Belfast enters the ring with Ireland's first sumo wrestling club
In the amateur games, size and weight doesn't matter just as much as it does in the professional world. Speaking to BBC News NI, Mr Templeton said: "In amateur competitions, which we compete in, there is weight classes, so you'll never have to fight someone outside of your weight class, unless you want to.""The professionals you see on TV, there's no weight classes so they can get as big as they like," he said. Mr Templeton said Sumo Na hÉireann came to be after he competed for Team GB in the world championships and in amateur competitions across the UK. He got into sumo after competing in other types of martial arts and wrestling for most of his life and after having sumo success in the UK, that's when he decided to carry sumo over to Ireland. Sumo Na hÉireann is just over a year old, and expanded to Dublin last month.
