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Day 2 upper division bouts from the January 2024 GRAND SUMO Tournament.
Happy 2024 and welcome to the second day of the January tournament from the home of grand Sumo the kokugikan in Tokyo great to start the new year with the return of Yokozuna Teno Fuji fighting for the first time since the July Tournament of last year a packed house at the kokuki
Kon and we begin with Takara Fuji and aama two veterans unusual to see a one-sided series among two Rank and file dii but that’s what we have here aoyama leads Takara Fuji 22-9 kind of slow at the Tachi ayama getting going with his thrusting attack takar Fuji hanging in
There all upper body by ayama and Takata Fuji is able to circle around and pick up a rare win against ayama hikkake arm grabbing Force out takar Fuji 2 and0 here is one of two rookies in the top division shimazu Umi on the left against rury
Buan this is Ban’s third try at a kachik Koshi in the top division shimazu UI winning on day one they slam into each other buan with a pretty good start shimazu Umi counters it’s a pushing battle now it turns into a grappling battle and shimazu Umi
As you can see is better at that kind of sumo he picks up his second straight win Yodi Kitt Force Out our first bout of the day The Prodigy Ono versus kotoo this is a rematch of last B Show’s J us playoff which Koto won both men one and O fast start by Koto onos response and he asserts himself self once again so much hype surrounding the shinyu maku
Ono and he has responded well the first couple of days and oi push down onos takes Koto sho’s best shot then delivers his own push up now it’s Tomo Kaz and Ono both these Fighters coming off poor records in November two Pusher thrusters Ono moves into Tomo kaz’s territory can
He finish off Tomo Kaz he sure can nicely done by onosho picking up and oshidashi push out Victory one and one moving right along to Tak NoHo versus Endo Ando has expressed concerned for everyone in his hometown of anamizu which is one of several towns in Ishikawa prefecture hit hard by the New
Year’s Day earthquake slow T ey by the Tui and Endo makes quick work of takan NoHo and oshidashi push out by Endo that’s his first win of the year So he’s at one and one here are Chi andu this is miu’s 70th tournament in the top division Chan umi’s second They knock heads yogu moving forward but churan Umi is able to get to the side and attack from an angle and it’s churan umi’s victory and okui Dashi rear push out by churan Umi he improves to 2 and0 Yu o and two an early hole old versus young here 16 year age
Difference between tamawashi who’s the oldest and Oho they have fought three times before tamawashi winning two of those three BS nice sharp T and it’s the Iron Man who takes care of the young man tamami with a convincing oshidashi win that’s a push out and that gets Tashi to one and One doesn’t doesn’t fight like a 39-year-old plenty of energy on the doio now it’s and Sano Umi quite surprisingly sanomi has an 0 and six record in makui against suuki show zugi show the heaviest in the division 195 kg sudo moving forward and he continues his dominance over sadano
Umi and oshii pushed down win for sudo s Umi frustrated once Again s and0 record for sudish Show versus S in the top division another look not a bad T ey by S Umi but he runs into a wall ofish another look show one in one here’s hokuso and May hokuso trying to do more than just stand around in his matches mayay with two
Straight makosi coming into this New Year’s tourney coming in low is mayay establishing an inside position hokuso in his usual position standing ight reaching over with his right arm to get a a grip on the back of May’s Masashi we’ve grown accustomed to this position from hokuso standing around but this
Is hoko’s style of sumo trying to Simply wear down his opponent mayay looks like he wants to launch a forward attack now he gets going mayay hokuso able to Parry that attack by Mes hokuso in a still in an awkward position upright with that right hand outside Grip mayay trying to maintain the pressure on the chest and stomach of hokuso or mesay has his right hand on the front of hoko’s aashi hokuso oyakata the former hakuho has been urging hokuso to show more intensity in his matches that’s not happening right now now hokuso gets going and he pins mayay
At the edge who’s going to land first it’s m so the wind goes to Hoku SEO well better late than never at the end hokuso shows a good U nag an overarm throw to defeat mayay it took a while but hokuso got the job done he
Evens his record at 1 and one mayay falling to 0 and two here’s me AK Umi and H Umi both men winners on day one Mitaki Umi the former oaki on the left H Umi small but muscular quick start by hiado II seems to [Applause] surprise H Umi flattening miake Umi with
That oshidashi push out impressive fast Sumo by hirado Umi he improves to 2 and [Applause] 0 up next Kim ban and asanoyama asan oyama’s left calf which he heard in October seems to have healed kiman is seeking his 100th career win today Kim ban blocks asan oyama’s arms
Now asanoyama gets a strong grip his favorite grip left hand outside and he shows his pedigree the former oi with a convincing Yodi Kitty victory over Kim boan that’s a force out aoyama improving to 2 and0 with that Victory looking good on the do now ich amamoto and
Shi it’s a first time meeting in makuuchi but they have fought twice in makush way back in 2018 and 201 20 ich Yamoto won both those matches faster start by Ichi Yamamoto Shi on the defensive and he makes it work with a hataki Ki slap down catching Ichi Yamoto with a bit too
Much forward lean so shano Umi picks up his first win moving on to toaru and Nishiki a contrast in physiques and Sumo Nishiki slow moving with a heavy lower body toaru Compact and very agile coming in slowly is Toby zadu and then he pulls nishik [Applause] forward not the Sumo I expected from
Toaru but it is a victory for him otoshi thrust down here’s Ruden and Shai duden one year older than Shai almost to the day Shai born November 5th 1991 duden born November 10th 1990 fast start by duden but Shai displaying a good Counterattack they both fall off the Doo
And it’s a win for Shai you saw slip his left arm inside and that was good for a beltless arm throw sag in Japanese so Shai got beat at the Tachi but this is his style of sumo he’s pretty good at countering his opponent’s initial move he slips the
Left arm inside and uses that to take uden over the edge here’s hokuto Fuji and UDA they began their careers at the same time in MA Zumo in March of 2015 UDA a shin kusui this tournament and you can see the UDA towels and fans displayed in the
Audience get very low is UDA and he pays the price as hokto Fuji even though he was giving up ground was able to slap down UDA hataki [Applause] Ki Not Unusual to see Shin kusui struggle in the first week and UDA goes down for the second straight day OK Fuji one and one here’s Kaka and gyama konaka is in great shape and aiming for oaki promotion in 2024 gyama always a tough out for the top Rankers fast start by gyama moving back kotaka kotaka looks like he’s in trouble now kotaka seizes a left hand outside grip and he regains the momentum and he uses that left hand grip a beautiful U nag overarm throw by seaka two straight wins got a bit of a scare at the Tachi
But stayed calm and asserted his strength to defeat gyama here’s how it ended lovely left and uat nag ABI and Dao are now on the doo show like konaka wants to move up to Oi this year Abby has dedicated this tournament to his oyakata the former teda who died
In December at the young age of 60 Abby his thrusting looks good he’s able to extend his arms but Dao absorbs that attack from Obby gets an inside position and that is is what it takes for Dao to defeat ABI and oshidashi victory for SEI Dao got a scare at the
Start as Obby is in good form right here but Dao establishing an inside position our second boun of the day features oi kishima versus former oi takayasu kirishima has a losing record against takayasu as you can see 5 to7 that includes their match in November kirishima won that November
Tournament and if he makes it backto back usual he could be promoted to Grand Champion Yokozuna nice start by kirishima takayasu on the defensive kirishima normally a Masashi fighter but he goes to [Applause] osumo and he does it very well and oshidashi victory for the oi kishima two and0
Mark it’s rare to see kirishima use that style of sumo pushing his opponent and he takes care of takayasu and opponent who he had a losing record against looking very good is kishima here’s atami Fuji and takao I’m sure you remember this is a rematch of the usual playoff in
September where takao stepped to the side at the Tachi to pick up the win and the Yu it was disappointing for a lot of sumo fans atami Fuji wants to beat takao for the first time big hit by takao atami Fuji response he moves forward takako gets an inside position
And runs atami Fuji out of the ring unlike that September playoff today takako with a convincing win against 21-year-old atam Fuji that deserves praise takao with his second straight Victory by Yi Ki Force [Applause] out takao with an excellent osia attack here’s oaki hodu on the right against smash to Mid
Fuji this series tied at five wins a piece H shodu has his right knee wrap which he says is not a concern fast start mid Fuji moving forward but hu shows his oi Pride looking fierce these first couple of days is H Shu he shoves out midi
Fuji for an oshidashi Victory that’s a push out and that’s hu’s second straight Victory our final match on day two yoka Fuji against maash one wakamoto hadu the reconstructed knees of the Yokozuna wakamaru has fallen out of sanyaku this tournament but that does give him a chance to earn his first
Career kimoi it’s a fast start ten Fuji moving forward but he can’t finish off wakamoto Haru now it’s wakamoto haru’s turn to move forward they get back to the center of the [Applause] doo neither man giving an inch they’re locked up right at the center of the
Ring so now it becomes a stamina battle who has more energy wakamoto Haru moving forward ten Fuji on those bad knees is able to hold his [Applause] ground Teno Fuji grimacing can he hang on he has those huge braces on both knees they’re back at the center of the
Doo who has more gas in the tank the Yokozuna or the mosida [Applause] One surging forward again is wakamoto Haru and this time he upsets the Yokozuna a first career Kimi gold star for Waka Moto hadu that only goes to a rank and file maida who upsets a Yokozuna tenan Fuji’s first loss of this tournament he’s at one and one Yi Kitty victory for Waka [Applause]
Motu that was a long match and tono Fuji’s bad knees under a lot of stress because of it woto hadu trying several times to force back the Yokozuna and he finally does it how do you feel about defeating the Yokozuna well I just finished the bout so I don’t feel
Anything right now but I think I did what I could do best I will concentrate on showing my Sumo until the end of this tournament so an upset at the end of day two as wakamoto Haru stuns yuzuna ten Fuji
