a false posted:seriously i think he has been great and is trending up but so many other guys in the last few years have plateaued around this level. i really hope that doesn't happen for him. That couldn't possibly be because not every upper maegashira is destined for sanyaku. 
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I like Oosunaraashi. I'm not sure he does very well against sanyaku and higher ranks.
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a false posted:also i think i mentioned this before and it might have been linked, but here's his post on sumoforum from 2009 looking to get hooked up with a stable http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19091#entry178894 That is pretty cool. Kanthulhu posted:I like Oosunaraashi. I'm not sure he does very well against sanyaku and higher ranks. He doesn't at the moment, but his matches in the last basho against the top of the banzuke were pretty solid. While he lost most of them, it looks like he's slowly figuring out how to fight at that level. Also, for a bit of pointless fun, you can "cheer" for your favorite rikishi on the Japanese NSK website: http://www.sumo.or.jp/ouen/ranking/all You can cheer for 3 wrestlers a day. Its obviously in Japanese but its fairly obvious what you need to do. I like being puzzled by who is the most popular - Tamawashi and Sadanoumi did well last basho.
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Day 1 is up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9JHV0Dh0i4 I always forget when the bashos start and it ends up being a nice surprise for me.
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An excellent start for Yoshikaze. Feeling a bit disappointed in Kakuryu though.
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Osunaarashi may be the only Egyptian sumotori, but Terunofuji is the only mummy competing this basho.
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Thanks for the reminder - forgot it was basho time already. Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_M07u0EJZc E: Hey, Shohozan! I missed that little sparkplug. This Mitakeumi fellow intrigues me. After Endo and Ichinojo's glorious entry into makuuchi, I wonder if unbound hair = great first record. Man, Terunofuji doesn't look right. Definitely still hurt. Yoshikaze  Oosunaarashi  And we're down to three unbeaten guys after only two days? This is going to be one of those wacky bashos, isn't it? anakha fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Nov 9, 2015 |
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Typically the guys that don't have the top knot haven't been in professional sumo long, and have won one of the big amateur tournaments, allowing them to bypass most of the lower ranks.
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Yoshikaze really has been drat good against his betters lately. Nice twist at the edge there to take that bout.
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Tamawashi by quick oshiwashi. Didn't even need a grip on the mawashi.
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Halloween Jack posted:Tamawashi by quick oshiwashi. Didn't even need a grip on the mawashi. Moti, is that you? Hakuho wasn't exactly dominant in those first two performances, but he also went against the two rikishi that most resemble a concrete wall. Jury's still out on whether or not he's going to waltz to the yusho or if this one will be anyone's again. Giku looks as healthy as he has ever looked, so this might be the best first two days he'll ever see - 2 yokozunae already 1-1 and an ozeki who is still obviously hurt.
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Didn't see the manin onrei banners tonight, sad to see the streak of full houses come to an end.
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No zabutons went flying for Osunaarashi's win. Are they nailed down in Fukuoka?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afjzGao5LNY Osunaarashi continues to impress against the top wrestlers.
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Day 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4URNyATAXI E: I had Kisenosato-Tochinoshin pegged for MOTN... until that final match. Slick reversal by Harumafuji on Ichinojo after looking like he was getting overpowered. WTF Hakuho!? 
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Do we think Henkuho was deliberate? It almost looked like he was disappointed in himself
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Tsaedje posted:Do we think Henkuho was deliberate? It almost looked like he was disappointed in himself I don't know how it couldn't be deliberate. I think he looked disappointed because he thought his opponent would put up more of a fight.
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Kinda looked like he was going for a Harumafuji half-henka, expecting Yoshikaze to hit him, but not as hard. He looked surprised when Yoshikaze hit the deck.
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It's easy to see Yoshikaze was standing very low before the taichi-ai and was looking downwards. He was asking to get henkaed.
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Yoshikaze basically just dove at the tachi-ai, hard to blame Hakuho for simply allowing him to fall on his face. Also, they might as well just give Osunaarashi the fighting spirit award now, his matches have been crazy.
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Day 5: http://youtu.be/bc-vJEfxeMo
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Day 5 was pretty standard. Good moves by myogiryu and yoshikaze.
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Day 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XFAzzIaWzE E: Shohozan throwing guys around and Kisenosato going all tsuppari  Looks like Amuuru's slow rise up the ranks is going to stall out here. FINALLY Ichinojo does something this basho. Kakuryu's been awfully shaky so far. anakha fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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Day 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYuc2EDtTQ amazing day
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Just when you think you have Hakuho beat, he pulls an incredibly rare technique out of his rear end to win. I'm still in awe at that finish.
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Wow, best day by far. That Gagamaru bodyslam. That insane Hakuho slam
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