World Championship Sumo comes to New York City on Saturday as a sumo title is decided at Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK -- Sumo is a larger-than-life global sport spectacle already contested in over 84 countries around the world, and Friday morning, the wrestlers took over the city.'The biggest show on Earth' takes center stage at the world's greatest arena Saturday night, but first things first - the weigh-in.Unlike popular belief, not all the sumos are heavyweights.
So here are the rules: the winner of the bout must either push his opponent out of the ring or force him to the ground within three minutes. If any part of a wrestler's body besides his feet touches the floor, he has lost. The winner of a sumo match wins two of three bouts between the competitors.'You see like how big we are, you can guess how powerful we are as well.
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