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Daniel Nickel's avatar

That was a great day of sumo. Some really exciting matches. Oho is going to end up looking like a Diaz brother with the scar tissue over his right eye.

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Tim Bissell's avatar

He's got quite the brow going on there. Some guys seem to form big tires around their foreheads. I don't know if it's just where more weight is being put on or if it's due to how often they are banging heads with each other.

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Daniel Nickel's avatar

I almost never see his head without a cut or healing cut above that eye. I've been watching and it's like every tachi-ai he leads with the head on that side. He's gonna need surgery to remove scar tissue 😆

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mklip2001's avatar

Poor Midorifuji going 0-8. Is he just getting unlucky? There are a number of surprisingly bad records so far in this basho.

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Tim Bissell's avatar

I was worried this would happen. He struggled against higher ranked opposition in the last tournament and now, after being promoted a few ranks, he's really struggling. I think we may have seen Midorifuji's peak and ceiling in the last two years.

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Dan Bieranowski's avatar

It’s breaking my heart!

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Tim Bissell's avatar

He looks miserable out there.

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Jack of all's avatar

Hoshoryu meant business slapping his belt.

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Tim Bissell's avatar

Best scowl in the game!

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