Day 3.
Enho is still killing it down in Juryo.
Tochiozan continues his astonishing start, dropping Goeido to 1-2. Takakeisho disposes of Ryduen to match him at 3-0. Kaisei is back! But the schedulers frownon temporary kyujos so they put him up against Takayasu, whi flattens him to also go 3-0. Down the table, Sadanoumi has also started with three wins. Amazingly, that's it for the ranks of the undefeated.
Tochinoshin's fight against Miyogiryu was interesting. M went with the now-standard "keep this dude off your belt at all cost" defense, and it mostly worked. He stayed low and under Tochinoshin and pushed the latter's arms high. But Tochinoshin seems to have evolved a countermove: pushed high, he just used his superior height and strength to free one hand, put it on the back of M's head and pushed down. Hard, until his face was in the dirt. Win by hatakikomi and the Georgian improves to 2-1.
Kisenosato lost a monumental slapfest to Hokutofjui. Now 0-3 and he has a lot of thinking to do.
(later edit: Schedulers are being cruel to Kisenosato now. Tomorrow's fight is against Tochiozan).
Enho is still killing it down in Juryo.
Tochiozan continues his astonishing start, dropping Goeido to 1-2. Takakeisho disposes of Ryduen to match him at 3-0. Kaisei is back! But the schedulers frownon temporary kyujos so they put him up against Takayasu, whi flattens him to also go 3-0. Down the table, Sadanoumi has also started with three wins. Amazingly, that's it for the ranks of the undefeated.
Tochinoshin's fight against Miyogiryu was interesting. M went with the now-standard "keep this dude off your belt at all cost" defense, and it mostly worked. He stayed low and under Tochinoshin and pushed the latter's arms high. But Tochinoshin seems to have evolved a countermove: pushed high, he just used his superior height and strength to free one hand, put it on the back of M's head and pushed down. Hard, until his face was in the dirt. Win by hatakikomi and the Georgian improves to 2-1.
Kisenosato lost a monumental slapfest to Hokutofjui. Now 0-3 and he has a lot of thinking to do.
(later edit: Schedulers are being cruel to Kisenosato now. Tomorrow's fight is against Tochiozan).
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