Video: Overeem enters Ultimate Sumo Championship in Japan

[Dorian]

Only in Japan..

[dan_cov]

Haha quality. That other guy wasn't small by any means & Overeem just towered him.

Swatted him like a fly!

[Konstantin]

I've heard that rankings of sumo wrestlers in Japan are messed with and predetermined, or somehow fixed.

[AlphaWolf]

Ubereem>any sumo guy

[-Swizzy-]

his opponents don't look like real sumos. I'm guessing not a real sumo competition. But still a great way to prepare for Lesnar.

[D.C.]

I've heard that rankings of sumo wrestlers in Japan are messed with and predetermined, or somehow fixed.

Not quite how that works. To go up a level in Sumo, you have to win a certain amount of bouts (in one tournament). Say you need 8 wins out of 14 matches to go up the level, you don't need the other 6 wins. So if you face someone who needs the win when you don't, you'll usually let them win.

It was focused on in the documentary Freakanomics.

[iPhoneKiller]

They were both 90 KG which is around 195 Lbs and he pushed them like *****es., He is 120 KG which is a lot more than them both.

He needs to face 120 KG Guys tbh.

[elgranluchadore]

im a fan of overeem but those guys were WEAK

[Earl-Hickey]

i was hoping it would be against a fat guy tbh