My new favourite sport
This guy is 172cm, 123kg. Very sexy, just look at that forearm!
Chubby cop ousts towering Iranian to keep heavyweight title
PINT-sized Japanese policeman Yasuyuki Muneta survived a contest of David and Goliath proportions to retain his men's heavyweight judo title at the Asian Games on Saturday.
Muneta, whose chubby appearance has earned him the nickname the “Fighting Teddy Bear”, gave up 30cm in height to Iran's Mohammad Reza Rodaki, but the Tokyo law enforcer outmanoeuvred his hulking opponent to become only the third man to retain an Asian Games judo title.
“Usually I try to win with an ippon to take the contest with one throw but this time I couldn't so I just had to keep on going,” he said.
The pick of the ties was the last when former world champion Muneta, having already out-witted a couple of granite-jawed giants, took on the 2.02m muscle-bound Rodaki.
At first it looked as if the Iranian's strength and probing kicks would prove too much for
Muneta, but with a combination of speed and solid ground defence he managed to use the bigger man's bulk against him and after three minutes was ahead in the contest.
“I'm not bothered by the difference in height, you need to do your own judo, stick to your own game until you win,” said Muneta, who joined compatriot Yukisama Nakamura and Korea's Chung Hoon-Yong in retaining a men's Asian Games title.
– Reuters
PINT-sized Japanese policeman Yasuyuki Muneta survived a contest of David and Goliath proportions to retain his men's heavyweight judo title at the Asian Games on Saturday.
Muneta, whose chubby appearance has earned him the nickname the “Fighting Teddy Bear”, gave up 30cm in height to Iran's Mohammad Reza Rodaki, but the Tokyo law enforcer outmanoeuvred his hulking opponent to become only the third man to retain an Asian Games judo title.
“Usually I try to win with an ippon to take the contest with one throw but this time I couldn't so I just had to keep on going,” he said.
The pick of the ties was the last when former world champion Muneta, having already out-witted a couple of granite-jawed giants, took on the 2.02m muscle-bound Rodaki.
At first it looked as if the Iranian's strength and probing kicks would prove too much for
Muneta, but with a combination of speed and solid ground defence he managed to use the bigger man's bulk against him and after three minutes was ahead in the contest.
“I'm not bothered by the difference in height, you need to do your own judo, stick to your own game until you win,” said Muneta, who joined compatriot Yukisama Nakamura and Korea's Chung Hoon-Yong in retaining a men's Asian Games title.
– Reuters
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1 Comments:
they'd look nicer if they were doing it in speedos - but then they wouldn't have all that material to grab hold of
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