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
@GrannySoupLadle11 ай бұрын
He learned the psychological warfare from other arm wrestlers. Mostly Travis.
@georgepoly484211 ай бұрын
@@GrannySoupLadle😐😐
@darthsebio172611 ай бұрын
He very clearly uses military tactics...
@GrannySoupLadle11 ай бұрын
@@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.
@ShortyScientific11 ай бұрын
Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person@@darthsebio1726
@chuggingtonn892311 ай бұрын
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....
@joeglue11 ай бұрын
3:55 when the villain laugh transitions into Devon actually cracking up at himself😂😂
@1Bottleneck11 ай бұрын
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.
@andrewsalazar9811 ай бұрын
Not true. It can cause someone who’s better than you to lose their focus, and give you a slight advantage.
@1Bottleneck11 ай бұрын
@@andrewsalazar98 Like I said, with an unstable opponent.
@Rambofivesix11 ай бұрын
Agreed
@louiejayalforque75211 ай бұрын
Levan💀
@Tasmanaut11 ай бұрын
@@1Bottleneck 'unstable'... Everyone has a weakness pal
@Maradnus11 ай бұрын
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"
@glennharvey147211 ай бұрын
5:43 is really a wholesome exchange.
@krob537511 ай бұрын
"who the F picks 10, you crazy?". Love it haha
@Johnnyrocks347 ай бұрын
What was that? The number? Im new to this
@danjon109911 ай бұрын
I’ve always compared Devon to Ali when it comes to trash talk. They both back it up.
@ShortyScientific11 ай бұрын
both clowns
@chrisottenstroer720211 ай бұрын
Remember when he told Prudnyk that he stunk… and asked him if he farted? lol
@HumptyHampi11 ай бұрын
"Did you fart Prudnyk?? You stink!" :D I love Evgeny tho
@mikelegros246711 ай бұрын
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!
@leonardomodes100711 ай бұрын
He isn´t cringe.
@GrannySoupLadle11 ай бұрын
@@leonardomodes1007everyones cringe sometimes my boy
@AsadGeo11 ай бұрын
This is a nightmare 😫 for devon's opponents
@skipsch11 ай бұрын
What a great match from both
@hasansheikh337211 ай бұрын
i love denis and levan there is no psychological warfare
@HumptyHampi11 ай бұрын
"I'll take you out for lemonade after..." - Devon Larratt
@godver55511 ай бұрын
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.
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
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 😢
@Anonymous_hugo11 ай бұрын
I am looking for haters crying in the comment section 😂😂😂. I love it
@Dmgolfer2211 ай бұрын
Georgi never took his hand. Neither had full hand control. Match barely went off center just a few times.
@pedrobile148811 ай бұрын
Very entertained but he stop talk fast with Levan😂
@Blanaba11 ай бұрын
Hard to talk when a hairless gorilla is cranking your arm and bicep off
@pedrobile148811 ай бұрын
@@Blanaba ahah I'm Levan fan but I like Devon too, will be 6 0 again if Levan return 100%
@KingFloch8811 ай бұрын
Levan Oxygenshvili you mean. Devon and Ermes will hopefully beat him before he keels over mid match.
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
He was talking after round 1! But once the bicep is blown off there isn’t much to talk about lol
@Stefano..11 ай бұрын
only with Ermes Devon didn't use any trashtalking, i suppose this was a tactic as well
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
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..11 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 he demoralized ermes???? when???
@johankaruyan553611 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458he didn't demoralize him, ermes lost because Devon was stronger and better, lol
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
@@johankaruyan5536 both are true. He got to him mentally, and he is also just a better arm wrestler with a better hand and wrist
@johankaruyan553611 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 he got to him mentally IN THE MATCH not Before
@weldmishref11 ай бұрын
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.
@lukeskywalker680911 ай бұрын
Arnold Schwarzenegger was another king of trash talk. Just look at Pumping Iron how Arnold was messing with Lou Ferrigno's head.
@ShortyScientific11 ай бұрын
Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person
@ryanbeachner256311 ай бұрын
Good content
@Mrnobody-v1h11 ай бұрын
One day your children will see This 💀💀💀💀
@dmitry726911 ай бұрын
Nice job man
@Patiencelad11 ай бұрын
There should be a short of all the forehead sweat Devon put on Georgi. Retaliation for his multiple hand touches. ROFL!
@spiritualplayboy91111 ай бұрын
Devon's psychological games sometimes go beyond the limits just like his nickname. Nonetheless he knows it and sincerely apologise after smashing them.
@Joel-McConnell11 ай бұрын
Poor Georgi.....lol!
@Billy_Herrington196911 ай бұрын
who tf picks 10 LOL
@skipsch11 ай бұрын
Skullduggery
@MrBubs-me4qe11 ай бұрын
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.
@zaryol233811 ай бұрын
what
@ntomnia58511 ай бұрын
Picking 10 was rather odd.
@domturiace67011 ай бұрын
Georgi needed to go for a press .It was there for him and he just keep doing the same thing over and over .
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
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
@krob537511 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 you said the magic word "if". Georgi would be deadly if he had a quick transition press
@lollotos197111 ай бұрын
"Don't touch my hand"....ma vai a cagare😂😂😂😂😂
@forrestcrabbe11 ай бұрын
🤘🍻🤘
@Mrtz199211 ай бұрын
ONE BY ONE
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling11 ай бұрын
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.
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
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
@danieldodson94111 ай бұрын
"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.
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling11 ай бұрын
That’s the problem. Nobody grips up for 15 minutes. It is not normal. No matter pro or amateur.
@danieldodson94111 ай бұрын
@@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.
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling11 ай бұрын
@@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.
@ramankumarrrrr11 ай бұрын
Psychologically beating is not a good idea for those who known the opponent
@raffaelecarbuglio11 ай бұрын
Imagine if Georgi won
@moarkish673911 ай бұрын
All this bullshit did nothing vs levan. That horsepower tore Devons bicep and it will happen again, no chance.
@MahmoudMohamed-su8uy7 ай бұрын
This will not work with levan😂
@f4llenhite95511 ай бұрын
he acts like a highschooler
@isyt111 ай бұрын
Common technique for low skilled “athletes”
@Johnnyrocks347 ай бұрын
Does georgi speak english?
@InspectahReese11 ай бұрын
Tyson didn’t really need to trash talk much because his aura was intimidating enough
@CalvinHikes11 ай бұрын
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.
@AdamLighter111 ай бұрын
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.
@leonardomodes100711 ай бұрын
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.
@arncj1811 ай бұрын
the clown is WEIRD even for refs these days
@massimocalo226411 ай бұрын
🤡🤡🤡
@aleXtreme_11 ай бұрын
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?
@TheJohnbusi11 ай бұрын
Yeah, organizators should really penalize those unsportsman gestures
@wesleyb145811 ай бұрын
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_11 ай бұрын
Champion never equals cheap tricks@@wesleyb1458
@Iuohaewfiuvlawe11 ай бұрын
It's so annoying...
@leonidakiskotvicakis307611 ай бұрын
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.
@krob537511 ай бұрын
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-hn9qw7ou8d11 ай бұрын
Levan and Genadi must just have insane psychological warfare skills 🙄
@stupidmemerman11 ай бұрын
genadi is psychologically connected to the referees!
@zazagurgenidze733711 ай бұрын
@@stupidmemerman Genady made opanaa to Devon
@umer59711 ай бұрын
Devon sweeped the whole SHW division while Genadi was doing Opana in his cave.
@arncj1811 ай бұрын
@@umer597 he sweeped the pockets of referees nothing more
@arncj1811 ай бұрын
@@stupidmemerman genadi lives with your mother
@Teng71111 ай бұрын
Did you just compare Devon with Muhammad Ali?? Why not go a step further and say he is like Jesus? 🙄
@leonardomodes100711 ай бұрын
He is the champ and you´re nothing. You will never be more than a hater.
@SimenFulland11 ай бұрын
Devon is bigger than Jesus......
@Brave-Bonds11 ай бұрын
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.
@HumptyHampi11 ай бұрын
Ye comparing Arm wrestler with a boxer... only stupid ruSSians comparing someone to Jesus, more like saying putler is more than Jesus. :D :D