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Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons asserts his dominance in yet another sport

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Tyler Browning | Last updated 5/6/24

We see it every offseason: NFL athletes trying other sports.

As it so happens a good number of times, it goes well for them. Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons has already displayed his talents in another sport back in February when he competed in the NBA celebrity All-Star game.

This game is composed of athletes, musicians, actors, and retired NBA legends alike. They are split into two different teams and they play a game of televised basketball.

Micah would be selected this year, and he didn't just play. He dominated.

Micah would finish 37 points and 16 rebounds en route to an MVP award performance.

His success on the court shouldn't be all that shocking as Micah was a stand-out player in high school basketball, but hearing stories about it and seeing it are two different things.

Here is a new story for you.

It is no secret Micah Parsons and CJ Stroud have gotten close lately. The two players dominated the NFL in their rookie years. CJ Stroud has been a guest on Micha's YouTube show, the Edge. Most recently they are both in Japan, hosting football camps.

That would give Micah yet another chance to show is dominance, this time not on a football field or a basketball court, but in a sumo ring.

Micah Parsons went 1v1 with a sumo wrestler

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During the first rep, you can see Micah drive his legs on contact with the wrestler. The wrestler absorbs the contact, establishes leverage with his hands, and is able to throw Micah off of him.

The second time around would go differently.

As we have seen Micah do in the NFL, when he gets beat, he learns from it and adjusts so that it doesn't happen again.

That is exactly what he did here.

Micah would say "run it back" after Stroud jokingly taught the sumo wrestler a way to mock Parsons. This time Parsons would drop his shoulders, when the pro went to gain leverage. Parsons would continue to drive his legs and would eventually grasp the wrestlers' girdle, or mawashi.

This would allow Parsons to lift and get the wrestler unbalanced, thus allowing Parsons to drive him out of the ring.

Which would be a point in Sumo wrestling.

The average weight of a Sumo wrestler is around 350 pounds, and when you take into account that they specifically train in this style of combat everyday for years, it makes it that much more impressive.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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