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Grand Sumo Breakdown

This is Grand Sumo Breakdown, a sports talk show about professional sumo. Keep an eye out for our main episodes where we preview and recap each tournament and bonus episodes on other topics specific to sumo. Feel free to contact us through social media or email us at grandsumobreakdown@gmail.com.

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56:21

Hatsu 2025 Banzuke Review

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2025/01/06

A belated look at the rankings going into the first pro sumo tournament of the new year.

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41:56

December 2024 News Update

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/12/20

Ryan, Jake, and Mak do their best to keep up with sumo news over the holidays. Fortunately for them, there kinda isn't a ton to cover.

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47:47

Hatsu 2025 Banzuke Prediction

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/12/16

As the year comes to a close, Ryan predicts what we'll see on the banzuke for the first tournament of 2025.

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01:53:59

2024 Pro Sumo Awards

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/12/16

Can you believe another year as come and gone? Neither can we. Join us as we recount the biggest stories of the year. We also revisit our predictions they made at the beginning of the year and see who wound up with the most points. The winner gets the immense honor of introducing each of our episodes in 2025!

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01:32:40

2024 Sumo Popularity Poll Results

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/12/08

We asked, you voted, now the results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2024 Sumo Popularity poll. How did it all shake out? Join us as we review and discuss the results.

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01:33:20

Kyushu 2024 Recap

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/11/26

Ryan, Flyric, and Jake (and kinda Mak?) go over the final basho of 2024 and what it means for sumo going into the new year. Flyric has a near death experience with some wings, and Ryan graces us with another song from a listener.

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57:01

Kyushu 2024 Midway

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/11/17

*SPOILERS THRU DAY 8* It's turning out to be an excellent Kyushu basho. Join us to discuss the highlights so far and what to expect in week 2. Check out our video on youtube later today for a breakdown of Jake and Flyric's matches at this year's Midwest Open, and as always keep an eye on sumo411.com for more amateur events.

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01:49:26

Kyushu 2024 Preview

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/11/05

Ryan, Jake, and Mak soldier on without their spirit animal, as Flyric had to miss due to scheduling conflicts. Is there anything worth talking about other than our new Ozeki Onosato?! Well yes, of course, but he's gotta be the headline, right? If you enjoy our content, want a shout out on the show, or maybe you just want to talk sumo with some die-hard fans, consider signing up for our Patreon. If you'd like some GSB merch, check out our Redbubble Store

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48:37

Kyushu 2024 Banzuke Review

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/11/01

Ryan stays #1 despite a weird, shaky banzuke

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59:43

Kyushu 2024 Banzuke Prediction

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/10/21

Onosato is now an Ozeki! Unfortunately, that's just about the only sure thing on this banzuke...

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01:06:55

US Sumo: 2024 Worlds Recap with Coach JJ

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/10/17

Today Jake sits down with Honu Sumo's JJ Jones, the 2024 head coach for Team USA, to talk about how the Sumo World Championships went for our Americans. JJ's been a busy man this year, as he also hosted US Nationals just 4 months ago. Make sure to keep up with him and his team on YouTube at Maximum Effort Studios.

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01:10:19

October 2024 News Update

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/10/14

Join (most of) the crew for our first off-season news update! We plan to check in between each basho on the general goings-on in the world of professional sumo. Let us know if there are any other types of things you'd like to see us cover.

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01:57:05

Aki 2024 Recap

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/09/25

Make sure to take our 2024 Grand Sumo Popularity Poll! This is the 6th year in a row we're running it and we'll have a podcast to discuss the results before the next basho. For now though, join us to cover the spectacular Aki tournament and the ascension of the new chosen one!

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01:11:06

Aki 2024 Midway

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/09/15

***SPOILERS THRU DAY 8*** A Mak-less GSB soldiers on to cover what is turning out to be a pretty excellent basho so far

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01:47:56

Aki 2024 Preview

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/09/03

Gearing up for the September basho and there are storylines aplenty. We cover the turmoil at the top of the banzuke all the way down to the promising newcomers.

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34:42

US Sumo: Dallas's Etan Perez

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/08/29

Etan Perez burst onto the sumo scene in 2023, winning the Texas State Championship in her very first year and representing America at the World Championships. Next up: she's headed to Europe with Team USA for Worlds '24. *Watch the Sumo World Championships with English commentary on the World of Sumo YouTube channel on September 7th and 8th*

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01:03:28

Aki 2024 Banzuke: How I Finally Won A Yusho

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/08/27

It has finally happened. Ryan not only reclaims his Best Banzuke Guy status in the Guess the Banzuke rankings, but he also got 1st place in the whole dang contest. Certainly this won't go to his head.

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48:13

US Sumo: Men's Heavyweight Champ Jay Scriven

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/08/26

With less than 2 weeks until the Sumo World Championships in Poland, we sit down with Mighty Eagle Sumo's Jay Scriven, the 2024 men's heavyweight national champ. *Watch the world championships on September 7th and 8th on the World of Sumo youtube channel*

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01:04:10

Aki 2024 Banzuke Prediction

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/08/20

This one makes sense until the end where a bomb goes off...

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49:36

2024 Predictions Check In

Grand Sumo Breakdown ·

2024/08/16

Today we check on the progress of the year-long predictions we made in January and see who is doing the least bad so far.

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