Don’t forget to subscribe and stay tuned for the upcoming videos. ----------------------- The world champion Yordan Tsonev pulls with one of the greatest of all time - Devon Larratt.
Devon always puts himself in a tough spot on purpose. Always trying to learn something, push himself. He truly loves this sport. This guy made me love armwrestling.
This was a great training session! Yordan has gained major size and looks like some technical ability as well since East vs West and Devon still doing Devon....love to see Devon grooming the future champions of this incredible sport! I wish this kind of respect could translate to other areas in life as it does so often in this sport!
Yordan is a beast I've seen him do good against a lot of the Europeans .. Devon is not in match shape right now but still able to stop him right hand in the 2nd right hand match . Respect to both 🙌
@@Shinxux3 just speaking the truth devon is down 20 kilos. Yordan is an absolute monster doh . I've seen him at after pulls taking on the very best in Europe 🙌
@@andrewcreamer4672 Yeah he is making excuses... this Jordan guy had Devon redlining in practice and managed to pin him multiple times on each arm. did you see how pumped Devon was too? muscles were so swole.. don't get that kind of pump if you're not redlining. who cares if he's not "in match shape"?... they're excuses..
Yordan is one of my favourite armwrestlers. He is very technical. Respect for Devon! He is doing for armwrestling more than anyone (and offcource Engin Terzi).
@Purev Rompat @Purev Rompat The guy says, "we will not start until everyone has a seat." And when Devon's done, he says, "Devon, are you ready to teach?" To me he is insinuating that Devon is either wasting time or not doing what he's supposed to. Obviously there's room for interpretation. This is just my perception. When you have the champ, you let them do what they want.
@@Largetalons u sound like a newbie , how does losing to levan make u a bad armwrestler??? By ur standards everyone that lost to levan sucks , which would make Ermes garbage aswell 😌 after losing to Levan Chaffee DESTROYED Kurdecha who DESTROYED Ermes😎
@@constantthought6082 It really depends. With age comes injuries as well. It depends on timing on their career. For awhile Devon when he was younger in his early 30's to mid thirties he was literally the best in the world. He decimated the Europeans at that time. Including the man himself, Pushkar who was literally at the top of the european pyramid at the time. It was also when he beat John Brzenk, he was the first to do it in a supermatch. And many consider that Devon's strongest point in his career. But then he started to have injuries, and both arms basically one after the other had serious injuries, and for years he was no where near what he had been, surviving mostly on his experience, and doing the king's move when he was totally outmatched strength wise. People also don't realize that Devon was the long running American/West champion but lost to Monster Todd who pulled the King's move on him to take the Hammer that year. That was when Devon started using the King's move realizing he had to master it to make sure he never lost again, and by doing it he learned the weakness to the King's move, and now while some people claim he is still doing the king's move, He doesn't go anywhere down as far as he used to, after the criticism I think he took it to heart, and now his shoulders are far above the table, even Levan was down further then fighting Ermes. So it's all people's biases that dictate what they see regarding that kind of stuff now. But in the last few years, starting with the insanely easy win against Monster Todd who at the time said he was the strongest he had ever been. Devon made him look like levels below him. And then he fought Levan and unfortunately again injured his arm. But that injury forced Devon to try something different, and he went and got stem cell surgery, and I think he is also for the first time taking something(like GH(test, etc) cause he has never looked better physically for a decade or longer. So he is now possible nearly as strong as he was when he was considered at his career peak, and again beat John Brzenk when no one had done that before, and John was still strong. I believe Devon is now likely stronger in some areas, and still weaker in other areas. And that's due to age. Some of his tendons are yes likely stronger, his bicep is massive now, and his pronator muscles are unreal. When he pulled Levan, Levan could not break Devon's wrist in any of their pulls. Showing just how strong Devon's wrist is. Even Ermes's wrist was bent back pulling Levan whose hands and grip measurement scores are far above any other arm wrestler I have seen measured. But as you get older, some tendons are just gonna care scar tissue, and not have that young man's body elasticity, that helps prevent injuries, etc. So while i think muscle wise Devon is far stronger, tendon and ligament wise, he is mixed. For so long he couldn't even open his arms up fully, again because of his surgeries, and lose of elasticity in those connective tissue. Also the tissue between his upper arm socket bone and the bone, making for again more cramps and pains when he gets jostled, or his arm structural integrity is tested. OVerall i think he could win against Ermes, and I think it's the perfect time for both of them to have a match. Ermes now considered pretty much the guy with the crown. And Levan being out due to health. Just before Devon and Levan pulled it's funny, i have comments where I told rude Levan fans that while I admired Levan's strength, i said there is no way he will have a career that spans even 1/5 that of Devon's. Because of how much stuff he was putting into his body, similar to when Denis had complete organ failure right after pulling Devon, clearly for that match, he had taken far too much steroids and the body can't handle it long term. So Levan is similar, and we see it, because now Levan is basically out until he can get his health back. Again by taking that much sauce, the bill comes due. And for Devon he for most of his career has been clean, due to him not being able to take such drugs in the Canadian special forces, where such drugs are still considered 'illegal', and frowned upon. Given the issue with impairment of judgement, and how important the mind is considered for those forces. So I would put money on the fact that Devon was not using all through up until only like less then a Decade ago he likely started on something. But even then given how long his arms took to recover then when he was younger, compared to now when he is older. It's clear that back then he wasn't taking substances that would be illegal say in any olympic sports. But now that he almost surely is on those(aka steroids, GH, and likely some other ones for healing, etc) you can see how strong he is, and how fast he recovered after getting his bicep torn against Levan. I think for his age it is almost a must to be able to compete at the top level in the sport now. All through the 80's, 90's, it was likely possible to win, guys like John Brzenk, and Devon himself were not on steroids, and if some guys were, they were rare, and clearly back then it wasn't a substitution for skill. Now a guy like Levan, he has not only taken enough steroids to make a race horse look natural, he also has achieved a super high level of skill as well. So the complete package for a mountain of a champion. But again, by pushing his body that hard, it was obvious, at least to me, that it would not be a longer career for him at the top.... Where Devon and even more John Brzenk have been pulling at the top for like 3-4 decades... Devon for about 3 at the top of the sport, and John for about 4, which is insane when you think about it. He literally was the man back in the 80's, and he is still pulling in high level matches...
@@DatNguyen-kb2vc nah, more like Top 20, maximum top 30. There definetely are not ~50 guys who could beat Devon at the moment (in a supermatch format, right handed). Who's likely to beat him CURRENTLY (RH, in no particular order)?: Levan Saginashvili Ermes Gasparini Vitaly Laletin Dimitry Silaev Zaur Payzulaev Jerry Cadorette Michael Todd Matt Mask Dave Chaffee Genadi Kvikvinia Evgeny Prudnik Artyom Morozov Alex Kurdecha Revaz Lutidze Grigorii Liashchuk (not that much data available) Denis Cyplenkov (Maybe - he's planning a comeback this year, from what I've heard) Arif Ertem (Maybe) Tobias Sporrong (COULD have, according to his trainer he supposedly was in an extraordinary shape, before he injured himself recently) David Dadykian (soon?) these names come to mind... Honestly, Devon could really be Top 20 RH rn. Of course, LH is a different story. Edit: Kalinichenko, Petrenko also come to mind as possible opponents, but it's yet to be seen if they are able to beat Devon.
@@Niroborn I mean that he has probably already pulled a ton of people before this pull, so his arms are tired. As far as age goes, your stamina does suffer with age as well. But at an armwrestling table, Devon still has better stamina than most.
@@Niroborn Because superheavyweight armwrestling and marathon running require different types of stamina, and because there's a difference between being 40 and being 70. Why does the max heart rate get lower with age? Armwrestling is more like a 100m sprint than a marathon. Why are there no 70 year old 100m sprint world champions? Why is there a Masters class in armwrestling?
@Albert Kirilov ...indeed my friend, people like me we bought it hard, so hard that makes us vomit only to see his disgusting face, cause we like athlets and NOT THOSE WHO SELL....!!!! So when his butt turns into a natural color after the kick he received from Levan and previously from Cyplenkov which he pinned him down like was an 8 years old kid, ...let his arrogant butt get prepared for another great kick from Levan, ...if of course has the guts to face him again, which I seriously doubt,
Devon is the Conor McGregor of arm wrestling, is great at hyping up matches and trash talk. As you can see, he is not like that at all during non-competition matches or training. And when you have achieved what Devon has achieved in arm wrestling you are bound to have some arrogance. Yea, he lost to Levan, but so has everyone else.
Devon you are still the greatest of all time my brother despite any recent loses what makes you great for me is your technique and skill and pure IQ that’s what I see when I watch you it’s like a direct comparison to Kobe Bryant the work ethic skill hard work and technique are what sets you aside from the rest.
Not even close? You are free to think JB is the best ever, many people do, but not even close? That's just disrespectful. Give me 3 arm wrestlers who are closer to JB than Devon in your opinion.
@@michaelmoore2052 JB has had a head start and a longer career because he’s from a different generation and older but Devon Larrat is definitely responsible for getting arm wrestling back on the map and all the new generation is following him because he makes arm wrestling so cool and fun he’s just charismatic and also willing to teach and help new and rising stars to the game.
I never said that Devon wasnt second I like Devon I just think there is a big gap between the twos greatness and I will agree t hat Devon has done more for armwrestling in the last decade tha anyone but a lot of that has to do with social media JB was know worldwide before Facebook or Twitter or Youytube or any social media came along would have loved to have seen John in his prime with social media around at the same time
Ну понятно что Девон там уже с несколькими поборолся а парень свежий пришёл. Но опыт своё берёт. Девон показал мастер-класс. При этом очень грамотно поборолся что-бы не травмировать парня.
Devon is endurance Freak, he loses first rounds cause his muscles arent heated up yet, but i always knew that his opponents will get out of gas while he is just heating up
devons prime (or best strength) was right before levan. everyone who went against him said he was a wall, especially when fresh, completely unmoveable, sadly he might have pushed his limits a bit much and caused a bicep hairline tear and it tore pretty badly during levans pull, was fun to watch tho
@@Largetalons No he didn't. When I say "committed his frame" it means when he puts his arm behind his shoulder. So when Devon caught Yordan in a hook he used his frame to stonewall Yordan.
I find it so funny how everyone has to film with their own phone when they could just ask this guy to send them the video. Not only do they get the best video but they also get to be in the video instead of behind the camera.
