@@matthewbrisbois3928 Actually, if you want to play that card :) John stated he was injured before this even but since he 'promised to do the event', he did anyway :) Was no chance for john here, but at least he kept his word.
These are two of the best ever in the sport. There comes a time when pulling for 25 years a younger buck takes the reign. Its the circle of life. Respect to Brzenk, he's a beast.
@@adriaelll but veovoda beat brzenk and cyplenkov beat john brzenk also and arsen liliev too and alan karaev many beat brzenk over the years his not unbeatable
@@thefearlessguy3783 lmao "they aren't athletes theyre armwrestlers". Lmao they aren't athletes they're football players, they aren't athletes they're gymnasts, they aren't athletes they're martial artist. If it takes skill and physical effort, then it takes athleticism. Just as any sport. MMA, UFC, NFL, MLB, NBA. All takes skill and physical effort, therefore the world elites in each of thier respective sports, are athletes. Devon Larrat was special forces, you're saying he isnt a athlete?? More of an "athlete" than any football player or basketball player combined
@@two-bearshigh-fiving9293 I can eat doritos really fast *I identify as a athlete.* You know stupid it is to say that being armwrestler is an athlete. Like bro stfu you don't know what your smoking you little gnome.
@@thefearlessguy3783 The best thing about your comments is that you are so obviously illiterate, no one would even be able to decipher what your actual stance is: Whether these guys are athletes or not. I'm guessing you don't think so, but I'm not going to bother to try and change the mind of a complete fucking moron. I mean, you are likely the usual internet hero thinking with a few meat pies and beers under your morbidly obese belt you would throw these guys right through the table........ lol.
what sepparates him is he's a fucking animal, but there will be a moment when he gets older and slowly weaker, someone new will come up and brake new records, that's how it's always been and how it will always be, and it's gona be as difficult for larratt as it was for brzenk.
2015 Loss, Devon was 20lbs lighter and in the middle of rehabiliatation, nowhere near the beast in this video, and before this match John beat Devon 3 times before Devon hit his prime and peak weight. Once Devon hit his prime no one could beat him. That's the truth, John simply not as good as Devon prime vs prime. John said after this match that Devon was the New No.1 and that he had 'unreal power' and 'limitless endurance'. @@Enigma9178
@@DeathMetal242 nobody will ever break brzenks 25 year winningstreak . devon was the one to break it , but john came back to take the title , and this is when its safe that brzenk isent exactly in his prime anymore .
Devon usually talks crap to his opponent to get in their head but he gives the legend nothing but respect I love this match btw for those who don't know John beat Devon a couple years earlier
Kind of, he was being disrespectful in attempting to tire johns hand and get a mental advantage from being a twat on purpose. I mean look at the way hes looking at john out of the corner of his eye trying to stay calm and gauge rather or not he has a mental edge before the start. I love his videos, but least respect to devon and Travis bagent on the arm wrestling table. Off the table both are great.
@insultmeplease not true at all. I have just binged watched a few matches and Devon def likes the mental side. However Ronnie is way off base to get upset on the strategy of tiring out your opponent, shows you lack tactics.
@@dfo990 may i know, what year in this video sir??? Im curious cause before i watch this video, i watch another Brzink vs Devon in 2015 competition and Brzink win.
I'm a huge mma, boxing, muay thai, etc..etc fighting fan. I stumbled across these clips of Devon Larrat and others. Dude, I've never in my life seen strength ,technique, and power executed at such a high level of accuracy. These guys are all impressive. There was a series about all of these arm wrestling guys a few years back. I love watching.....very entertaining
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in two months after that match. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon disappeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone.
guy in the black got spanked that day, but make no mistake.. there is no better arm wrestler, ever, then the "man in black" youre referring to. his name is John Brzenk, aka the Tom Brady of Arm Wrestling.
I agree. I don't think Devon will let John blast through him to get those non-strapped pins the way he did in their rematch and how Devon was unable to slip out. Devon's level of strength has gone waaaay up since this match or their rematch. I expect this same type of result however.
John has reoccurring nightmares of this match where he looks over at the ref to argue "Why is his webbing so much higher than mine" but to John's surprise the ref is Devon Larratt and the ref says I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER!
@@Alex-1750 nah it was a synthetic cyborg vs a real person. course the cyborg will take it but denis came crashing down cuz his health suffered from the performance enhancing drug abuse
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in two months after that match. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon disappeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone. LOL.
Yeah that's why 8 weeks later John beat Cyplenkov at Zloty, and the next year John beats Cyplenkov at Vegas 5-1, because he was old and weak and time had caught up to him. Devon simply got too strong, and was too much for everyone at this time. Even John. I mean Devon was beating Bath 6-0, Lupkes 6-0, Bresnan 5-1, Pushkar 5-1.
25 years undefeated dominating anything that comes in front of him in a sport like this is unheard of, and if you want to be the best you gotta beat the best. Kudos to both guys who are true champions. John is the Mohammed Ali of arm wrestling but only better 👑 🏆
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in two months after that match. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon disappeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone.
There wouldnt be a Larratt if there was never a Brzenk.. How many amazing world class arm wrestlers did John Brzenk create?? Truly the best. Never seen Brzenk get whooped like this regardless of age, a passing of a torch slightly. Congrats on your hard work Devin it was earned an taken, brzenk heart of a champion.
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in that time. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon dissapeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone. LOL.
Part of the reason Larratt won easily here is Larratt shoulder was not squared at all while John was more honest in the setup. But John indeed wasn't prepared well that day.
@Sagnik Ghosh It is not about cringy or not, it is just factual observation, look at 4:40, look where was the shoulder of Devon. John was weak that day, no doubt.
...and here we are in 2021 and these two legends are going at it again in less than 2 months! Holy shit balls... freaking exciting times in the armwrestling world!!!! Who wins??? Who freaking cares!!! These guys are killing it... John at 58? and Devon at 47... holy croiky is there a limit to the age you can compete at a world class level??? Nope... there are no limits!
@@riyandreams lol yeah whats this guy talking about, devon is just about at the very top nowadays, extremely strong though admittedly in a bit of a different way now than before his injuries. he'll be number 1 wal soon and he could beat at least half the top 8 europeans right now.
Jeremiah John Well he's not a the very top then lol. Levan? Not in a million years. Tsyplenkov? No chance. Laletin ? Easy win for him. Chaffee? He won him once but Chaffee has won him more times, that's perhaps the most Devon could do . I like the guy and he is great but he will never again be no1 in the world,only in WAL which sucks balls in difficulty when compared to PAL.
9 months has passed. Devon is looking bigger and stronger, but back to being the best in the world is a bet with the odds against it. But, one thing is for sure, and that's that Devon will never beat Levan.
John Brzenk hatte an diesem Tag leider keine Chance gegen Davon Larratt. Vermutlich war er nicht in seiner Bestform. Devon war einfach zu stark Ich finde beide sehr sympathisch!
@@DropkickNation lmaO..u doubt that levan wouldnt be able to beat devon in his prime?? devon himself knows it and he probably said it too...these days competition is much more than before where there were no freaks (2008-2014) Devon himself admitted there was no way he couldve beaten Denis ..the power levels were too much apart but Devon was always in the top 5 in the world not now though
@@Sohansen-vr8ph I don't doubt that Levan has a good chance to beat prime Devon. No doubt. But prime Devon was a beast who regularly beat guys way above him in terms of weight and muscle mass. Just look at what he did to Richard Lupkes. Stomped him 6-0. The same Lupkes that made Denis buckle for a bit the same year.
@@theseattlegreen1871 Thanks, but I’m still curious as to what or why they didn’t show Johns weight? I’m guessing that John was probably about 25lbs less🤔
John is John. No comparison. And, his humbleness is just out of the league. Only thing that made the difference is he is now a old man. You can't expect the same horse power from a age old engine and to run against Ferrari.
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in that time. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon dissapeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone. LOL.
Brzenk beat Cyplenkov in the same year. So imagine what Devon wouldve done to Cyplenkov. I reckon Cyplenkov got stronger when Devon arm wrestled him in 2015 with left hand and Devon had lost his prime.
I love Devon but he is a master of tricks and getting the advantage. Notice how he put his right hand facing out during the strap up with elbow out. It’s a trick to get a strap advantage. Devon is the most intelligent arm wrestler of all time.
Don't think so. In all the sports new generations are better than the previous one (in general). John had little injure here. But during those years he was still very strong. In 2008 or 2009 he only lost 3 matches if I'm not wrong. This one was between them. In 2014 or 2015 with Devon still not at perfect shape, John beated him for example. In this video John was younger that Devon is now.... Just saying
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in two months after that match. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon disappeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone.
@@deltacharlie1321 hahahahahahahaha....that's where I got that info from....he was asked by a subscriber if he was healthy and he said to ask devon...and explain ed the situation. Hahahahahahahahaahaha.... excuses excuses is right. But justified hahahahahaha
@@deltacharlie1321 No john told him that he had problems, that's where I heard it from. I don't think you listened to the entirety of any of the interviews with john! John is the one who told that he was injured here, but had already promised the match and would not brake his word. Doesn't change the facts, he lost. Very similar to when Devon was coming off of surgery in 2016, not near 100% and john had an easy time with him even being so old and shoulder problem himself( he retired because of the shoulder clicking and pains)
I think this was in 2008. Devon was very strong until 2013, when he had the surgerys. Prime Devon 2008-2012. He has had very good years since that (2018 was not good), but he isn't as strong as he used to be. And probably he will never reach that level again. That is only posible if he use roids or something like others do. But he talked about that posibility and I think he never will do that.
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in two months after that match. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon disappeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone.
John was hurt from a snowmobile accident. John called Neil to postpone the match - Niel said, no - you're pulling. John pulled anyway - then Neil never paid him a penny. If you don't include this match, or the off the couch 60 year old comeback - John would have a 5-0 record vs Devon * ON CAMERA * - off camera it's prolly like 30-0 Brzenk. L o L. It doesn't take more than a few days for a thumb wrist sprain to heal. Make sense he was back to regular form in that time. Then he fucked all of europe into the dirt, including Cyplenkov. Meanwhile Devon dissapeared after this gifted win for 7 years - not pulling anyone. LOL.
regardless of their game plan for this weekend in Dubai, I hope Devon remembers that he won this match before they even pulled. the calm, confident, swagger that Devon possessed on this day sent shockwaves into Johns soul that day -- and this was apparent to everyone with two good eyeballs, and gave Devon an air of dominance is this match that has not been eclipsed by anyone in any hand-to-hand combat sport since. I hope Devon's demeanor from this match makes a return appearance this weekend. the demeanor Devon carried in the Chaffee WAL match won't be good enough, this time.
@@mazenlewaa8260 the kings move isnt the problem, the problem was when he took his elbow off the top of the pad and did so for a long time in that one last round it should have been called a foul but that reff was an idiot
@@silassmith354 the kings move isnt the problem, the problem was when he took his elbow off the top of the pad and did so for a long time in that one last round it should have been called a foul but that reff was an idiot
Here's the thing not to take anything away from Devon but he never competed in the Zloty Tur. WAL can never match the level of competition like the ZLOTY TUR and its OPEN class. If you want to test your joints to the ultimate rusty buzz-saw competition then compete in Zloty Tur.
This match was the moment that John began his retirement from the official arm wrestling, he felt that the age started showing and he wasn't so strong no more. It's normal, nobody is strong forever. John is still the Legend!!!
i started watching armwrestling because of john, seeing a guy that's usually the smaller one pinning much heavier and bigger in size opponents was what mesmerized me
