Never read Baki, but I get the feeling I should.

And yea, I could totally see a sacrifice play from some character then a time jump. The next Unabara Tournament has started and Gama has made his own clan, separate from Shinnojou's Ogame (I'll leave the naming of it up to someone who actually knows Japanese). He participates, with Zenmaru in his own clan, and ends up meeting the original Ogame clan and they have to fight because someone has killed Shinnojou and taken over the clan, and tarnished its name doing rotten stuff. So they beat them, and acquire a new member because he was "only doing so-and-so for the sake of his something that was kidnapped". Anyway, they end up meeting Gama's dad and they duel it out, Gama wins.

That's just a very broad guess at what might happen if what you suggested happens. [6] Also, flame of recca reference! :D

I agree, it really does have weird twists, and they're always huge. I'm excited to see where it will go :)