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Day 6 upper division bouts from the January 2024 GRAND SUMO Tournament.
And thanks for joining us on Grand Sumo highlights it’s day six of the New Year’s tournament Yi lost on day two but has since bounced back with three consecutive wins he has his set on winning his ninth championship and first since May of last
Year we are all set to start day six but before we get to that we have a withdrawal announcement the Cujo announcement of Hoku who injured his right knee yesterday so he’s out over the tournament all right everyone buckle up and enjoy the thrilling matches from the kokan the home of Sumo in
Tokyo we start today withu from jel who is two and three meeting shimu Umi three and two top division rookie here is M competing in juo for the fourth straight time here’s shim maumi three and two likes to fight with a double inside morachi he wants to get
That he has a right hand inside but nice swinging maneuver by mitu and he takes shim maumi out with a strong oashi frontal push out so that ju man meu wins both men three and three after six Days M from Mongolia up next it is bushan two and three against Tomo Kaz one and four first meeting in the top division Forman hard pushes bran pushing tomok Kaz back bushan keeping up the pressure and brings tomok Kaz down to the floor strong pushing attack from start
To finish by bushan and he buries tomaz oii frontal push down Victory by bushan nice pushing attack from a lower angle tomaz to thrust bushan keep his leg Drive moving forward and nice job well done it is Ono Sato the rookie at 4 and one meeting takar Fuji 3 and2 first meeting
Ever people call him the next big thing onos sat looking good so far takar Fuji hoping to flex his muscles against the newcomer good charge by oros he goes north and south and he never stops on Sat overwhelms the veteran Takara Fuji brilliant style of sumo by onos
Sato and he goes to five and one what a suo by the rookie is attacks never looks back oneway street by onos Tak fui has no answer moving on it is ayama who is looking for his first win of the contest against Koto Sho at 4 and one ayama M 17
He needs to pick up the pace if he wants to stay in Maki the rury kot looking good at 4 and one at the moment good charge by ayama but ayama unable to budge Koto K pushing from a lower angle Koto goes and Koto dispatches ayama ayama kind of limping and going down
Ayama collapsing in hanii and aiyama huge concern on his right knee looks like he gets up gingerly and obviously he is in a lot of pain hope it’s nothing serious ohyama gets back the wing goes to Koto Sho with oshidashi that’s his fourth consecutive win he goes to five and one again
Ayama hbling off the doo let’s hope he comes back tomorrow a back pedals Coto all over with his pushing and thrusting attack Coto shoves him out it is muu versus Ono m one and four Ono four and one here’s on noo coming in with four executive wins fighting with a lot of momentum
This man having a hard time finding any kind of Rhythm in his Sumo so far this B charge by Ono Ono knocking back and goes out what a quick offense and quick finish by onos show onos show extends his winning streak to five m one and
Five on noo five wins and one loss after six days what a tremendous charge by on noo from start to finish on noo steps on the gas and never let go Ono with a good hand placement good hit placement his legs are driving forward at all times Picture Perfect Sumo by Ono
Moving on it is takos show andish takos show three and two t one and four this is their fourth time meeting sishu leads the series 2 to one face by turugo but that invites Tako deep inside of his body and that’s a huge mistake by T gisho taka noo makes
Sure pays for that mistake and Tak no wins he goes up to 4 and two Yi Ki frontal Force out win the first of our highlight match and this one is a Dandy Oho 4 and one against Endo one and four today January 19th marks the 11th anniversary of Oh’s
Grandfather and former great Yokozuna thao’s death on January 19th 2013 he’s opponent is endo from ishika prefecture good charge by Oho pulls and breaks endo’s balance and Endo goes backwards and Endo never recovers Oho wins so Oh’s grandfather’s anniversary day Oho comes out on
Top Endo is one and five Oho goes up to five and one has now won four consecutive matches so Taio grandson Oho is doing everything he can to become a yoka himself someday and this style of aumo is okay but he wants to go forward just like that good finish by
Ohol it is sanomi versus Chan chomi has never lost to sanomi before in makoi and also in the lower division matchups so sadomi looking to knock off chanom for the first time chomi from Okinawa charge by sanomi chomi gets a shallow grip he drives and he gets the job done once
Again sanomi once again Los loses to Chan Umi chomi keeps his dominance over s Umi chomi goes to four and two with the victory Yi Ki win mayay versus Tashi both man three and two Tami the Iron Man 39 years old old his age hasn’t slowed him down a
Bit mayay looking very aggressive and impressive in the past three days he comes in with three consecutive wins charge by m m knocking Tashi back and tamawashi gets beat what a suo by m usually T Rashi puts up a better fight in this pushing and thrusting back battle but may say overwhelms
Tashi it’s m and ichy Moto locking horns for the first time everi is the former oi it appears many fans in the stands cheering mumi today ichiyama Moto wants to silence the crowd hard pushing of thrusting by icho icho pulls and down goes Moto’s quick offense plays [Applause]
Offi three and three ichiyama Moto his second win of the contest backto back wins for ichiyama Moto joto sets up for the hii nice ly good timing good execution nice sideway maneuver by icho bringing mumi down to the clay next up it is Shan Umi one and four against H Umi three and
Two here Shan Umi he fought for about 2 and a half minutes versus hjo yesterday let’s hope he has some gas left in the tank against homi a very aggressive fighter hii goes in hard hii goes forward gets the grip he wants and he out muscles Shan Umi hii
Is the clear cut winner what a [Applause] match homi goes to four and two Yi Ki strong performance by H Umi there was a slight hesitation at that initial charge that cost him the match yesterday but no hesitation whatsoever in his Sumo today from hi Umi job well done look at
Hii bad pulling move by shonomi as well left and solid grip and homi knows what to do with those grips he wins all right here is the Cujo announcement once again as I said earlier hulo is CUO from today hwo injuring his right knee so as a result
He’s out D then as a result HHO day six opponent gets a walkover win a win by default so dudan will move up to three wins and three losses Fen show for duden moving on it is Yama Nishiki and asanoyama look at asanoyama one of two undefeated Rishi after 5
Days here’s Nishiki very powerful combatant going up against asanoyama can asanoyama remain undefeated asanoyama with a quick offense gets the right hand inside position good asanoyama wants to get the left but he cannot he goes for the Mak at the same time Nish goes for the Mak a
Lot of movements and Nishi goes forward but asanoyama shows his superb agility and he circles away and hits the throw and brings Nish down beautifully executed by asanoyama moving backwards this is not the type of sumo asanoyama wants to do but a win is a win look atoyama has the early Edge
Unable to get his Lethal Weapon the left hand outside so he goes for the plan B attack which is a makik kaya changing of the grip but at the same time Nishiki goes for the makik kai asanoyama once again goes for the makik kai Nishiki attacks goes in for the kill but
Asanoyama has the answer with theat what a match what a reaction by asanoyama who goes to 6 and0 moving on to the next match it is Shai and Kim ban show I the former oia 3 and two hoping to return to sanyaku Kim Ban two and three the man from kazakistan
Good charge by Kim ban Kim ban knocking Shai back Shai goes for a throw but he whiffs and Kem ban shuts him down ok Dashi rear push out victory for Kim ban from kazakistan who goes to three and Three Kim ban was pretty aggressive from start to finish in this match Shai always seeking to gain an inside position but kiman does a good job refusing to give Shai what he wants and here goes Shai but Shai whiffs kiman wins HTO Fuji meeting Midori Fuji Midori Fuji is the lightest weishi at
116 kilog so he’s about 50 kilos lighter than this man hokto Fuji hokto Fuji a very powerful Pusher mid Fuji turn the tables midi Fuji hanging in h Fuji apply find the pressure and mid Fuji gets buried by hokto Fuji slap down hataki Ki so hokto Fuji overwhelms midi Fuji
With his size and power hokto Fuji goes up to four and two mid Fuji going in hard can’t move hokto Fuji back though hokto Fuji applying the pressure hokto Fuji good execution of slap down midor Fuji he had the left hand inside but he could not execute his
Go-to weapon katashi today once again he tries but hokto Fuji shows good defense and offense it is Ura versus takayasu takayasu has returned to action from today remember takayasu sitting out the last few days with a lower back pain and here he is returning to action from day
Six his current record is one loss I mean one win two losses and two absences he meets Ur So Kum Showdown this [Applause] matchs ur’s charge GS the right hand and he executes the nag and he drills Ura to the deck taka comes out on top strong n overarm throw and Ura goes
Down to the clay hard takayasu returns to action here on day six and immediately gets the W taka yasu receives a huge round of applause from The Spectators way to go takayasu takayasu stops the charge gets the left hand inside position drives Ura to the Edge gets the solid with the
Right and he executes the wat once again moruk to stop ur’s charge and then takayasu gains the lefted inside position Ura tries to escape but he cannot he circles away takayasu catches with a stronger grip this time with a nag right hand and he wins the match the Highlight match number two it
Pits wakamoto Haru versus kotono Waka the other undefeated combatant the SEI five and three in favor of kotono Waka in their eight meetings won by Yi in September that was the last meeting so Cana join Yama in that six and0 undefeated group wo Haru hoping to knock off Kono
Waka oh fast charged by Waka but a good move by wakaru wakaru moves in and wakaru shuts down Kono Waka completely today W Maneuvers andona gets beat for the first time here in the New Year’s tournament so wakao has now defeated y and Wono w a disappointing loss and he bites the dust for the first time in 2024 quick start by kotono vaka but look at the attack from wakamoto Haru wakamoto Haru goes in wakao Haru moving really well from start to finish Waka hoping to catch wakamoto Haru but wakamoto Haru shifts away
Wakamaru goes inside look at oi and the pushing from the right as well again Kaka just cannot catch wakaka uses his speed and out Maneuvers Kono Waka moving on it is D against atami Fuji D show looking good four wins and one loss atami Fuji finally scored his
First win yesterday here’s D show another man gunning for promotion to Oi this year at Ami Fuji feeling good after scoring his first win yesterday Good Start by atami Fuji but daa pushes atami Fuji back good lateral Mobility by atami Fuji atami Fuji escapes at the last moment and D ASO
Goes down atami Fuji wins on backto back days he goes to two and four tuoshi thrust down Victory confidence Builder anytime you win over a sec Dao pushes atami Fuji back atami Fuji goes backwards but he knew exactly where he was in the ring and what to do
At the edge so atami Fuji answers at the 11th Hour Dio thought he had atami Fuji going out but atami Fuji escapes again Dio not bad here going forward but his upper body is too far forward moving on it is H against ABI ohu suffered his first loss
Yesterday and his right knee is banged up apparently hor hoping to bounce back OB is 0 and five so he is looking for a daylight strong charge by Obby Abby pulls and oh the oi goes down loses for the second straight day he’s favoring his right knee obviously
He’s not in good shape but obious scores his first win of the contest defeating oh zi opponent hii Victory it’s going to be a long tournament for hor show if his lower body is going to bother him in the remainder of the contest look at the Strong hioshi by Abi Abi with a
Mor Zuki setting up bringing hor to Center gravity high and strong pull and and down goes hu your first win of the tournament is a victory over an oiki how do you feel right now I was able to do what I’m capable of doing I just I just want to do my style
Of sumo regardless of the outcome moving on to the next match it is gyama challenging o kishima now get this the last time they met in November gyama won by toi so K Shima is looking for a Revenge Kono Yama pick up his second straight win over kirishima who’s going
For promotion to Yokozuna this time face slap by kirishima left hand in right hand out strong there’s nothing gyama can do to reverse the field K Shima with a complete Victory here on day six gyama is a hard Pusher but if he goes chest to chest with a strong o zigy
Who likes to fight in that hi Yu left hand in right hand out it’s going to be all kishima all day face laap the oiki gets himself in his signature stance and this is the style kishima wants to fight in every single match and he defeat goyama with ease right hand W and
Kishima goes in for the kill and kishima goes to five and one the final match on day six it pits the Flying Monkey Toby zaru 3 and2 against Tero Fuji 4 and one Tero Fuji has bounced back with three straight wins after losing on day two gunning for his nth
Championship Toby zaru has scored two kimhi gold star victory over tyo Fiji in the past he’s looking for his third upset oh face slap by Toby zaru Toby zaru moving well Toby Z breaks T balance goes for a next sweep it doesn’t work now T fui catches Toby takes him to the
Edge swings him around to the edge and shoves him out oh look at the extracurricular activity by the Yoko Zuna not so sure why t fui is losing his cool but he looks to be infuriated he probably has something to do with Toby zaru opening up with a face
Slap and then applying a strong leg sweeping attack during the match the yoka kind of struggled he was a handful for the yoka but T Fuji got the job done toar is so quick and look at his maneuver T Fuji does a good job remaining in the ring look at the leg
Sweep and that makes the yoka Mad T Fuji catches toar with the arm lock he goes for the kot nag cannot finish him off but Yoko a great follow through and strong finish look at the Ki move by Toby zaruba Fuji shows good lower body stability catches him with the arm lock
Strong arm lock attempt and then the C grass the final shove and the Yokozuna says I’m the boss all right that’ll do it for day six of the New Year’s tournament at sonoyama is the only unbeaten after six days there are seven Rikishi right behind ayama each with just one loss so please
Come back and join us on day seven as the excitement continues here in the New Year’s tournament Arigato and S
