Thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can see this somewhat ugly match. The take away for Wakaichiro fans is that his stance, balance and strength are greatly improved over Aki.
We will likely seem him on the dohyo again before the weekend.
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Looks like the hand to the face at the tachiai threw Ichiro off.