Devon cracked Levan's wrist, but he just switched to a flop press and destroyed him regardless. Devon achieved what he wanted to achieve since their first encounter, he defeated the wrist only to find out there are at least 2-3 health bars and boss stages next.
To be honest yes I saw that too. But it looked like levan wanted the match to drag out a little more. I think he couldn't just destroyed him within a second if he wanted unfortunately. He's a different creature. Devon is absolutely the 2nd best and most technical. But that's not enough for a bear.
The thing is, Devon knows more than anyone that he unfortunately has mortal limits. He physically can’t hope to match the side pressure and bicep strength of Levan as someone who is 15 years older and 100 lbs lighter. Especially now that he is older, trying to put on the pure size and arm strength he would need would just lead to injury and other health problems that would end up working against him. So if anything he should be proud that his training in the hand paid off and that at the very least he held the beast and made round one a spectacle. Love you Devon !!
@@David-kn4ng he's 49 dude it's over. He had one small chance to transition when he got the stop but for some reason he didn't. You can also blame the refs, Levans press was a foul. His shoulder was way passed centre, and he gassed devon out completely doing it.
@@David-kn4ng dude how old are you? your body slows down significantly once you hit your mid 30's, even more at 40. It takes longer to recover, and you have less energy in general. You literally can't do the same effort as before. He can compete at a lighter weight and dominate for years but he can compete against 150kg monsters. The amount of drugs and effort required would literally kill him. His family is beautiful and he has a great life, he wants to spend many more years with them, not die just to satisfy selfish fans
We're going to need to come to terms with the fact that Levan is a one in billion anomaly. There might be someone out there that might be capable of beating him, like maybe some of the super heavyweight strongman if they had dedicated their lives to arm wrestling- but there's no one currently in the sport that can match him. He's truly a titan.
So your saying being fifty years old and having several old injuries doesn’t play a factor , and I’m a fan of them both , before you say I’m making excuses for Devon
I think the problem with all of this speculation about how might Devon beat Levan in the future is that it's just not realistic. Devon had to already become a chemistry experiment for the last 4-6 years just to hang with the super heavy weights. He went crazy with it for the last 2 years after resoundingly losing the first time, only to get himself to the #2 position and still end up one-sidedly slaughtered by Levan. He'd have to maintain his current status as a walking pharmacy just to keep what he already has, and go even further to add in the necessary side pressure to *maybe* beat Levan. The level of gear he's already on isn't really sustainable at any age, let alone a man pushing 50. I think the reason Devon looked so defeated after EvW 12 is because he knows he's not the guy to beat Levan. It's going to have to be someone else, who is younger and has more health to sacrifice.
A lot people triying to lowballing Levan, you missed the fact Devon destroyed Ermes' back pressure with a press after he took his wrist, so this actual Levan can destroy Ermes back pressure as welll, more still knowing he learned about that experience, improved overall, and opened Devon's arm with his insane pronation in the fisrt round. What I want to say is actual Levan has no weak points now. He can press anyone, he can hold anyone, he can side pressure anyone, he can top roll anyone, he can hook anyone without lose position or hand control.
🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 როგორც ყოველთვის გაუმარჯოს მსოფლიო მაგიდის მეფეს ლევან საგინაშვილს ლევან გილოცავ გამარჯვებას და კიდევ ბევრ გამარჯვებებს გაუმარჯოს საქართველოს.
it was also an illegal move, Levans shoulder was a good 8 inches past centre of the table. He was in that position well before devon was in a foul position. Fair play to Levan, Devon would have done the same thing, but it was a bad call from the ref and it cost him the match.
@@14lamnc1 it was. You can't go past the centre of the table with your shoulder or it is a foul. Levan was well past centre, and the ref actually was about to give the foul, but the down ref called the foul on devon. Levan fouled first.
Great Vid, Exactly what I was thinking. Ermes needs to see this video but he already knows this. If he keeps improving his hand and wrist etc (which he has been rapidly improving as shown in training weight vids) I believe Ermes can become undisputed No2 Super heavyweight within 6 months. Beating Levan may never be achievable but he has a chance, nothing is gaurenteed even Levan
That’s because Devon doesn’t do the relevant compound movements, such as bench presses, push-ups, Pull-ups, rows etc, This just in, bench presses effect side pressure, especially with people that already know how to arm wrestle, as Levan just proved.👉Foundational strength.
I think you might actually be correct here. Also why he stays light is because he only trains his arm and not more functional compound movements that would facilitate full body strength and mass
Devons traning work when he face everybody else. Not for levan thats the different. Devons hand and pronation is enough to beat anybody . Beside levan then its not enough.
Bench pressing doesn’t involve any side pressure. Nor do any of the compound movements you mentioned. Internal rotation of the shoulder has to be trained specifically and none of those movements require internal rotation as a prime mover. Just think of what muscles move lol….
I think Alex kurdecha has a good chance against Levan, not saying he ll win but by looking how he defeated georgi was impressive, he gained height on the hand against Georgi istantly (not even Devon could really take hand control against Georgi) , I just wonder how much Georgi ankle injury affected his performancd
We can't take anything serious away from the georgi matchup bro he was on one leg and had a serious infection and was on antibiotics. That's not reflective of his real level
@@TengoMtchedlidze I 100% agree. Georgie was "shot". Half-dead man. 30%. Look his face. Look how he walked out of backstage. 100% rematch. THEN Ermes. THEN maybe Levan. Alex is a mirage and needs to prove himself.
Side pressure is something Devon has struggled against. I think a great example of this was WAL 501 vs Todd Hutchings (and also WAL 504 vs Dave Chaffee). I think Devon relies on his technical knowledge of the game and beats people by cutting them off from their power through the hand and wrist. Problem with that is Levan's strength allows him multiple lanes.... I want to see Devon vs Jerry for North America #1. Would be awesome to see how Devon does against Jerry's flop.
Levan also added that the only reason Devon moved his wrist a bit in round one was because it wasn't fully warmed up. So Even in hand and wrist strength Devon didn't have the advantage. Just (sadly) outclassed in every way. I was SCREAMING in round one, like holy shit he might have this....then quickly I was like oh...nope not even close
levan only lost his wrist cuz he wasn't trying in round 1. when he was trying in the subsequent rounds, you can clearly see he ends up bending devon's wrist instead.
I don't buy that man. It's easy to say you weren't warmed up when you got slightly humbled and had your wrist taken by the smaller weaker man. It was a legit stop with hand control, exactly what we all saw live. Don't let anyone gaslight you.
@@Tasmanaut compared with other tougher opponents levan faced such as his last matchup against ermes, levan was not visibly distressed in the 1st round so he wasn't trying that hard.
@@Tasmanaut watch any other past video where levan actually struggled like in the 3rd round of him going against ermes. He was dripping in sweat and shaking harder than devon was in this 1st round. It's so obvious he isn't trying as hard against devon in the 1st round. If you can't see the obvious difference, I don't know what to tell you except that you're coping too hard.
If devon would have put more effort into just his bicep strength alone that would have been enough to stop the match and give him a fighting chance. My other theory is that devon should have gone into his arm lock position instead of dropping into a kings move. He already had the wrist, all he had to do was absorb the hit.
You can only pronate as far as your elbow and shoulder allow it. Pronation is the twisting of your forearm bones. When you lean over and your hand is in a pronated position it requires strength in your pronator teres to hold the position. To pin in a top roll you must lean your body over to carry through with pronated position. Leaning over basically is moving your humerus over with the strength of your shoulder to allow the elbow to pull your pronated forearm along with it. If the shoulder strength isn’t enough to bring your pronated forearm with it then you will open up towards a supinated forearm position. In short, shoulder moves elbow which allows isolated pronation to follow through. Top rolling should not be trained with isolated flexors.
I guess if Devon were to gain at least 30-40 more pounds, all of those should be invested directly towards side pressure only, as he is already full of hand and wrist😂. These analyses always crack me up. I find Levans suggestion for their first match "you need to get bigger" far more accurate and honest.
@@julianlaustsen1991 bro he's 49. He doesn't have unlimited energy. He put all his energy into training his hand to be as strong as possible. At 49 your central nervous system can't recover from full body training the way it can when you are 21 or even 35.
@@Tasmanaut theese guys take a shitload of drugs that help them recover. If devon would train alot more excercises like benchpress etc it would help him. And the way he is training now is just dumb, u don't need to train 2-3 times a day to grow. What hes doing is overtraining.
You make some good arguments. However, Levan struggled a bit with Ermes when he had not trained his press. It is a different case now that Levan has many options in his toolbox.
Really? I don't think he lacks side pressure at all. Devon was able to beat Genadi in a hook back when he wasn't even training it. Dave was able to open Ermes multiple times and beat Laletin with his side pressure, while Devon dominated him in a hook in round 1. I thought what Devon lacked was back pressure or bicep strength. I don't think he could ever have an explosive back pressure like Ermes but a static bicep hold like Denis would work with his style
Yes you need to combine denis cyplenkov's hand size, ermes back pressure and arm strength, Devon's pronation and hand control, Dave's side pressure and Brian shaw's frames. Probably then you will pin levan(not sure about beating)
@@acurex249 for real. Even when he did do that small hit to the side, Levans hand gave more while Devon’s stayed locked. That tells me that he could have been more aggressive. Or atleast protected his arm angle/shoulder position better. Laying out for that kingsmove destroyed his arm. He needed to stay up and fight harder for center before Levan flopped. At least we would have seen a longer fight. Maybe Devon thought he could bleed him and wasn’t expecting Levan to flop round 1.
@@Dmgolfer22 Or.....or.....he couldn't because its not like you think and Devon had no advantage there other than to hold. Let off the gas any little bit to move his body forward and that arm was probably going sideways. Thats the most logical reason I can think of that he didn't attempt it. Then before he had time to make up his mind, boom flop press out of nowhere.
@@topnotchtsi yeah when Levan was actually going side. But there was a few seconds when Levan wasn’t going side just holding and thinking. Devon’s face in that moment wasn’t one of 100% redline. At the minimum he probably should have protected his arm/shoulder angle more anticipating a potential flop. Or just let it go once Levan flopped then round 2 do the same but with more shoulder commitment. I personally think we could have seen a longer fight round 1 or a good fight a couple of rounds atleast if Devon’s arm didn’t get fully stretched in a kings move. Getting pinned is okay as long as your with your arm. My $ is still on Levan but holding onto that press trashed Devon’s ability to apply backpressure IMO.
Bicep strength is not side pressure. Devon got what Levan gave him, this was Levans choice not Devon’s ability. Devon is the greatest number 2 and the greatest arbiter of the sport.
Omg you just said what I was thinking the last few days, if you could fuse Devons pronation/endurance and Ermes arm, side pressure, elbow, Levan would have lost. It's insane that you just mention it lol.
Nah levan is that one in a century guy nobody could beat him , its insane how strong he is but we want some good competition as it will just get boring
Incorrect. Denis has more side pressure in his prime due to be being primarily a hook (inside) puller. It's only recent since he lost much of his strength and size he started doing more open Toproll outside back presure pulling. @@evandernilsen2579
What he needs is really easy. He needs 150 more pounds and most of it to be muscle. This weight difference in this elite sportmanship is a huge barrier. He can beat 90% of men who outweight him, but not world class arm wrestlers. It's the same in any sport.
What if Levan didn’t train the press ? He is very smart, when he faced Ermes he couldn’t make transition to press, he tried at least two times without success. Levan now trained transition to press as he expected that his hand might be compromised against Devon… Levan is not only strong, he is incredibly smart as well
No, I would agree with that 100% Devon‘s hand and wrist are very strong but his arm isn’t now he’s had previous injuries with the side pressure. I wonder if he’s healthy enough now where he can work on it if he was to get at least 10-15% Unstoppable
After analysing the match many times, i think that Devon's only chance was to flop-press in round one just before levan did. Btw i think if devon didn't get a foul in the setup, he might have had a chance because in the restart of round one, levan would still have the buckle on his side and devon might have gotten another stop. I believe that it was actually pretty close, and if devon would have gotten a restart in round one, the match would have looked completely different.
@@PerformanceEnhancingPancakes Thanks. But in all seriousness, this was what I have believed and said from the beginning. You can't beat Levan with just one highly developed lane of attack.
To beat Levan, you would need to do all the roids till you gain 150/200 lbs lol. John is the clear natural goat. Devon is right there I think. Though one could make a case on the stem cells being "natural" or not. If the sport was regulated like the Olympics is Levon wouldn't even be a thing.
Devon is too old to start real 12 week cycles of heavy duty peds and have the gains he needs from compound lifts. If he had started that many years ago he would have beaten Levan.
dude he is giving up 100lbs to him. It has nothing to do with his training. Devon is 2nd best in the world and most def the best when you get out of the superheavies. Lb per Lb he is the best, no way around it. Devon can't walk around at 400lbs, that's the issue.
So you know Levan an Devons' doses? That's interesting, because I didn't think anybody except them do. Plus, Devon had ya'll believing getting the worlds supply of stem cells injected into him would actually work. Keep coping
I'd like to see Devon train Brian Shaw on arm wrestling, and for Brian to train Devon on being a strongman. If they were to train together for the next 2 years, they both might be able to beat Levan in 2026.
Tbh I wish Devon would have tried to transition quickly in round 1 after he cracked levan, though he wanted to sit there and talk. I wish Devon would have went ALL out for this seemingly last shot. But he didn't. His low weight and lack of side pressure training shows that.
Levan opened devons cup and his rise while devon only had is pronation, in the first round levan didn't gain the rise, I think that's why it looked like that. There's other factors too
I wish devon would change his specialization and try to catch up in his arm strength. Focusing on back pressure, bicep, side and and tone down on hand and wrist a bit. He has room to grow surely Devon has full specialization ( hand and wrist ) and low generalization ( side, bicep, back ) . Levan has Full specialization ( cup ) and high generalization ( side, back, bicep )
100% firm beliver Devon needed to let some training ego go and do what the Europeans have been doing lately, curling Heavy AF!!! And if he could took more drugs or atleast hunger inducing compounds to get him 290+ he'd be soo much stronger. Probably not to beat Levan, but atleast closer to Ermes performance with a bit more stoppage in rounds. Levan is TOO heavy for outside wrestling. Once Devon extended. It's Levan pressing 400+ pounds down or massive 400lbs of side pressure down.
Devon should beast out maximum on side pressure this man have no limits if hej conquer side pressure and add all The rest i belive a match between levon and him would be insane. The power of levan is unbelivble but not unstobale gaspirini showed its possible
I agree about side pressure, but Devon's back pressure is pretty strong and Levan said same thing. Also i don't agree about Levan's wrist. It was fine in later rounds, his flat wrist was strong enough to beat Devon's pronation and back pressure and only time it was bent back when Levan was close to pin pad, because at that time Devon was in king's move position.
Love Devon. He's one of my favorites. But I think it's out of the scope for him to actually achieve an arm power close to Levans. Or rather strong enough to pin Levan. They are simply NOT the same size human. Levan is freakishly large. He's stronger than most people at a baseline without any training at all. The guy could probably curl 100 pounds when he hit puberty lol.
It's literally just strength disparity from weight disparity... If Levan deigned to drop even 30 kg, imagine how much closer that would have been. 60 kg is too much for anyone to overcome on technique alone, when you're both at the top of the world. They have the same problems- they've beaten everyone there is to beat around their weight range, so all they are left with is handicapping themselves by cutting down for lower weights, or taking the disadvantage and going up. Levan doesn't have anyone he can fight weighing 60 kg more than him, and doesn't want to cut too much weight either. There's not much more to be done until new blood enters the game, and my money is 100% on Brian Shaw. He finally clears his schedule enough to focus on arm wrestling as his main goal, with Devon's coaching, he'll be a fucking MENACE within 2 years.
It’s insane how strong Devon has gotten tho, I was shocked when he took Levan off the hit first round, I think he was just done after than hit So now Devon just curl like a mother f lol
Cant wait to se the match!!! I didnt have a chance to watch live & I pay to share the live experience. besides the last few time I have paid & tried to watch the next day I have had nothing but issues. I will not support the channels that show footage of the match for gain fast views by showing footage before its out for free. I have reported over 30 channels today. yes thats a shit move. I love this sport & it's not big enough to allow hijackers just yet.
Most of Devon's fans reaction towards Devon's loss are the reason why there are Devon's haters. If you all love him so much, just be humble as him and stop giving excuses.
taco bell
always
Tako Fall
Devon cracked Levan's wrist, but he just switched to a flop press and destroyed him regardless. Devon achieved what he wanted to achieve since their first encounter, he defeated the wrist only to find out there are at least 2-3 health bars and boss stages next.
Hahaha, thats the best summary of the match so far.
So true!
Levans wrist was not 100 percent
Damnnnnn 😅👌
To be honest yes I saw that too. But it looked like levan wanted the match to drag out a little more. I think he couldn't just destroyed him within a second if he wanted unfortunately. He's a different creature. Devon is absolutely the 2nd best and most technical. But that's not enough for a bear.
Because the side pressure of Levan is 💀
not enough to pin ermes some rounds
😅😅 ez@@ehoc42
@@ehoc42Ermes got smoked by Devon who didn’t have a slight chance against Levan
@@ehoc42why u keeep Doing this ? 😂😂😂
@@ehoc42that is only thing that makes you happy right? 😂😂
Devon: hand and wrist made of steel
Ermes: unparalleled back pressure
Levan: BOTH and even more! It really shows how he's so dominant
too much word to say 60 kg heavier
Not better back pressure than Ermes, if that was the case Ermes wouldn't be able to stop Levan as he did.
a fusion of devon and ermes would destroy levan.
@@Pepe-pq3omyou cant compare backpressure because ermes stop him 🤣 did ermes stop levans backpressure? No he stop levans sidpressure way diffrent 😂😂
@@jocke8672 If Levan's back pressure was greater he coul keep pulling back and eventually completely rise over his hand, but he couldn't do that
Dermes Garratt: Stay massive my friend!
😂
frenn
Love to see Ermes and Devon doing a bit of training together.
Is dev on roids
@@David-kn4ng I’m sure he dabbles yes. They all do from what I can tell. Apart from Mindaugus maybe!
PEP is the Nicks Strength and Power of Arm wrestling
haha honored
Lol they do have a very similar cadence
same guy
The thing is, Devon knows more than anyone that he unfortunately has mortal limits. He physically can’t hope to match the side pressure and bicep strength of Levan as someone who is 15 years older and 100 lbs lighter. Especially now that he is older, trying to put on the pure size and arm strength he would need would just lead to injury and other health problems that would end up working against him. So if anything he should be proud that his training in the hand paid off and that at the very least he held the beast and made round one a spectacle. Love you Devon !!
Ermes Lattarini will destroy Levan.
Larrattini o Pastarini? Or maybe Pizzarini
Never
Ervon gasparratt no chance
This whole thread should just be pure mixtures of names for these 3 lmao
@@miufke_😂😂😂
Devon said years ago that he stopped training side pressure because he would suffer constant injuries and pain.
I remember this soooooo well. But he's gotta do something to defeat levan. Or else he'll be number two forever
@@David-kn4ng he's 49 dude it's over. He had one small chance to transition when he got the stop but for some reason he didn't. You can also blame the refs, Levans press was a foul. His shoulder was way passed centre, and he gassed devon out completely doing it.
@@Tasmanaut age is just a number
@@David-kn4ngget to 48 1st, i' sure you can't talk smack about age anymore
@@David-kn4ng dude how old are you? your body slows down significantly once you hit your mid 30's, even more at 40. It takes longer to recover, and you have less energy in general. You literally can't do the same effort as before. He can compete at a lighter weight and dominate for years but he can compete against 150kg monsters. The amount of drugs and effort required would literally kill him. His family is beautiful and he has a great life, he wants to spend many more years with them, not die just to satisfy selfish fans
We're going to need to come to terms with the fact that Levan is a one in billion anomaly. There might be someone out there that might be capable of beating him, like maybe some of the super heavyweight strongman if they had dedicated their lives to arm wrestling- but there's no one currently in the sport that can match him. He's truly a titan.
So basically your assessment is that Devon just needs to become Levan in order to beat him. 😂
Yes, I concur
hahaha yes but bald
So your saying being fifty years old and having several old injuries doesn’t play a factor , and I’m a fan of them both , before you say I’m making excuses for Devon
I think the problem with all of this speculation about how might Devon beat Levan in the future is that it's just not realistic. Devon had to already become a chemistry experiment for the last 4-6 years just to hang with the super heavy weights. He went crazy with it for the last 2 years after resoundingly losing the first time, only to get himself to the #2 position and still end up one-sidedly slaughtered by Levan. He'd have to maintain his current status as a walking pharmacy just to keep what he already has, and go even further to add in the necessary side pressure to *maybe* beat Levan. The level of gear he's already on isn't really sustainable at any age, let alone a man pushing 50. I think the reason Devon looked so defeated after EvW 12 is because he knows he's not the guy to beat Levan. It's going to have to be someone else, who is younger and has more health to sacrifice.
you nailed it 100%.
You’re right , not now ! But ten years ago may have been a different story
You mean a walking pharmacy ? Or maybe just juicing as Levon has done for years
I agree! He’s still my #1
Levan is in a very lonely place at the top.
A lot people triying to lowballing Levan, you missed the fact Devon destroyed Ermes' back pressure with a press after he took his wrist, so this actual Levan can destroy Ermes back pressure as welll, more still knowing he learned about that experience, improved overall, and opened Devon's arm with his insane pronation in the fisrt round. What I want to say is actual Levan has no weak points now. He can press anyone, he can hold anyone, he can side pressure anyone, he can top roll anyone, he can hook anyone without lose position or hand control.
I think the only way to shut the Lavan haters up when it comes to Ermes is to get that rematch.
@@Aaron-Qman Then they just revert to Levan's weight over and over because they can't find anything else.
fraudmes gassedoutparini is overrated a lighter muratov exposed him
@@topnotchtsiyou have to admit it is a factor though ?
🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 როგორც ყოველთვის გაუმარჯოს მსოფლიო მაგიდის მეფეს ლევან საგინაშვილს ლევან გილოცავ გამარჯვებას და კიდევ ბევრ გამარჯვებებს გაუმარჯოს საქართველოს.
They are both amazing , Devon’s time maybe over , after all 50 and previously injured
2:45 proof that Levan is not unbeatable
Levon Darratt number 1
easily
#2
Everyone wins yaaaaaa
@@minkjanze5938 Genadi is #2
You're off by 1
That press from levan drains devons arms completely so its done and just that
Agreed. Not a position Devon usually finds himself in and perhaps why he is believed to have such good "endurance".
it was also an illegal move, Levans shoulder was a good 8 inches past centre of the table. He was in that position well before devon was in a foul position. Fair play to Levan, Devon would have done the same thing, but it was a bad call from the ref and it cost him the match.
@@Tasmanautlmao
@@Tasmanautit wasn’t illegal, stop crying
@@14lamnc1 it was. You can't go past the centre of the table with your shoulder or it is a foul. Levan was well past centre, and the ref actually was about to give the foul, but the down ref called the foul on devon. Levan fouled first.
Great Vid, Exactly what I was thinking. Ermes needs to see this video but he already knows this. If he keeps improving his hand and wrist etc (which he has been rapidly improving as shown in training weight vids) I believe Ermes can become undisputed No2 Super heavyweight within 6 months. Beating Levan may never be achievable but he has a chance, nothing is gaurenteed even Levan
That’s because Devon doesn’t do the relevant compound movements, such as bench presses, push-ups, Pull-ups, rows etc, This just in, bench presses effect side pressure, especially with people that already know how to arm wrestle, as Levan just proved.👉Foundational strength.
I agree, but Devons hyper specialization has worked very well for him, Levon is the only one he has not managed to beat.
I think you might actually be correct here. Also why he stays light is because he only trains his arm and not more functional compound movements that would facilitate full body strength and mass
Devons traning work when he face everybody else. Not for levan thats the different. Devons hand and pronation is enough to beat anybody . Beside levan then its not enough.
Bench pressing doesn’t involve any side pressure. Nor do any of the compound movements you mentioned. Internal rotation of the shoulder has to be trained specifically and none of those movements require internal rotation as a prime mover. Just think of what muscles move lol….
@@PooF-All You’re probably confused about genders and pronouns too.🤣
I think Alex kurdecha has a good chance against Levan, not saying he ll win but by looking how he defeated georgi was impressive, he gained height on the hand against Georgi istantly (not even Devon could really take hand control against Georgi) , I just wonder how much Georgi ankle injury affected his performancd
Bro Devon was playing with George, laughing at him
Georgi has a serious leg injury, he could not cancel a match. Alex is not even close to Ermes
We can't take anything serious away from the georgi matchup bro he was on one leg and had a serious infection and was on antibiotics. That's not reflective of his real level
@@karolwojtya2915that was for show, Devon always does that to screw with people, it was very close in the first round.
@@TengoMtchedlidze I 100% agree. Georgie was "shot". Half-dead man. 30%. Look his face. Look how he walked out of backstage. 100% rematch. THEN Ermes. THEN maybe Levan. Alex is a mirage and needs to prove himself.
Side pressure is something Devon has struggled against. I think a great example of this was WAL 501 vs Todd Hutchings (and also WAL 504 vs Dave Chaffee). I think Devon relies on his technical knowledge of the game and beats people by cutting them off from their power through the hand and wrist. Problem with that is Levan's strength allows him multiple lanes.... I want to see Devon vs Jerry for North America #1. Would be awesome to see how Devon does against Jerry's flop.
The Nick's Strength and Power of Arm Wrestling
devon lacks strenght in various key areas..side pressure, shoulder..biceps..its crazy that hes able to work around it
Levan also added that the only reason Devon moved his wrist a bit in round one was because it wasn't fully warmed up. So Even in hand and wrist strength Devon didn't have the advantage. Just (sadly) outclassed in every way. I was SCREAMING in round one, like holy shit he might have this....then quickly I was like oh...nope not even close
levan only lost his wrist cuz he wasn't trying in round 1. when he was trying in the subsequent rounds, you can clearly see he ends up bending devon's wrist instead.
I don't buy that man. It's easy to say you weren't warmed up when you got slightly humbled and had your wrist taken by the smaller weaker man. It was a legit stop with hand control, exactly what we all saw live. Don't let anyone gaslight you.
@@Tasmanaut compared with other tougher opponents levan faced such as his last matchup against ermes, levan was not visibly distressed in the 1st round so he wasn't trying that hard.
@@aquaneon8012 that's BS my guy. Levan looked scared, and tried to act tough. He was completely stonewalled.
@@Tasmanaut watch any other past video where levan actually struggled like in the 3rd round of him going against ermes. He was dripping in sweat and shaking harder than devon was in this 1st round. It's so obvious he isn't trying as hard against devon in the 1st round. If you can't see the obvious difference, I don't know what to tell you except that you're coping too hard.
Side presure + pronator is fire
If devon would have put more effort into just his bicep strength alone that would have been enough to stop the match and give him a fighting chance. My other theory is that devon should have gone into his arm lock position instead of dropping into a kings move. He already had the wrist, all he had to do was absorb the hit.
This analysis is on point - I’d give Devon one more chance and perhaps this time, get Ermes to coach Devon on back pressure and bicep power.
You can only pronate as far as your elbow and shoulder allow it. Pronation is the twisting of your forearm bones. When you lean over and your hand is in a pronated position it requires strength in your pronator teres to hold the position. To pin in a top roll you must lean your body over to carry through with pronated position. Leaning over basically is moving your humerus over with the strength of your shoulder to allow the elbow to pull your pronated forearm along with it. If the shoulder strength isn’t enough to bring your pronated forearm with it then you will open up towards a supinated forearm position. In short, shoulder moves elbow which allows isolated pronation to follow through. Top rolling should not be trained with isolated flexors.
Uncle Todd + Devon Team up would go hard
I had a nice soup the other day
Glad to hear it
Ngl was a tad surprised Devon did not count on Levan’s press. Heck, most of us did not expect that in fact!
I guess if Devon were to gain at least 30-40 more pounds, all of those should be invested directly towards side pressure only, as he is already full of hand and wrist😂. These analyses always crack me up. I find Levans suggestion for their first match "you need to get bigger" far more accurate and honest.
Time to train that Todd Hutchings style side pressure!
We need a rematch if Ermes vs Levan
For the future Devon needs to take care of his grandkids and live a peaceful life.
Devon doesn’t need a coach he needs at least 150 kg his own weight to crush him which is impossible for him gain such weight
Exactly, Levan had around 60kg extra weight on him. It was very obvious that Devon was going to lose
@@bryce7314 and he was only 120 kg
Devon should do heavy compound movements like bench press and shoulder press and also some heavy wrist curls
devon always had a shitty sidepressure.
Yeah and that had work pretty good besides levan.
@@jocke8672 he shoulda been smart enough to work his sidepressure to have a shot vs levan
@@julianlaustsen1991 bro he's 49. He doesn't have unlimited energy. He put all his energy into training his hand to be as strong as possible. At 49 your central nervous system can't recover from full body training the way it can when you are 21 or even 35.
@@Tasmanaut theese guys take a shitload of drugs that help them recover. If devon would train alot more excercises like benchpress etc it would help him. And the way he is training now is just dumb, u don't need to train 2-3 times a day to grow. What hes doing is overtraining.
You make some good arguments. However, Levan struggled a bit with Ermes when he had not trained his press. It is a different case now that Levan has many options in his toolbox.
Really? I don't think he lacks side pressure at all. Devon was able to beat Genadi in a hook back when he wasn't even training it. Dave was able to open Ermes multiple times and beat Laletin with his side pressure, while Devon dominated him in a hook in round 1. I thought what Devon lacked was back pressure or bicep strength. I don't think he could ever have an explosive back pressure like Ermes but a static bicep hold like Denis would work with his style
Lets go, one year training camp @ Todd Hutchings!
Yes you need to combine denis cyplenkov's hand size, ermes back pressure and arm strength, Devon's pronation and hand control, Dave's side pressure and Brian shaw's frames. Probably then you will pin levan(not sure about beating)
I thought you were just describing Levan 💀
you described Alexei Voevoda
You just need someone the size/strength of Brian Shaw to take it seriously. Imagine if Shaq took up arm wrestling instead of basketball lol.
0:34 Levan will be happy that you agree with him 😀
As ermes said in a video "if devon has my arm power and his own hand and wrist, he will be a nightmare for levan"
devon with gasparini power would still be overpowered so much for the dreams theyre both frauds.
Devon learnt that just dominating from the wrist perspective wasn't enough. But with just wrist alone he can beat 90% of the arm wrestlers.
His advice was to gain weight up to 135 kg. Devon has weight of HV not SHV. Devon needs more PEP
Larratt needs to add 100lbs of bodyweight
Yeah he needed to be more aggressive once the match stopped.
100% man. Think i've run into you and talked about this before ahaha
don't know why he didn't come forward with his shoulder when he got levans hand
@@acurex249 for real. Even when he did do that small hit to the side, Levans hand gave more while Devon’s stayed locked. That tells me that he could have been more aggressive. Or atleast protected his arm angle/shoulder position better. Laying out for that kingsmove destroyed his arm. He needed to stay up and fight harder for center before Levan flopped. At least we would have seen a longer fight. Maybe Devon thought he could bleed him and wasn’t expecting Levan to flop round 1.
@@Dmgolfer22 Or.....or.....he couldn't because its not like you think and Devon had no advantage there other than to hold. Let off the gas any little bit to move his body forward and that arm was probably going sideways. Thats the most logical reason I can think of that he didn't attempt it. Then before he had time to make up his mind, boom flop press out of nowhere.
@@topnotchtsi yeah when Levan was actually going side. But there was a few seconds when Levan wasn’t going side just holding and thinking. Devon’s face in that moment wasn’t one of 100% redline. At the minimum he probably should have protected his arm/shoulder angle more anticipating a potential flop. Or just let it go once Levan flopped then round 2 do the same but with more shoulder commitment. I personally think we could have seen a longer fight round 1 or a good fight a couple of rounds atleast if Devon’s arm didn’t get fully stretched in a kings move. Getting pinned is okay as long as your with your arm. My $ is still on Levan but holding onto that press trashed Devon’s ability to apply backpressure IMO.
100% agree
Bicep strength is not side pressure. Devon got what Levan gave him, this was Levans choice not Devon’s ability. Devon is the greatest number 2 and the greatest arbiter of the sport.
Omg you just said what I was thinking the last few days, if you could fuse Devons pronation/endurance and Ermes arm, side pressure, elbow, Levan would have lost. It's insane that you just mention it lol.
levan still more powerful than the power of ermes still not enougj
Levan would still win
Devon should.just get that side pressure up and see if he can climb back up the super hw again
Nah levan is that one in a century guy nobody could beat him , its insane how strong he is but we want some good competition as it will just get boring
#DevonvsLevan3
Levan is the Superior athlete.
Recipe to beat Levan:
Prime Denis side pressure
Ermes back pressure
Devon pronation and hand
levan has much stronger side pressure than prime denis, denis was more of a back pressure puller
Incorrect.
Denis has more side pressure in his prime due to be being primarily a hook (inside) puller. It's only recent since he lost much of his strength and size he started doing more open Toproll outside back presure pulling. @@evandernilsen2579
@@evandernilsen2579 in hindsight pushkar probably would have been a better pick
thing is devon is amazing ..i dont think anyone else can beat him fairly
What he needs is really easy. He needs 150 more pounds and most of it to be muscle. This weight difference in this elite sportmanship is a huge barrier. He can beat 90% of men who outweight him, but not world class arm wrestlers. It's the same in any sport.
What if Levan didn’t train the press ? He is very smart, when he faced Ermes he couldn’t make transition to press, he tried at least two times without success.
Levan now trained transition to press as he expected that his hand might be compromised against Devon… Levan is not only strong, he is incredibly smart as well
Its easy, Devon and Ermes just need to do the fusion dance
No, I would agree with that 100% Devon‘s hand and wrist are very strong but his arm isn’t now he’s had previous injuries with the side pressure. I wonder if he’s healthy enough now where he can work on it if he was to get at least 10-15% Unstoppable
After analysing the match many times, i think that Devon's only chance was to flop-press in round one just before levan did.
Btw i think if devon didn't get a foul in the setup, he might have had a chance because in the restart of round one, levan would still have the buckle on his side and devon might have gotten another stop.
I believe that it was actually pretty close, and if devon would have gotten a restart in round one, the match would have looked completely different.
So you read my comment....please transfer the proceeds of the video to my account.
haha done
@@PerformanceEnhancingPancakes Thanks. But in all seriousness, this was what I have believed and said from the beginning. You can't beat Levan with just one highly developed lane of attack.
To beat Levan, you would need to do all the roids till you gain 150/200 lbs lol. John is the clear natural goat. Devon is right there I think. Though one could make a case on the stem cells being "natural" or not. If the sport was regulated like the Olympics is Levon wouldn't even be a thing.
John is the GOAT period imo. And Devon is on Peds bro
some DBZ fusion right here lol
Devon is too old to start real 12 week cycles of heavy duty peds and have the gains he needs from compound lifts. If he had started that many years ago he would have beaten Levan.
dude he is giving up 100lbs to him. It has nothing to do with his training. Devon is 2nd best in the world and most def the best when you get out of the superheavies. Lb per Lb he is the best, no way around it. Devon can't walk around at 400lbs, that's the issue.
I swear all Devon needs to do is some body building and he'll reach a new level.
Levan: “Devon needs to up his steroid in take 500% like me.” This match was Devon vs. an ungodly amount of steroids.
So you know Levan an Devons' doses? That's interesting, because I didn't think anybody except them do. Plus, Devon had ya'll believing getting the worlds supply of stem cells injected into him would actually work. Keep coping
Yeah whatever helps you sleep better
I'd like to see Devon train Brian Shaw on arm wrestling, and for Brian to train Devon on being a strongman. If they were to train together for the next 2 years, they both might be able to beat Levan in 2026.
So Devon actually executed his gameplan the way he meant to, but it just didn't matter one bit for winning the match
Devon is strong he just needs to train side pressure and back presure
1:59 watch the referee....
I was saying dev needs more power to win this six months ago, whada ya know, I was right. Power!!! Dev power!!!!.!.!
Sadly, will never happen.
devon sticking to weight class is a good idea, but before that he has to destroy genadi, alex, and vitaly
Tbh I wish Devon would have tried to transition quickly in round 1 after he cracked levan, though he wanted to sit there and talk. I wish Devon would have went ALL out for this seemingly last shot. But he didn't. His low weight and lack of side pressure training shows that.
I wish Devon would train his bicept strenght with Mitchell Hoopers (world strongest man who lives 1h away from him)
What happen if.... devon is 35 and his weight is 180kg VS 50 years old levan with 120kg weight 👽
I don't know if I agree, but Levan is the expert, not me, so I believe what he says! 😉
Where is Devon Gasparini?
Levan opened devons cup and his rise while devon only had is pronation, in the first round levan didn't gain the rise, I think that's why it looked like that. There's other factors too
devon needs to get his bench to 400 lbs
I wish devon would change his specialization and try to catch up in his arm strength. Focusing on back pressure, bicep, side and and tone down on hand and wrist a bit. He has room to grow surely
Devon has full specialization ( hand and wrist ) and low generalization ( side, bicep, back ) . Levan has Full specialization ( cup ) and high generalization ( side, back, bicep )
I don't think that he's able to measurably improve his back pressure. Devon 'Back Pressure Limits' Larratt.
It was obvious Levan tear Devon s biceps last time, not his hand, Engin said it to Devon, you need more biceps for Levan
100% firm beliver Devon needed to let some training ego go and do what the Europeans have been doing lately, curling Heavy AF!!! And if he could took more drugs or atleast hunger inducing compounds to get him 290+ he'd be soo much stronger. Probably not to beat Levan, but atleast closer to Ermes performance with a bit more stoppage in rounds. Levan is TOO heavy for outside wrestling. Once Devon extended. It's Levan pressing 400+ pounds down or massive 400lbs of side pressure down.
Can we get Levan vs a silverback guerrila now? My money is on Levan but I think It would be close 😂
It all depends on his determination to stay in the game and how many more stem cells he can get his hands on
Devon should beast out maximum on side pressure this man have no limits if hej conquer side pressure and add all The rest i belive a match between levon and him would be insane. The power of levan is unbelivble but not unstobale gaspirini showed its possible
I agree about side pressure, but Devon's back pressure is pretty strong and Levan said same thing. Also i don't agree about Levan's wrist. It was fine in later rounds, his flat wrist was strong enough to beat Devon's pronation and back pressure and only time it was bent back when Levan was close to pin pad, because at that time Devon was in king's move position.
Love Devon. He's one of my favorites. But I think it's out of the scope for him to actually achieve an arm power close to Levans. Or rather strong enough to pin Levan. They are simply NOT the same size human. Levan is freakishly large. He's stronger than most people at a baseline without any training at all. The guy could probably curl 100 pounds when he hit puberty lol.
It's literally just strength disparity from weight disparity... If Levan deigned to drop even 30 kg, imagine how much closer that would have been. 60 kg is too much for anyone to overcome on technique alone, when you're both at the top of the world. They have the same problems- they've beaten everyone there is to beat around their weight range, so all they are left with is handicapping themselves by cutting down for lower weights, or taking the disadvantage and going up. Levan doesn't have anyone he can fight weighing 60 kg more than him, and doesn't want to cut too much weight either. There's not much more to be done until new blood enters the game, and my money is 100% on Brian Shaw. He finally clears his schedule enough to focus on arm wrestling as his main goal, with Devon's coaching, he'll be a fucking MENACE within 2 years.
It’s insane how strong Devon has gotten tho, I was shocked when he took Levan off the hit first round, I think he was just done after than hit
So now Devon just curl like a mother f lol
you're telling me you can't have a glaring weakness in your game to defeat Levan?!?!?!?
Cant wait to se the match!!!
I didnt have a chance to watch live & I pay to share the live experience. besides the last few time I have paid & tried to watch the next day I have had nothing but issues.
I will not support the channels that show footage of the match for gain fast views by showing footage before its out for free. I have reported over 30 channels today. yes thats a shit move.
I love this sport & it's not big enough to allow hijackers just yet.
He needs to gain 150 more lbs of hgh, test, dbol mass to match Levan
why would you teach a legend? you're only big because levan is strong, try to fight devon if you're the same weight. you can't win against devon
let's combine devon and ermes and there will be a weapon against levan
Most of Devon's fans reaction towards Devon's loss are the reason why there are Devon's haters. If you all love him so much, just be humble as him and stop giving excuses.