Refs are hyper aware of the slightest movements from Devon almost entirely ignoring his opponents; this is a perfect example.

The foul call on Devon when it was obviously for Genadi is one of the worst calls ever made. That is beyond unacceptable.

“JUST SAY FUCKING GO “ - Devin larratt

Devon Larratt is so amazing for the sport. Please never retire 😢

How did they not call that elbow foul from Genadi first round? Lifted totally off the pad.

1st round was so bad... That foul called on Devon didnt exist, and then Genadi did a false start, which was pretty much visible at naked eye, to win the round. Better referees are needed, and also use VAR (Video Assistant Referee) to call out bad ref decisions. This is a sport where every milisecond counts, and that is the difference between a win or loss. This 1st round was such, and the VAR could have reverted that bad decision.

True sportsman respecting his loss and acknowledging his opponents victorious roar with a unique gift ❤

Genadi is clearly very strong and these guys are evenly matched, but first round was for Devon. Refs kind of robbed him there.

Refs are all hyper aware to Devon’s “tricks” but ignoring blatant fouls from his opponent

A lot of people hate on Devon for trash talking his opponents or boasting too much.. but he is a class act when being defeated. You can't have any more sportsmanship or professionalism than that. 💯

Travis Bagent, amazing communtating! I really appreciate how Travis explains what is going on, breaking down what's going on step by step between the competitor and what the expectations are from the referee! Just like Joe Rogan being the best commentator for UFC, Travis is the best commentator for armwrestling! Great sportsmanship from Devon Larratt and I was very surprised Genadi Kvikvinia took the win, great battle!

Damn, I think I might have a chance beating Devon with those refs 😂

Refs had their entire life savings bet on Genadi. Need immediate rematch. This match hurt the entire event and EvW.

In case y'all didnt know, they dont call the small bobble fouls like genadi did in round one. But they do call any amount of elbow off the surface area of the pad, they even made the pads larger and said no elbow off the surface area is acceptable. They made the right call according to the rules.

очень понравился этот матч... я его раз 15 уже смотрел) молодцы

OPANAAA!!!

Genadi has been false starting the whole match!! When Genadi pins to tie 2-2, it was clearly a false start. That tiny referee is such a bad referee

Wow. Even in the instant replays, you can see Genadi goes before ref even lets off, or says go.

у меня нет просто слов МОЛОДЦЫ парни показали высший класс

Bro is 50 years old and still giving tough competition👍

10:05 look at how the ref pushes Larratt's hand down and at the same time raises Genadi's hand. It is even mentioned by Larratt that he pushed his hand down. 14:01 ref does it again. Notice how he puts his hand on top of Larratt's hand and his other hand below Genadi's hand, as if he is slightly pushing it higher. 15:55 ref does it again. Notice the down pressure on Larratt's hand and not pushing down on Genadi. 20:16 Devon notices it too. Says "don't pull me down". Now look at how the ref handles Genadi's hand. 23:12 Devon notices the ref pulls him off center. He complains. 24:30 Notice the ref puts more downward pressure on Devon's hand. Devon becomes frustrated and indicates that the ref is buying time, letting Genadi recover. 27:30 Now honestly look at the shoulders. Ref claims Devon's not in position. Look at it. 29:17 Devon once again directly asks the ref not to pull his hand down. Another obvious one... 9:07 Genadi's elbow lifts of pad; 9:10 Genadi's elbow lifts of pad; what does the ref do? 9:12 calls foul on Larratt for letting elbow 'out'. Go look at it and notice the difference of each time stamp I mention here. Looking at it again, from 9:05 to 9:12 => i'm fairly sure the ref notices the first time Genadi's elbow left the pad, (focus on his eyes)... seconds later he moves his head to the right and calls a foul on Larratt. The ref in the back is looking at Genadi, but somehow doesn't notice that his elbow left the pad twice?

9:06 you can see Genadi lifted 100% his elbow and the referee didn't say nothing. In 10:46 you can see 100% clear that Genadi started and 0.5 second later the referee said GO. It's obvious that if you start before the referee say GO, the other contender will be of guard and will lose. Very disappointed to see a match where one of the contenders didn't respect the rules and the referee didn't do anything. I hope this sport can develop in the future like a VAR in football that can see the unfair situations that humans sometimes can't see.This match is not valid. NO 'OPANA' this time for Genadi. Period.

Благодаря Девону люди стали смотреть эти соревнования!Я б сказал лицо армрестлинга!

8:09 Gennadi saying no no no and devon says Say Go! The ref actaully starts the match devon gets everything and just starts luaghing is wild😂😂

We owe Engin a giant “thank you” for all the entertainment. This is not Engin’s fault, but this was not a fairly reffed match.

Ref helped Genadi out so much. Gave him so much time to recover and too many bs calls.

Who's re-watching just to hear Genadi yell OPANA?

мне очень понравился этот матч, его даже моя мама смотрела, потому что я всех задолбал с этим.... ларрат прогадал слегка) ну Ларрат крюковик, который хочет бороться через отведение.... Геннадий оказыаается, оч хороший крюковик... молодец... это моя любимая техника.... я вообще этот матч уже 15 раз смотрел.. клас... просто супер

The more I watch the more i realize Devon easily won this 3-0 before Genadi actually got a win

There was a lot of playing on the edge of the rules by both men here but that first round is an absolute atrocity in armwrestling history

that shot at MMT from Neil was solid gold.

Гена показал как нужно с Ларратом бороться. Больше грязи, больше читерства, заряжать плечо со старта, дергать, спорить с судьями. Всё как делает сам Ларрат всегда.

At this level these kind of mistakes by ref is unacceptable!

The amount of genadi false starts is insane and none called

You're my dog! - devon larratt

10:09, put this in 0.25 speed and you will see Genadi having moved his hand entirely out of the grips of the ref before he says go, one of the craziest false starts I’ve ever seen.

You never wanna see a match where it feels like the refs were competing too- in any sport. This was one of those matches.

Devon vs Genadi, Refs, and his own overconfidence. Damn Devon had his hands full with all that.

Genadi’s energy is incredible here. What a warrior.

What a shame, Genadi went a hundred times early start. Devon is just another level 💪

Devon Larratt is always fun to watch at these events because he's such a great sportsman... and never a sore loser. That always makes him a big winner in my eyes :)

Gedani is always going for the powder 😂😂😂😂

за год 5 раз смотрел! Самый лучший матч! Гена красава. Привет с Северной Осетии!

Genadi won but he didn’t beat Devon & I don’t respect it. That ref was clearly biased against Devon. Go back to the rules announcement video where Engin explained that there will be 3 mins in between rounds and see what that exact ref said to Devon then. Devon was fighting against Genadi & the ref. Either way, if one of the best super heavyweights can only beat Devon in this manner, then Devon proved that he’s more than a match for the super heavyweights. If Devon can be more ruthless and focused next time, he’ll clean sweep Genadi.

One of the biggest failures I've ever seen from a pair of referees. That's what I absolutely loved about the WAL, even when the athletes are being difficult, the calls were very evenly distributed. That was not the case here. Every shoulder movement was called on Devon, yet the referees forgot Genadi even had a shoulder. Genadi had a blatant elbow foul that wasn't called, yet when Devon's elbow came off the pad it was called even though Genadi pushed him off.

Спасибо!

Sorry for that I'm not familiar with the rules of this game. What are those "shoulders" suppose to be since the referees kept warning them??

That ref did an exceptionally bad Job in this match...

I think having one assistant on each side that would ensure that shoulder positions are kept would be beneficial for the sport overall. Everytime the REF keeps screaming to move the shoulder forward, the athlete adjusts for like 3 seconds and then pulls the shoulder back anyway....

can someone explain me the shoulder demand from the judge, do they have to be lean on the table or what,

These 2 guys been going at each other for a long time now.

Those refs were only focused on Devon. Completely ignoring the glaring issues with Genadis setup

Devon should've been up 1 to 0 but the refs saved Genadi! Then clearly left Genadi jump the start multiple times! This in my opinion was a completely blown match and Larratt handled it with class in order to not tarnish the sport. I think if ref'd properly it'll go the other way in a close match.

I am laughing aloud when G. Kvikvinia starts yelling like a maniac in the end :DDD

Devon is such a gentlemen. i like his attitude.

This match was so frustrating, I feel like if Devon even TRIED to kings move Genadi would either force it into a foul or the refs would just foul it outright, I’d love to see the rematch as soon as possible with different refs

So 9:07 and 9:10 Genadi elbow fouls so they call one on Devon ?

Legend said that the referee still correcting their shoulder till today🤣🤣🤣

Девон хитрит . Постоянно плече

now that i have watched it.. i have changed my mind, devon got robbed

Bring Bagent for commentary every event please. His analysis is on point.

Uno wat i feel like since ive started watching professional Arm wrestling? The same excited feeling i felt, way bak, wen UFC stated getting big.

Genadi: *slaps Devon's Arm* Travis Badgent: That man is about to catch an *AAAASSSSS WHOOPING* on that stage.... *Dat's Rambo right there.*

Are we all gonna ignore Genadi lifting his elbow at 9:07 yet Devon got the loss? 😂😂😂. Also all Genadi’s pins were false starts lmao.

Genadi had 2 elbow fouls uncalled prior to Devon slipping off the pad.

Devon: just say the f****ng GOOOO

What can you say Devon Rules don't want to see him retire but I would go out on Top he can just show up at arm wrestling events and make a living just entertaining signing autographs he needs to write A Book

i get more engaged watching them call a foul on devon when genadi literally lifted his elbow a second before

Ref: Shoulder....shoulder Devon: Your shoulder....your shoulder....lmao!

Devon wants to war, he received the war

Devon is a freak of an athlete.

Referee call on round 1 changed the entire match. Devon's shoulder wasn't out of the pad. Good job to Genady for the win, but this match should have ended 3-1 for Devon.

round 4.. the ref is telling devon to bring his shoulder back while genadi is literally lunging forward.. what a mess

So to be a ref you gotta hit up footlocker for a shirt and that’s all the qualifications apparently.

I don't get the shoulder thing. They were making Devin square up, but Genadi was at like 30 degrees the whole time. edit: Yeah, after watching the whole thing it's clear that rule doesn't work. They always shift just before go anyway.

You can tell Devin was disadvantaged by the refs. How sad he could have won this😢

At first I thought Engin was right and it was just a though match to rev, which it was, but MAN WAS THIS REVIN BAD.

Question, What does one have to do to become an arm wrestling ref🤔🤔

So sad how in the first round Genadi clearly lifted his elbow of that pat but got no foul. Bad revin for sure.

Yep I agree. The ref was trying to cause Devon to lose. He was folding Devon up like a pretzel before the start. Devon needed to stretch out a little bit to get the power in that he needed. He was so worried he allowed the other guy to put his shoulder, wherever the crap he wanted.

Devon is absolutely one of the sportsman ever

They need camera technology from multiple angles to determine the shoulder position, etc. Once the AI confirms, a green light and sound should go off for them to wrestle. Having two refs like this is so subjective to what they’re actually seeing.

Someone please tell me Rd 4 how Genadi is allowed that far forward in the setup? Actually seemed far forward many times

I think that the match was all about "tricks" and "cheating" by the judges. I love Genadi and Devon but I did not like to see that. If armwresling wants to be a popular sport, that kind of cheating by the judges and the opponents at the beginning of the match shall never be tolerated. Like Esteemed Devon said: Just start the match! If they can not agree on a particular grip, then pull with a machine. Otherwise, just start the match. Else, armwresling will become a game where the judges decides who wins the game, no matter what really happened when the athletes pulled. It is a match to forget in my opinion. Devon and Genadi will have to pull again, as this was not a clear victory by Genadi. It was a "technical victory before the athletes pulled".

Basically no one can beat devon straight up.... thats why we love it.

two monster's " muito legal ver esses duelos ! vi um do Wagner Bortollato , muito bom !

Love the presentation, quality of announcing, comentators, tense between fighters, simple love it.

cant believe this judges, first that huge mistake first round when genadi raised his elbow so high and they didnt see it, and then that shoulder abuse to Devon i cant believe it

Devon será el mejor x siempre , su historia es increíble nadie va hcr lo q el a hecho .

Гамбарджоба братья Грузины! Поздравляю с новой звездой!!! От души болел за Грузина! Салам из Казакстана!

Dude, super hard not to call bs in this match…

33:28 Scary position even for Devon Damn

These refs are a joke

On the top view from the second win for Devon, you can see that Genadi even had the jump…and slight false start, but Devon still hammered him down. Fricken huge.

The MAIN Problem is that Genadi had too much time to restore his energy and thats more than two minutes probably. Devons says GO because he knows that Genadi was exhausted, but… as you can see, refers didn’t said go, and Genadi got energy back.

Ларрат - Легенда, без слов. 50 лет, до сех пор в форме.

Funny how Devon was called for elbow in the beginning yet replay clearly shows it was his opponent 😂

The Refs playing dirty on Devon.

How Good is Travis Bagent at Commentary!!! He's the new Joe Rogan of Arm wrestling with his IQ of the Sport! 💪 Thanks Travis

if you look at 10:09 Genadi starts on his own terms before the referee even removes his hands or says go...