What does the wrestler's explanation mean in this paragraph?


I am trying to translate [this news
story](https://hochi.news/articles/20210909-OHT1T51080.html) from a sports
paper.

The context is Sumo. It's an interview with wrestler Mitakeumi, in preparation
for the tournament which is about to start next week.

As background, Mitakeumi is a top level wrestler of whom there are a lot of
expectations, but in recent times he has gone into a rut and has not been able
to do much more than survive at the top ranks.

Here is the paragraph in question (the part I'm confused about is in bold):

> 今場所は照ノ富士（伊勢ケ浜）が新横綱として土俵に立つ。御嶽海も刺激を受けている様子で「最近、
> **番狂わせだったり波乱が起きなくなってしまったんで、起こせなくなってしまったんで**
> 、ちょっと新横綱に初黒星をつけたいなという気持ちではいますね」と闘志を燃やしている。

So this basho, Terunofuji is debuting as a Yokozuna. Mitakeumi uses that to
motivate himself, and explains that for XYZ reason, he wants to give the new
Yokozuna his first defeat.

Now I am confused about the reason he is giving. To be honest, I'm not even
sure how I should split this sentence up. It has a たり clause but not in the
classic 〜たり〜たりする format. Then there is something about 波乱が起きなくなってしまったんで, and
then 起こせなくなってしまったんで, and I am not sure what he means. In the first part he
seems to say he had upsets, and then he says ups-and-downs have not occured?
That he hasn't been able to cause them? Don't those two parts kind of
conflict? There have been upsets but ups-and-downs have not occurred?

What am I missing here?




I got the impression from your comments that this is kind of lost-in-
translation. 番狂わせ and 波乱 in the context both mean essentially an event of a
wrestler of lower rank defeating a higher ranked one.

The speaker Mitakeumi is Sekiwake, which is two ranks (I think) lower than
Yokozuna. He is saying _These days, there haven't been any surprise win/defeat
(= neither 番狂わせ nor 波乱), (I mean), I haven't been able to make them happen..._

More simply he means that he hasn't been able to defeat wrestlers of higher
rank recently.

* * *

Regarding だったり, as discussed in the comments, it is used for listing things.
Here it can be understood essentially as _and_.

The sentence would look like, written in full,
番狂わせだったり波乱だったりといったことが起きなくなってしまった = Things like 番狂わせ or 波乱 haven't happened.
Strictly speaking, the function of だったり is 例示 (giving examples).




I got the impression from your comments that this is kind of lost-in-
translation. 番狂わせ and 波乱 in the context both mean essentially an event of a
wrestler of lower rank defeating a higher ranked one.

The speaker Mitakeumi is Sekiwake, which is two ranks (I think) lower than
Yokozuna. He is saying _These days, there haven't been any surprise win/defeat
(= neither 番狂わせ nor 波乱), (I mean), I haven't been able to make them happen..._

More simply he means that he hasn't been able to defeat wrestlers of higher
rank recently.

* * *

Regarding だったり, as discussed in the comments, it is used for listing things.
Here it can be understood essentially as _and_.

The sentence would look like, written in full,
番狂わせだったり波乱だったりといったことが起きなくなってしまった = Things like 番狂わせ or 波乱 haven't happened.
Strictly speaking, the function of だったり is 例示 (giving examples).

