All Harumafuji has to do to win his eighth career upper-division championship is beat the greatest sumo wrestler of all time. No biggie. Both Yokozuna turn in a spirited performance, a very technical bout of arm position, posture, and belt grips. Harumafuji makes his torso impossibly long, keeping his belt out of reach of Hakuho. And Hakuho makes it hard for Harumafuji to hang on with his right-hand underhand grip, but at the expense of good posture. In the end Harumafuji just goes for it, getting the double-underhand grip with the left-hand switch and charging Hakuho out of the ring. He looks completely spent. I’m sure a ginormous trophy full of sake will re-energize him. Congrats to Harumafuji!!! And Kisenosato will probably go home and cry in his pillow, comforted by the fat stacks of cash he picked up this tournament (seriously, it took two hands to handle the bundle on Day 15), and the knowledge that his runner-up finish this time (third in a row) means he can always challenge for Yokozuna promotion in September. We’ll be waiting, and cheering.