Devon Larratt vs Georgi Tvestkov All The Trashtalk!

[@arjunkamath1852]

Watching a military man using his learned tactics on the table to gain a psychological advantage over his opponents is just brilliant to witness he's one of the few athletes who recognizes psychology as an important factor whether it be in this sport or in any pure combat sport like boxing or mma

[@GrannySoupLadle]

He learned the psychological warfare from other arm wrestlers. Mostly Travis.

[@georgepoly4842]

@@GrannySoupLadle😐😐

[@darthsebio1726]

He very clearly uses military tactics...

[@GrannySoupLadle]

@@darthsebio1726 the banter didnt start until he started pulling Travis in Arm Wars. He realised how powerful of a weapon it was. His special forces experience is analogous with this, but the specific form of speech Devon uses to break people down and belittle them stems from his fights with Travis.

[@ShortyScientific]

Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person@@darthsebio1726

[@joeglue]

3:55 when the villain laugh transitions into Devon actually cracking up at himself😂😂

[@chuggingtonn8923]

Yup. It works. Also helps when you are just way, way, way too strong.....the psychological warfare is really only effective if your opponent knows you can back it up with brute physical strength....

[@Maradnus]

the constant stream of breating him is brilliant! That compliment at the end was pure magic! "your hand is incredible, I could do nothing with your hand"

[@glennharvey1472]

5:43 is really a wholesome exchange.

[@krob5375]

"who the F picks 10, you crazy?". Love it haha

[@Johnnyrocks34]

What was that? The number? Im new to this

[@1Bottleneck]

Psychological warfare just works if you’re better and your opponent knows and feels you’re actually better and stronger. I think it can make them less confident then. Or with very instable opponents. But if the opponent is stonger and better and he knows that during the match, you can trash talk whatever you want, but the chance it will backfire (fuel the opponent) is bigger.

[@andrewsalazar98]

Not true. It can cause someone who’s better than you to lose their focus, and give you a slight advantage.

[@1Bottleneck]

@@andrewsalazar98 Like I said, with an unstable opponent.

[@Rambofivesix]

Agreed

[@louiejayalforque752]

Levan💀

[@Tasmanaut]

@@1Bottleneck 'unstable'... Everyone has a weakness pal

[@skipsch]

What a great match from both

[@hasansheikh3372]

i love denis and levan there is no psychological warfare

[@godver555]

Always ending it on a positive note. I think all his opponents know that, so they can smile afterwards, knowing he does it to everyone. Trash talking only ever goes hand in hand with sportsman ship when talking about Devon, legend.

[@HumptyHampi]

"I'll take you out for lemonade after..." - Devon Larratt

[@AsadGeo]

This is a nightmare 😫 for devon's opponents

[@danjon1099]

I’ve always compared Devon to Ali when it comes to trash talk. They both back it up.

[@ShortyScientific]

both clowns

[@chrisottenstroer7202]

Remember when he told Prudnyk that he stunk… and asked him if he farted? lol

[@HumptyHampi]

"Did you fart Prudnyk?? You stink!" :D I love Evgeny tho

[@wesleyb1458]

This is awesome. The comments way down on the bottom with no likes are the soft cry baby haters 😅 at first I was shocked at all the positive comments, but I just had to scroll way further down for you soft babies. You fit right in with current culture and politics. We wouldn’t want to hurt your feelings 😢

[@mikelegros2467]

I'm a huge devon fanboy and have been for, it seems 20 years. Originally only because I'm Canadian and seeing oldschool hellboy Larratt dominate pealed my interest. He is not a master of trash talk, it's part of the battle for him. 90 percent of his banter is cringe and makes me embarrassed to be a fan around folks who don't know how many weapons he has mastered. The absolute best armwrestler of all time by far. Don't get all pissy, John's the GOAT but Devon's the BOAT!

[@leonardomodes1007]

He isn´t cringe.

[@GrannySoupLadle]

@@leonardomodes1007everyones cringe sometimes my boy

[@dmitry7269]

Nice job man

[@ryanbeachner2563]

Good content

[@Dmgolfer22]

Georgi never took his hand. Neither had full hand control. Match barely went off center just a few times.

[@Stefano..]

only with Ermes Devon didn't use any trashtalking, i suppose this was a tactic as well

[@wesleyb1458]

Oh he demoralized Ermes mentally the entire week leading up to the match. Ermes was rattled. And then at the table Devon was clearly stronger that night, so there was no more need to talk, just arm wrestle and win

[@Stefano..]

@@wesleyb1458 he demoralized ermes???? when???

[@johankaruyan5536]

​@@wesleyb1458he didn't demoralize him, ermes lost because Devon was stronger and better, lol

[@wesleyb1458]

@@johankaruyan5536 both are true. He got to him mentally, and he is also just a better arm wrestler with a better hand and wrist

[@johankaruyan5536]

@@wesleyb1458 he got to him mentally IN THE MATCH not Before

[@pedrobile1488]

Very entertained but he stop talk fast with Levan😂

[@Blanaba]

Hard to talk when a hairless gorilla is cranking your arm and bicep off

[@pedrobile1488]

@@Blanaba ahah I'm Levan fan but I like Devon too, will be 6 0 again if Levan return 100%

[@KingFloch88]

Levan Oxygenshvili you mean. Devon and Ermes will hopefully beat him before he keels over mid match.

[@wesleyb1458]

He was talking after round 1! But once the bicep is blown off there isn’t much to talk about lol

[@Anonymous_hugo]

I am looking for haters crying in the comment section 😂😂😂. I love it

[@ShortyScientific]

Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person

[@weldmishref]

I would put Mike Tyson as a trash talker.. more than half of his carrere he never trashed talked. And if he did on his last years of his career he meant it and that was all the pressure from the media and other stuff.

[@Patiencelad]

There should be a short of all the forehead sweat Devon put on Georgi. Retaliation for his multiple hand touches. ROFL!

[@Joel-McConnell]

Poor Georgi.....lol!

[@lukeskywalker6809]

Arnold Schwarzenegger was another king of trash talk. Just look at Pumping Iron how Arnold was messing with Lou Ferrigno's head.

[@spiritualplayboy911]

Devon's psychological games sometimes go beyond the limits just like his nickname. Nonetheless he knows it and sincerely apologise after smashing them.

[@forrestcrabbe]

🤘🍻🤘

[@Mrtz1992]

ONE BY ONE

[@ntomnia585]

Picking 10 was rather odd.

[@skipsch]

Skullduggery

[@domturiace670]

Georgi needed to go for a press .It was there for him and he just keep doing the same thing over and over .

[@wesleyb1458]

I don’t think it was there for him. He never quite got Devon in a compromised enough position to transition easily. Now when he pulled Jerry, heck yeah the press with there if he had one

[@krob5375]

​@@wesleyb1458 you said the magic word "if". Georgi would be deadly if he had a quick transition press

[@Mrnobody-v1h]

One day your children will see This 💀💀💀💀

[@ArmwrestlingPreacher]

I think Georgi would have lost to Devon even if Devon didnt play those mind games. I think Georgi did a good job not letting him into his head.

[@zaryol2338]

what

[@lollotos1971]

"Don't touch my hand"....ma vai a cagare😂😂😂😂😂

[@Billy_Herrington1969]

who tf picks 10 LOL

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Does georgi speak english?

[@raffaelecarbuglio]

Imagine if Georgi won

[@moarkish6739]

All this bullshit did nothing vs levan. That horsepower tore Devons bicep and it will happen again, no chance.

[@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling]

I wasn’t a fan of the warfare with Georgi. They couldn’t grip of for the first 15 minutes of the match. Didn’t really like that part. I am a fan of good ol’ grip up and go.

[@wesleyb1458]

Nobody wants to do that with Devon because they will be at a disadvantage. You have to let the refs intervene in the set up. Devon is too much of a master in the set up

[@danieldodson941]

"Grip up and go" and you'll lose.... even in the novices. Athletes are much smarter than that these days. The set is a huge part of the match. If Novices are gaming the setup you can be sure it's happening at the highest level. It's not cheating, every athlete is fighting for the position they want. The better athlete will deny what their opponent wants in the set. Often leading to them crying at the ref in an attempt to reset.

[@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling]

That’s the problem. Nobody grips up for 15 minutes. It is not normal. No matter pro or amateur.

[@danieldodson941]

@@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling it wasn't actually 15 minutes tho was it 😂 Georgi had been pinned in straps like 9 minutes in. You get 1 minute rest after the slip. So I'd say it was fairly standard for a title match.

[@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling]

@@danieldodson941 It was. And it was pretty frustrating. It doesn’t make sense. I know showmanship sells, but this is not a sport at this point, this is a show. We are trying to determine a strongest athlete. Not the best showman.

[@f4llenhite955]

he acts like a highschooler

[@ramankumarrrrr]

Psychologically beating is not a good idea for those who known the opponent

[@MahmoudMohamed-su8uy]

This will not work with levan😂

[@isyt1]

Common technique for low skilled “athletes”

[@CalvinHikes]

It's not particularly clever which is what makes it so funny. He just trying to make people mad so they'll fight him because that plays into his style. The fact that opponents and fans bite on his non-witty verbal attacks, demonstrates the level of maturity within the community.

[@AdamLighter1]

What was clever on the way McGregor talked to his opponents? You could not really find much difference between the two. If you were facing Devon, you would not feel the way you do now, looking in as an emotioanlly non-included party.

[@leonardomodes1007]

Bro it´s much more than that. He destroys their fckn spirit. He makes them want to get the match over with as quick as possible. They can´t utilize their full strength because Devon is in their head. He makes them think they´re weakere than they really are.

[@InspectahReese]

Tyson didn’t really need to trash talk much because his aura was intimidating enough

[@massimocalo2264]

🤡🤡🤡

[@aleXtreme_]

I'm a big Devon fan, but some of these tricks are just non-champion worthy. Like putting sweat on opponent's hand, come on, you can be better than that. You really want the community to remember the world champion doing this stuff?

[@TheJohnbusi]

Yeah, organizators should really penalize those unsportsman gestures

[@wesleyb1458]

The champion can be a combo of the hero and the villain. Makes for great ratings and debate. People love him or hate him and that’s the whole point

[@aleXtreme_]

Champion never equals cheap tricks@@wesleyb1458

[@Iuohaewfiuvlawe]

It's so annoying...

[@arncj18]

the clown is WEIRD even for refs these days

[@leonidakiskotvicakis3076]

В 2018-м году Девон точно так же запугивал Дениса Цыпленкова, но проиграл позорно. Не помогло ему это запугивание. Против Левана Сагинашвили Девону это тоже совсем не помогло. Это не психологическая война, а клоунада.

[@krob5375]

Correct. But add up all the matches Devon's had, and then count the losses, and who they were against, he's done pretty well. As for the shit talk, I think Devon does it as much to try and pump himself up as much as beat down the other person. And if he succeeds 95% of the time, there's no reason to stop.

[@user-hn9qw7ou8d]

Levan and Genadi must just have insane psychological warfare skills 🙄

[@stupidmemerman]

genadi is psychologically connected to the referees!

[@zazagurgenidze7337]

@@stupidmemerman Genady made opanaa to Devon

[@umer597]

Devon sweeped the whole SHW division while Genadi was doing Opana in his cave.

[@arncj18]

@@umer597 he sweeped the pockets of referees nothing more

[@arncj18]

@@stupidmemerman genadi lives with your mother

[@Teng711]

Did you just compare Devon with Muhammad Ali?? Why not go a step further and say he is like Jesus? 🙄

[@leonardomodes1007]

He is the champ and you´re nothing. You will never be more than a hater.

[@SimenFulland]

Devon is bigger than Jesus......

[@Brave-Bonds]

Nobody compared Devon to Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson; instead, he illustrated how Devon psychologically attacks his opponents and mentally breaks them down, employing tactics similar to those used by Ali and Tyson.

[@HumptyHampi]

Ye comparing Arm wrestler with a boxer... only stupid ruSSians comparing someone to Jesus, more like saying putler is more than Jesus. :D :D