Yoshinobu Kanai came back! And looks like he went and gave an honorable account of himself against Hutchings.
Oleg Zhokh lost all his matches, a bit of a surprise. Was it right handed?
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First time I’ve seen Kanai. He made a good account for himself but I thought they gave him too much credit for losing as he didn’t get any pins on Hutchings, only won his round on fouls.
Zhokh’s match was left, the other guy is the reigning champion so he’s no slouch.
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He must be on some good PED stack which made him much more aggressive lol.
Devon was very impressive though even his circus match against Morozov, he started near the pin pad and was able to crack Morozov’s wrist back.
i mean truth be told he’s been this way for a while and it’s starting to wear on people. he’s turning it up a bit.
my real question is: is this how the guy likes to be or is he doing this to promote the sport for his buddies and familily’s sake? i’ve never been quite sure. but i think it’s put on. it all started as his best impression of travis.
It might be a bit for show, unless Devon goes full retard until after each event. Check it out here, where Devon shows respect to Denis at around the 6:00 mark.
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I think it’s a combination of his idea of mental warfare and promoting the sport. Tonight it seemed like he got lost in it tho. Looked almost like some PTSD episode.
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Who was the guy that came up and told him to cool it near the end?
Devon cut his antics immediately and finished the match without further incident right after that.
Devon and Kirill Sarychev short afterpull. What is he talking about with his arm in the air?
He’s the president of the Turkey Arm Wrestling Federation and has a lot of pull of how the sport is run in Turkey. If he doesn’t like someone and doesn’t want him competing in his country, he could make it happen. He’s also a well respected former arm wrestler over there.
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He was showing Kirill the basics and nuances of arm wrestling that “beginners” may not know of, which is to pull back and up to gain extra leverage of sorts.
He was merely exaggerating that motion in a ballerina fashion to Travis’ amusement lol.
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Devon apologized for his behavior too so he obviously respects the guy. It reminded me of when Conor put his arm around Putin’s shoulder and his bodyguard said something that put a fear into him I’ve never seen before.
Haven’t actually seen the match.
But I’ve read from multiple sources Devon acted like a complete douche.
Here’s his interview after the match.
He definitely seems a bit out there.
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I don’t know anything. I’ve just caught a couple of his matches. And watched his YouTube a couple times
Been working on these. Feels pretty good. Still trying to figure out how to make a pronation one thats better than manipulating thr band or whatever
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Does Eddie have a shot here?
Shaw’s got about 100 lb on him and he’s been working with Devon.
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They’re two big guys in their first ever real match, anything can happen. With that said, Brian is the heavy favourite IMO.
His training with neil has looked pretty good. With inexperienced guys uts hard to say. If eddie has learned to setup and hit,he has a shot. He does look faster.