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[–] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

was Onosato's nose already bleeding before the match? We could clearly hear him snorting.
At the end he's wiping the blood with the back of his hand

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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    Feelz bad for Hoshoryu. He could barely use that right leg. I hope he doesn't get permanently injured - he should take time off to fully recover from that surgery.

    edit: oh no, Hoshoryu's up against Ura tonight. No way Hoshoryu's gonna drop out and give Ura the free win.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Man, what was up with Shishi on Day 3? That was one of the odder matches I've seen in a bit. Looks like both he and Oshoma didn't really know what to do with each other, and then Shishi just kinda fell over.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    No, Oshoma had a plan. He was like: "I'll just keep him at arm's length, and I bet he won't even know what to do." Sure enough, Shishi was like: "wut? uh..." Anyone in sanyaku woulda made Oshoma pay for doing the same thing over and over, but Shishi had no plan B.

    lel at Oshoma the troll, look at that face, he was like: "I'm surprised that worked!": https://youtu.be/6iC9EpRAzXg?t=172 Various people in the audience "got it" too.

    That's ok SHISHI YOUR FANS ARE STILL ON YOUR SIDE!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago

    Dewanoryu worked the left under grip and was patient enough when Kitanowaka finally broke it to get his own inside left to pivot off Kita's drive and get the throw.

    Shishi and Oshoma paw ineffectually at each other with Oshoma pulling Shishi's head around from time to time. I think Shishi just collapsed from exhaustion at the end there.

    Kotoshoho's tachiai stands Hiradoumi up like a rag doll. Koto keeps up the abuse and finally pulls him to the dirt hard.

    Gonoyama wins the tachiai but as Takerufuji is driven back he sidesteps and puts Gono on his face.

    Takayasu oshis Hakunofuji to the bales and pummels but Haku hangs on and finally slips through Papa's defenses to get the belt and yorikiri. Bit of a dame-oshi at the end too.

    Fujinokawa with a huge false start against Churanoumi, followed by a second less violent one. They meet in the middle and Fuji gets double insides with a right grip but Chura uses his outside right grip for the winning throw down.

    Fujiseiun gets inside right outside left grips but Kotozakura reaches way down his back and uses an outside right grip for a hard throw down.

    Ura comes out fast and hard off the lines and overwhelms Aonishiki to drive him back, but Aoni has a left underhook that he transfers to his favorite belt grip and survives a couple Ura throw attempts before walking him over the straw. Great showing by both men here.

    Kirishima and Yoshinofuji fight for belts until Kiri goes for a throw with an inside left grip and his left leg in there for leverage but Yoshi keeps his balance enough to rebalance their mid-throw positioning and Kiri goes down first.

    Hoshoryu works Fujiryoga around but stumbles awkwardly off a pull down attempt and steps sideways toward the edge. It's enough for Fuji to close the distance and the yokozuna can't recover enough to avoid being pushed out.

    Asanoyama with a decent overhand right throw attempt against Onosato but the yokozuna recovers and keeps his positioning and right hand grip to hip bump Asa out.

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