Joe Rogan and company go on a deep dive into Sumo Wrestling. Joe Rogan is a fan of combat sports. As a commentator for the UFC and in his many media endeavors, Rogan has become one of the most knowledgeable people on the topic of combat sports. He has spent countless hours talking about MMA
Vanessa Demopoulos recently tried taking on a sumo wrestler – and it didn’t really go her way. Vanessa Demopoulos Gets Tossed By Sumo Star The rising UFC star recently took to her Instagram and shared a video of herself on the mat against sumo wrestler Ramy Elgazar. At first, the pair line up against each
Blaydes Beats ‘Rumble’ In Sumo Match If you thought you saw it all, guess again. Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Curtis Blaydes competed in a sumo match at a SubStars grappling event last Friday. Blaydes defeated Ryuichi Yamamoto while Johnson came away with the win over Takeshi Amitani to reach
Sumo Gods!!!! Why have you forsaken us???? Hakuho is out. Kakuryu is out. Kisenosato has been out since time immemorial. Tochinoshin is out in his first tournament as an Ozeki, even after dominating the early part of the Basho. Somehow, the emerging story of the Nagoya Basho is the surprise run of Mitakeumi. As a
Five days into the Summer Basho and already a leaderboard has emerged. And it includes the two biggest stories in sumo wrestling. First, the triumphant return of Tochinoshin. At the end of 2013, the Georgian wrestler was forced to pull out of the Nagoya Basho. After constantly challenging for a Komusubi title since 2010, Tochinoshin
Rizin is doing the lord’s work. The Japanese MMA promotion just signed former Sumo wrestler Ōsunaarashi Kintaro and we already can’t wait for all the training montages they will bless us with. Birth name Abdelrahman Shalan, the rough Japanese to English translation of “Ōsunaarashi” is “Great Sandstorm”. Yes. We neeed training footage of Ōsunaarashi Kintaro
For the second straight tournament of 2018, we knew the winner before the start of the last day of Sumo. As the final day’s matches unfolded, it was guaranteed that Yokozuna Kakuryu would be taking home his 4th ever Basho victory. No matter what happened on Sunday, Kakuryu would be hoisting the Emperor’s Cup over
The Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament has reached its halfway point and the tournament’s reputation as the “stormy” Basho has gone largely unrealized. Which might be just the thing the sport of Sumo needs right now. Before the beginning of the year, the sport of Sumo was reeling from the controversies surrounding the retirement of Yokohama
Sumo is back!!! The second Basho tournament of the 2018 sumo schedule started on Sunday. Again, it seems that most intrigue in the first week of a tournament involves the wrestlers not competing, rather than the ones who are. The two most popular Yokozuna, the legendary Hakuho and Japanese superstar Kisenosato, both pulled out of
If the opening scene of ‘My Brother’s Husband’ doesn’t consist of Ryuta Sato walking in on Baruto Kaito in the shower doing waterfall punches then what are we really doing here? When the MMA faithful last saw Baruto his was getting bodied by Cro Cop in 49 seconds. Our favorite six foot six sumo wrestler
Not since the Natsu Basho in May of 2012 was won by Kyokutenho, has a Maegashira (or untitled) ranked wrestler won a Sumo tournament. But this weekend, Tochinoshin (currently ranked at Maegashira #3 or M3) captured the first Sumo Basho of 2018. Check out Tochinoshin’s Day 15 match against Endo. With the tournament victory wrapped up
Sunday marks day eight and the halfway point for the Hatsu Basho, or the first sumo wrestling tournament of 2018. To nearly everyone’s surprise, the forgotten Yokozuna Kakuryu is in sole possession of the tournament lead, with an undefeated record of 8-0. After pulling out of every single tournament in 2017, and being under the
2017 was full of drama both on and off the dohyo in the world of sumo wrestling. Yokozuna Harumafuji’s assault against fellow rikishi Takanoiwa, and subsequent retirement from the sport, overshadowed what was a year of ups and downs for the most Japanese of sports. Harumafuji’s retirement hailed the end of the four Yokozuna era. It
If the story going into this November Basho tournament was Mongolian Hakuho vs. Japanese superstar Kisenosato for the future as sumo apex champion, then the story at the end was quite different. But not all that unfamiliar. Hakuho won his 40th Basho on Sunday dominating the field with a 14-1 record. Kisenosato on the other
Grand Sumo is regarded as one of the most noble and cultured professional combat sports known to man; steeped in tradition and rich with ritual. Yet this is far from a gentle art; as with any venture involving 600lbs worth of testosterone-fuelled human beings charging, striking, thrusting and throwing for all they’re worth, Grand Sumo
I began reporting on Sumo wrestling for Middle Easy this at the beginning of the year when the first Japanese Yokozuna was promoted to the rank in nearly 20 years. Kisenosato becoming Yokozuna was a massive moment for the sport. Mainstream Japanese support for Sumo surged with the crowning of a new Japanese Yokozuna. In