Day 9 results, highlights and analysis have been added to The Fight Site for you to check out. (link)
We had a lot of oshidashi and yorikiri this day. That doesn’t mean the day was a dud or anything. I just get particularly excited when a day has a wide variety of kimarite.
The best finishes off the day were in the Hoshoryu vs. Midorifuji and Ura vs. Asanoyama matches. I recommend you check those out if you haven’t already.
Other great bouts were Takakeisho vs. Tobizaru, Churanoumi vs. Sadanoumi, Kotoshoho vs. Kitanowaka and Gonoyama vs. Shodai.
Our front runners were given their toughest challenges yet on Day 9, with Takerufuji meeting Abi and Onosato meeting Wakamotoharu. Obviously, those are bouts you need to check out too, as we get into the home stretch of this tournament.
Today’s bonus gif is my latest in a long line of gifs celebrating Ura’s warm-up.
Today (Day 10) we get Onosato vs. Takerufuji. Wonder how that's gonna go?