Slim Yamato Loses a Two-Minute Battle to 148.5-kg Iejima but Gets an Ovation
Makushita 48 Yamato (Dewanoumi), 23, 177.5 cm and 82.4 kg, lost to Makushita 46 Iejima (Yamahibiki), 177 cm and 148.5 kg, on Day 4 after a bout of about two minutes, ABEMA TIMES reports. Giving up 66.1 kg, Yamato circled and deflected Iejima's charges, survived at the edge more than once, and with his right arm locked swept at Iejima's legs and grabbed both sides of the mawashi as fans chanted his name. After a stalemate in the center, Iejima finally drove him over the edge for a yoritaoshi, and both tumbled off the dohyo.
It was Yamato's second loss; Iejima got his first win. The hall gave Yamato a big ovation, and viewers wrote 'That was moving,' 'Tears came out' and 'Maybe the best bout of the day.'