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two wrestlers squatting and facing each other inside a white circle while the referee observes

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Sumo Faceoff

This faceoff could happen 3-4 times before they actually fought. The goal is to push your opponent outside of the circle.

Sometimes one wrestler raised a bent leg while squatting — the higher he went, the more the audience cheered.

The referee often changed into different colorful outfits.