A battle of the K-ozeki - the 8-1 Bulgarian vs the 6-3 veteran, who is on the verge of 804 career wins in the makuuchi division - which would put him in 2nd place all-time behind only Chiyonofuji, the great yokozuna.
Great job to Kaio. Glad to see he moved to 2nd on the list above Kitanoumi. Sad to see Kotooshu lose, but he does this. He has a great first week and then chokes in his second week. =/
Kotooshu had a solid strong tachi-ai and Kaio tried to take advantage of Kotoshu's momentum by going for an arm drag, which didn't look strong enough to send Kotooshu out. Kotooshu had enough space to stabilize himself and face Kaio, which he was in the process of doing, but he is a clumsy guy sometimes: Kotooshu slipped and lost the match. He's done it before, and he'll do it again.
Great job to Kaio. Glad to see he moved to 2nd on the list above Kitanoumi. Sad to see Kotooshu lose, but he does this. He has a great first week and then chokes in his second week. =/
-Billy-
WhiteMatrix2006 2 years ago
Cool move, I liked it
skitplace 2 years ago
Kotooshu had a solid strong tachi-ai and Kaio tried to take advantage of Kotoshu's momentum by going for an arm drag, which didn't look strong enough to send Kotooshu out. Kotooshu had enough space to stabilize himself and face Kaio, which he was in the process of doing, but he is a clumsy guy sometimes: Kotooshu slipped and lost the match. He's done it before, and he'll do it again.
asadereryu 2 years ago
I think Kaio surprised himself at the end that his strategy actually worked!
I say it again, in sumo, you just NEVER know...
Big congrats to Kaio for overtaking great Kitanoumi for the second place in total makuuchi wins!
TiramisuHappy 2 years ago
Kotooshu is beginning his second week choke job again, sheesh.
zwillyc 2 years ago