preliminary sumo bouts for unranked wrestlers; unranked sumo wrestlers
Sumo term. Refers to the matches held before the main tournament for wrestlers who have not yet achieved a rank, or to those wrestlers themselves.
Maezumō are bouts fought by wrestlers below the jonokuchi rank.
He is still an unranked wrestler, but he has a promising future.
From 前 (mae, 'before') + 相撲 (sumō, 'sumo'), referring to matches that take place before the main tournament or to wrestlers who have not yet entered the ranking system.