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3 hours ago, robnplunder said:

How many new Ozeki will we see in the next basho?  Kiribayama for sure.

Nine wins won't cut it if Takakeisho gets another.

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52 minutes ago, Fashiritētā said:

Exactly, Meisei showed him what to do, just grab an outside grip and start moving quickly in a circle.

I think that's what he tried - it looked to me like he pulled a hit and shift, trying to get a hand on the belt while at it - except Teru  was prepared for it and was able to clamp him before he could get going. 

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6 hours ago, Seiyashi said:

With Hokuseihō and Ochiai absolutely ripping things up as they go, I wonder if Miyagino will be the first in a long while to have the honour of having two yokozuna at the same time.

Last should have been the Hanada brothers, right?

Yep. And of course I couldn't help but to look up to all the historical precedents. We have:

  • 1998.05 - 2000.03 Takanohana II & Wakanohana III (Futagoyama)
  • 1987.05 - 1991.05 Chiyonofuji & Hokutoumi (Kokonoe)
  • 1948.10 - 1949.10 Maedayama & Azumafuji (Takasago)
  • 1941.05 - 1945.11 Futabayama & Haguroyama (Tatsunami)
  • 1924.01 - 1925.05 Tochigiyama & Tsunenohana (Dewanoumi)
  • 1918.02 - 1923.01 Onishiki & Tochigiyama (Dewanoumi)

Moreover, there was an "almost there" moment for Nishinoumi I & Konishiki I (Takasago) in 1896.01/03, as the former retired and the latter was elevated to Yokozuna to fill his place. They were unfortunately active in a period in which there was a de facto rule to have only one Yokozuna at a same time (1835-1903), so they could not hold the rank together.

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If you have time to kill, the Asanowaka - Dewanojo match was odd and fun to watch if you can find it. I saw that Asanowaka pulled a susoharai so I dug through Karla's stream to find it

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5 hours ago, robnplunder said:

I like Ochiai's chances.  Only if Hokuseio learns to use both arms at the start of a match ....

That would be unfair to the competition. 

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4 hours ago, dingo said:

The thing is I expected more from Hoshoryuu already this time. I think he's been close to defeating Terunofuji before so he really should've come up with a better plan. Perhaps Terunofuji's long absence dulled Hoshoryuu's memory or something. 

He will get his KK and I'm not suggesting he is bad but he is 7-4 with 2 fusen wins and none against anyone with a winning record this basho. He has not looked as sure footed as he usually does this basho and I gave him minimal chance of beating Teronufuji last night. 

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Akiseyama seems to have not enough left for a 99th promotion to Juryo...

 

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I don't think Ura actually won that match so much as Tobizaru as the first to collapse from exhaustion. 

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Ura zubuneri win against Tobizaru in what might be the match of the basho so far. 

Even Konosuke couldn't contain his excitement, screaming out about 1000 nokottas in the space of a minute. 

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Not sure I agree with that decision. Maybe  a redo but Nishkigi was in an unrecoverable position as a result of Kotonwaka's throw. 

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4 minutes ago, Rocks said:

Not sure I agree with that decision. Maybe  a redo but Nishkigi was in an unrecoverable position as a result of Kotonwaka's throw. 

Agreed. Should have been torinaoshi. Also echoing sentiments about Abi as henka king. So tedious, this Abi guy. How desperate is he feeling?

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Hoshoryu took 3 seconds to process and then was like "wait a second, I can go under his armpit".

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58 minutes ago, Kaninoyama said:

Ura zubuneri win against Tobizaru in what might be the match of the basho so far. 

Even Konosuke couldn't contain his excitement, screaming out about 1000 nokottas in the space of a minute. 

He really fired them up and both were totally exhausted at the end

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Ouch. Hopefully Terunofuji can get out of bed tomorrow. He must be in terrible pain.

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35 minutes ago, since_94 said:
41 minutes ago, Rocks said:

Not sure I agree with that decision. Maybe  a redo but Nishkigi was in an unrecoverable position as a result of Kotonwaka's throw. 

Agreed. Should have been torinaoshi. Also echoing sentiments about Abi as henka king. So tedious, this Abi guy. How desperate is he feeling?

Even more strange with Sadogatake heading the mono-ii.

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3 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

Even more strange with Sadogatake heading the mono-ii.

Not so, imo. I can imagine he voted out of principle against his son

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6 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

Even more strange with Sadogatake heading the mono-ii.

It reminded me of that match between Terunofuji & Endō at Natsu 2021 that was probably deserving of a torinaoshi, but the mono-ii went Endō’s way (Isegahama was chief shinpan for the bout)

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