Kakuryu against Iwakiyama, Hatsu 2007, day 3

Kakuryu2-1
Finaloshidashifrontal push out
Iwakiyama1-2

Hatsu 2007, day 3, 9 January 2007. Makuuchi, bout 8 of 21. East on the left, west on the right.

How it was won: oshidashi

Who else uses it

Frontal push out.

The winner pushes his opponent out of the ring from the front, without a grip on the belt.

Win chances

Before the boutHow the ratings work
50% KakuryuIwakiyama 50%

The ratings had it close to even, 50% to 50%. These are the site's own ratings as the basho began, not a bookmaker's odds.

Head to head

7 official meetingsCompare careers
Kakuryu 5Iwakiyama 2
  1. Iwakiyama won · Nagoya 2009, day 1oshidashi
  2. Kakuryu won · Hatsu 2009, day 15uwatedashinage
  3. Kakuryu won · Aki 2008, day 3Default
  4. Iwakiyama won · Nagoya 2008, day 6yorikiri
  5. Kakuryu won · Hatsu 2008, day 8tsukidashi
  6. Kakuryu won · Haru 2007, day 1oshidashi
  7. Kakuryu won · Hatsu 2007, day 3 (this bout)oshidashi

This was their first meeting.