THIS CHANGED EVERYTHING... 

The decibel level in the arm wrestling world must have been crazy round 1.

The pressure Levan's press applied to devon's bicep influenced the rest of the match...Also the fatigue used by devon on just holding him those 10 seconds...He went all in...

Levan was ruthless, he made Devon and the world believe that he had a chance, and then simply crushed him as if nothing had happened, destroying his dreams, his hopes and his illusions of a victory.

I don't think levan has a better flop press than Genadi, the thing is: Genadi had absolutely nothing against Devon in the hand department, but against Levan Devon had to put everything in budging his hand, if he changed one millimeter away from that game plan Levan could simply toproll him. As Devon said in the post match interview, what makes Levan so good is that he has multiple tools in his arsenal on top of being super mega strong (my fren).

I was definitely one of the ones that thought Devon had something for Levan based on round 1, but man was that a crushing remaining 3 rounds to watch. 😅 Respect to them both though.

Round 1, all of our club members were standing cheering and going crazy.😎 Every following round we were super quiet and our hopes faded away with every pin. 😔

Am I the only one who noticed how EASY it was for Devon to slip in every single round? Even in the last round, Devon attempted a quick hook but still slipped. Compare that to how hard it was for Ermes to slip Levan, and how Dave Chafee had zero ability to slip Levan. That just shows how strong Devon's hand is. Ermes was right... Devon Hand + Ermes Backpressure is the only combo that could compete with Levan

I honestly think Levan held him on purpose to do his press. It was all a set up to show us what was on everyone's mind in the months leading up to the match.

What's crazy is that the flop press was the deciding factor, but not because Levan pinned him with it (Devon lost on fouls in round 1, it wasn't a pin), but because it's what ultimately completely strained and gassed Devon's arm in round 1 lol. Having a 400 pound guy (who's also the strongest armwrestler of all time) press into your arm and utterly stretch it out must've felt insane.

What does Travis want to say calling them Laurette and Shaggin'AssVilly?! 😅😂

I guess I'm the only Devon fan who didn't think Levan was in trouble when Devon stopped him in the center lol, cuz I remember someone saying once that Levan could rise up slowly at the center of the table if he can't flash pin Devon directly, cuz his riser ability is the best in this sport, which wasn't what happened but this prevented me from getting excited in that round lol

The match was hilarious. Devon “Levan is my limit” Larratt.

funny how people keep sayin how calm Levan was, both of them were shakein like dirtbikes. It will be fun to see how Devon does in the 115.

Levan completely destroyed Devon. Levan made us all remember who the man is!

I thought that Devon did have a chance, but I never saw him taking center table around one like that. I shit my pants and said “omg no way, it’s over” then Levan flopped pressed, I saw how extended Devon’s arm was, Figured he wouldn’t recover from that, continued to watch the remaining rounds knowing the probable outcome, acknowledged Levan’s greatness as true king, then I changed my pants, and threw away my favorite underwear.

Bro Levan didn't even looked bothered even in the setup unlike their 1st match in round one and 2 and he barely had his head shaking in round 1 this time unlike their 1st encounter. When Devon had that slight stop, you could see Levan somewhat redlining and head shaking. This time he was so smooth with his brute force. The one thing i wish Levan did in the last round was just let Devon take his wrist again and then just hold him for like 30secs maybe and then try and go for the pin from there so that it would have been and epic finish with everyone screaming their lungs out. I also found that this match was more respectful than their 1st match because they were even laughing at some point when Devon got pinned and screamed "DAMMIT MAN" "DAMMIT" while also laughing, it was very amazing. Loved that moment. This was probably the most hyped up i've been on a sport. Sad this era has ended between Devon and Levan but happy for the entertainment and all they've done individually for the sport of armwrestling. Seeing Levan in action is always so great but against Devon, man that was unique. Would never forget these epic battles between Devon Larratt and Levan Saginashvilli💪

Genadi influence so much on this match, Genadi had all the information necessary to get Levan ready for Devon. That Genadi match exposed Devons weakness and Genadi prepared with Levan for a possible stop from Devon. I wish that press never happened, I would have loved to see Levan try to get out of that scenario without a press but he knew he was in trouble and didn't want to risk gasing up playing around with Devon so he transitioned to his secret weapon, the press and that press LOOKED just like Genadis press, you can tell that Levan and Genadi polished it. Devon had no chance, not with a press on Levans game, I loved that stop, I just wished Levan didn't transition to a press.

It's like Neil Pickup said: his arm reached its elastic limit in round one fighting levan's flop. Levan said devon wasn't as strong after round one in Engin's post match interview. Devon would have been better off conceding the round quicker to prevent so much damage to his arm, to have more fight left for the following round. Ah well, the result wouldn't have been much different, but the match might have gone on longer!

When I saw round 1, I thought Devon was going to at least test that round. After a few seconds, I saw Levan’s face, and I knew something was coming. People cannot say that Levan is not a technical armwrester, and that it is all pure strength. Levan’s strength does play a big factor, but watching his transition was a huge shock to me. As soon as Devon tried to hit sideways, Levan matched and exceeded his side pressure, and transitioned immediately. I’m sad that Devon did not have much more for Levan, but Devon definitely proved that he has improved from their first match.

Devon said last time he pulled levan he would never pull him again. Maybe this time isn’t different?

Levan turns into real life hulk when he takes all the gear he's on.

I love how Levan wins on strength. He doesn't need quick start, early starts and cheating. he just put you down

People called me crazy for saying Levan could just force Devon into a hook or press him and win, because Devon has no answer for his strength in those lanes. They said he's just going to do what he did last time lol. People are so quick to write elite pullers off as one trick ponies 🤦‍♂️

Man, Devon is great, still love his character. Hope to see both spar against each other one day, unlikely but possible. Btw, you must narrate documentaries, great voice dude.

It almost felt like Levon gave Devon center table to show him that even after giving up this piece to Devon, Devon had no chance. It was an impressive, crushing display from the get go. Devon will have to remove the “no limits” from his title, I guess😢

I got stonewalled for total 23 seconds in the first round by 49 years old man Devon Larratt. But this time I had more oxygen-inbuilt already than Devon because 49 years old man's cardiovascular system couldn't hold my power for long due to huge age-gap & weight-gap. . I am the strongest & greatest Armwrestler of all the time

I think you nailed it. To me that smooth transition to press just showed that his arm was far above Devon's arm strength. Even with Devon having hand control, in hindsight it seemed like Levan was never threatened, but in the moment i was going nuts cheering for Devon 😂👍

Devon didn't win center table, Levan had total control, he wasn't even trying yet.

Devon needs more arm and back pressure.

When he transitioned to the flop press, In my mind Levan went from being just a brute strength arm wrestler to something else entirely. He flash pins people because he can, if a tool works why use another, when it didn't work - he casually peered into his toolbox, picked out another tool and finished the job.

"Hand control" 🤣🤡 meanwhile, Levan just holds casually devon and then mocks every devon's fangirls by floppressing devon and you could see horror in devon's eyes in that moment. How devon's soul slowly was leaving him 🤣

I'M JUST WAITING FOR DEVON TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS

I almost had a heart attack when devon stopped levan in the center. Even tho i noticed how calm levan was and it looked like he didnt go full power at that surge. Still my heart was pounding harder than ever before haha

Levan is a much better arm wrestler after all. The level of knowledge of Levan is incredible

After the loss to Genadi, Devon really trained up his inside game again. Makes me wonder why he didn't at least attempt to go inside. It was awesome to see him hold center table off of the go in round 1 and force Levan into a flow wrist press. Nobody has done that before.

Levan wasn't trying. Go back and look at his breathing, he was just seeing what Devon had

Devon was floppable after all.

Yeah that 1st round gave everyone including me false hope, Not realizing the best kept secret That Levan actually normally gets even stronger with each round, contrary to the falsehood that he has bad stamina.

Like everyone said “if the match stops, Devon’s chances go way up” What’s funny is the match stop and he got flash pinned three times

for me it seemed that round 1 devons hand was way higher than levans and thus levan got his hand taken, were the webbing equal, i think even round 1 levan would have toprolled devon. Or levan was just very anxious because of his absence and doubts about his wrist health.You know when you unconsciuosly limit yourself

Levan did it to make the game interesting. He didn’t want to destroy devon like he did in the next rounds, he wanted to give hope lol.

I think Levan let him . If he dominates quickly no one's going to watch anymore because he's just so dominant

Devon gets too caught up in the match against Levan. When levan went into the press Devon should have came more inside with a over the top sideways pull like he normally would against a press to pull the opponents hand away from their body and sideways from the press instead of having to combat it directly by staying outside. His lack of strategy cost him exponentially more fatigue on his bicep because he tried to stay outside against levans press instead of coming partially in and sideways pronated.

It was obvious to me levan allowed that to happen. He did it as a experiment, to let devon feel like he had a chance and so the main event would have the tiniest bit of excitement. I can't believe people are buying that devon did that on his own.

levan was faking it on round 1, he just teased all of us, i love how none of you see it... its like you are being manipulated by levan. He just didnt use all his power to make the suspense.

That press was absolutely insane.

Did Devon take center or did levan give him center to prove he can press?

What was the exact moment when everyone realized they had been drinking the Kool Aid?

Yeah, the only hope for Devon against the flop press would be to take full hand control and go to a kings move. Then he would have to hold Levan for 10 mins to tire him out. The problem with this was the fact that Levans wrist was too strong for this.

Don't really think this was important man. The only stop just above the pin pad that he got was w/an (illegal) king's move against Levan's flop press, and, had he been able to achieve that without going under the table (a much smaller ask than any of this other win conditions beyond that point) in subsequent rounds (assuming he forced Levan to flop again and again), he likely would have punched holes in Levan's endurance and confidence. What lost him the match was Levan's ability to adjust in the setup and come over the top of Devon after the "go." It was Levan's versatility, yes, and the flop press was a part of that, but, unless the arm extension burned Devon's biceps (which I kind of doubt, but who knows?), but it was really that he changed his approach in the 2nd round onward that spelled the end for Devon. Maybe you mean that watching him flop forced you to acknowledge his versatility and that that's what you thought would challenge Devon going forward, but the press itself, while obv not ideal for Devon (because it nearly pinned him), didn't result in anything so deviated from the Larratt plan that it should have been the "moment of truth" for you. And I kind of think that you don't even think that but are looking for a unique and "big brained" angle from which to come at it for clickbait reasons ("THIS CHANGED EVERYTHING...").

When I saw his flop press in first round...oh man I was so glad and shocked specially becouse I was like thinking and hopeing that maybe Levan has secretly prepared for that move if is necessary. It's more that it wasn't becouse you can see on his face in first round that was more like testing and warming up 😯😊🙌💪

Does anyone know what Levan kept looking at in round 1, before he moved to the press? He kept cocking his head to the right as though he was checking Devon’s elbow or something.

Levan didn't lose anything. He gave his wrist.

At the start of Rnd1, it was like time stopped... we dared to believe. It just wasn't meant to be. Sad for Devon, happy for Levan.

We need to have this conversation pep

dude watch the replay. 1st round when they slip. levan felt that devon has 0% possibility and he start laughing. I think they simply start in a bad setup for levan and he very calmly set up the press to show everyone that he is unbeatable. Ermes "stopped" levan, ermes made the arm of levan GO BACK !!! Devon jsut stalled in the center. Very Very Veeeeery different.

Initially I thought OH $HIT! Devon can win! Then I saw Levan's face... And all I saw was "enough of this, time to get to work". Game over. I'm a huge Devon fan, fellow Canuck, but Levan is on another level.

You absolutely right but in which ever circumstances Devon's techniques he had no chance to generate enough power against Levan, especially shoulders of Levan is full of muscles which backs him up, you could see it in the first round when Levan just conated him waiting Devon getting exhausted before Levan started using a quoter of his power, however the mistake Devon did and the same did on Denis by trying to press Levan repeatedly and that makes you loose all energy in seconds and the recovery takes longer than the time they had left

Im so confused as why Devon took that route, i swore he said he was gonna meet him inside and test his frame. Such a let down

Devon felt far from comfortable in round 1. Otherwise, he would have started with trash talk. What we saw was not Devon having control over Levan's hand, but Levan patiently waiting to execute plan B, namely the press. It was Levan's first match in a long time, so it was logical for him to take a moment to cautiously feel things out. Let's be honest: Levan knew he had nothing to fear after the very first slip.

Is there such thing as: Keep the Pronation + Rise and commit shoulder inside to stop the flop with bone structure? Do you think Devon’s frame couldn’t withstand the pressure?

The press Levan was too much for Devon to resist, he would let his opponent push all the time until he was exhausted. And even though he went for the shoulder on the table, I think Genadi knew about it because Devon lost on the flop and Levan was using it, but I think Devon wasn't strong enough to quickly use the shoulder and deep hook on the strong Levan. That much because he used it with Genadi was not very effective and was not very beneficial to him.

Devon lost because he forgot everything he'd worked on in the last year and 10 months. After he fought Levan last time, he finally realized that pulling in a purely defensive way was NOT the answer, you HAVE to be able to attack and go forwards, which exactly what Devon had been doing, up until this match. Even in the first round, they were both just holding centre, yet Devon was still hanging off Levans arm, just waiting to go into the kings move, I knew it was lost then. Very disappointing...

"Won" centre table LOL

R.I.P arm-wrestling channels

I can't wait for the TL; DR comments below this comment. As Devon said and as he is right about it, the 1st round is the most important in the match and it's been like that. I'm not a "typical Devon Fanboy" that upfront and I have huuuge respect for both of the athletes. Regarding the first round, noone has ever WON center table against Levan since 2018 if I'm not mistaken, and noone has ever held him at least at center table for 20sec since 2018 which Devon did in the match. I might sound stupid to some people but I think Devon could have actually won the 1st round but he had the highest pressure ever in his whole career as an Armwrestler in Round 1 ever since he startet that Sport, but he made some minor "errors" which led to him losing in my opinion. Why do I think Devon did some "mistakes" u might question, well here is my take on that. - GO - Devon "(wins)" center table, Levan trys to drive sideways but HE CAN'T Devon is ACTUALLY too strong, Devon even makes Levan STAND UP again (which we have never seen before I think after Levan tried to drive sideways since he normally just wins center table and drives sideways). They continue to hold each other for a quiet some time, but here the first "mistake" happens from Devon's side, he loses his so much renown patience and trys the same "jiggling/testing" of Levan's side pressure which he did to Denis too, Devon moves him a bit off of the center to his side, but in a blink of an eye Levan gains back the ground and probably a tiny bit more than he had before and they are at table center again, Devon and Levan still being equally strong. *Why* do I think it was a mistake from Devon's side? Devon had the overall better position before that, higher webbing, Levans wrist was slightly backwards I think just a tiny bit and he held him where he wanted him to be, but then LOST more ground than he gained by "testing" Levan instead of just continuing to keep Levan where he is and WINNING his wrist which probably started to become a bit tired slowly. *Why* do I think Levan's wrist became tired? Well if we watch really close just before Levan transitions into the press, BEFORE he started the transition his wrist started to give up, u can see that for like half a second or so (I'm not 100% sure about it, it could have been on purpose aswell, but all of Devon's backpressure went into Leava's finger and wrist so I doubt even Levan can withstand that for too long). Levan did not move with his body but his wrist gave up a slightly bit and then made a split second decision to transition in the press. At the end, if Devon would have been a slightly bit stronger in his biceps (wink wink everyone telling him that lol) he maybe could have contest Levan's flop wrist press in a better position (by standing up again like he did against Dave Chaffee) than trying to Kings Move (btw utterly stupid ruling imo from "East vs West") since Michael Todd should have gotten disqualified like 10 times during the Frank Lamparelli match since his humerus (bone) went in a declining position (even if it's JUST 1° or 2°) so many times and if u make rules they should apply to EVERYONE! The first round was like a top fuel dragster race, they started equal went hood to hood, tire by tire half the distance until Levan ignited the Nitros (flop press) and crossed the Finish line first. I think the 1st round was much closer than everyone thinks, the 1st round just lost its "representation of the match" due to Levan winning all 3 following rounds quiet "effortless", but getting stretched out by Levan completely (LOL that wording) cost Devon a lot of power as Levan also mentioned, which makes a lot of sense since Devon can't stretch out his permanently angled T-Rex arms at all normally. Regarding what you just said in the video, I want to say I think Devon tried to hook Levan actually or he tried to go into a press himself but it looked more like a hook to me (Round 4 before straps where Devon slipped kinda "ugly") u can see he rotated his right shoulder in and also gripped more like a hook than trying to toproll but right after the GO in a brief second Devon noticed he can't hook or move Levan at all which resulted in why he abandoned it and slipped kinda "ugly". At the end I wanted to say, the 1st Round of the Devon vs Levan match was probably the best round I have ever watched in Armwrestling, even my adrenalin was pumping just watching it. Overall really really good event, I hope Georgi will recover again asap and wish everyone who has read till here a nice day/night, stay healthy!

I think Levan gave Devon 10 seconds by respect for him but he could have pinned him in 2 seconds. In round 1 Devon is shaking and giving his all while Levan is not showing any sign of struggle…

I really believe Devon should of focused most of his training on his back pressure strength and biceps. He just didn’t have the strength in those two areas against Levon but oh well.

Overall great event. Bagent on commentary is always something else 😅

It was over before it began and there was nothing Devon could do period!

You explained well, nothing more to add.

Round 1 was just a warm up for levan once the blood was pumped he was ready.

If you actually look at their faces, you would clearly see how hard Devon was working just to hold Levan in that position. Levan was just at like 60 percent. Just holding the pronator does not mean you're stronger...and he got gassed out. Everyone seems to blindly believe that holding the hand means you win the match, it's just false, especially when you're burning out holding it. Either people are just dumb, or don't understand physiology.

Do you guys think if this was WAL rules Devon would have won ? Levan never actually pressed Devon to the pad with that flop press once he dipped below the table. Not that it matters whatsoever just a hypothetical

Agreed, Devon would have had to be able to attack Levon during the transition, I think he just didn’t expect it. And then he was gassed out after that because he fought the press. Game over

Didn't change anything. We all knew that we were getting hyped up by them both to sell the match to make money. We all knew that Levan was a monster and Devon stood no chance. 60kg difference is no joke.

Smoothest flop press ever, like a ballerina. Was hoping maybe Levan would gas out a bit after another round similar to round 1, but alas. The base power is just so huge, across different techniques, giving him powerful options wherever he goes. That flop though was definitely practiced.

Scientific things does not matter at all to Levan universal galactic power.....intelligence of tiny devon is irrelevant if your opponent is 3X stronger than you😊

Devon was a joke not being able to do anything after round 2. Levan laughed at Devon before the strap.

When i saw him take the stop and Levan transition to a press i said if Devon had any gas in the tank after a 400lb gorilla was hanging off the tip of his hand in a flop press that would be crazy. But he didn't and that was understandable.

Levan crossed center table while pressing, which forced Devon off the back of the pad! Why wasn't Levan called?

Devon didnt take any control at any point in time, get real :) He doesnt stand a chance against Levan and admit it already....hes my favorite armwrestler though.

Now I hate the flop press just as much I hate the kings move 😂

Levan allowed him to take his hand

It’s clear Levan only hit for position in the first round. He didn’t want to risk getting awkwardly stopped at the bottom of the pin pad like he almost did in the first match from 22’ and potentially get bled out. Only when he didn’t hit in the first round, he soon found out that he needed to in the rest of the rounds. Because Devon’s static strength seemed superior. Especially with his setup etc. Round 2-4 Devon wasn’t at 100% anymore therefor it wasn’t risky anymore at that point for Levan to hit

Rip Devon Evgeny did 80kg pronation lift

I absolutely love how shocked Genadi looked round one. Also fun to see Levan do the holy cross on his chest. They really thought Devon was a real threat for a while. But Devon knew his power better. Since Levan could press him there was no way to gas him out anymore. Still, I'd like to believe that if Devon keeps training and competing in 115kg and actually get stronger over time, he might get hungry again. The only issue is if he would be willing to hop on more juice to build mass (he probably needs 10kg more muscle against Levan which is insane to say). Still, Devon was extremely impressive pound for pound. I don't think a 120 kg Levan could take Devon, I really don't.

after the match with Devon should we say Georgi have better wrist than Levan?

He needed like good 10-15% more back pressure, even before press he was giving all his peak force to hold Levan's arm angle, you can't do that for long, it will gas you out pretty quickly. But with that stopping power from Devon i'm so sorry for 115kg and 105kg class guys lol

I can't get that devons fans believe that he got a chance to win😂😂😂😂😂 on the first round levan was realizing how his wrist was only soooo ....

I think Levan may literally have been trying to put on a good show, as a sort of payback to Devon for hyping up the fight well with his personality. They also seemed to have goofy paid actors in the crowd, like Soyjack, as a commitment to larger production “value”.

This match also shows that Levan's endurance isn't nearly as bad as most haters claim to be. Devon actually looks more gassed than him after round 1.

I feel like if Devon would of had him pinned after her took the wrist then he could of had a bigger chance

"Devon took hand control from Levan" LMAO the whole vid is based on a wrong assumption. Devon wasn't in control. Levan was just warming up and that's a FACT.

What happened to ‘if Devon gets a stop, RIP Levan’

actually levan in every single round , in a winning position had the shoulder at the end under the table lv, that wa actually forbidden but not a single time referty stopped him or say something, to the other side every time devon do just a little fault the referty imediatly call it.

It doesnt matter where you start, devon lost but won the hearts, he tried to play it very smart, levan smells like farts.

I knew Levan would have a flop press, and he showed this. Rooted for Devon but it was a clear 60-40 for Levan.

Levon was playing with him on round one. Did anyone look at levans face? He was relaxed

Levan was at 50% first round