John Brzenk vs Irakli Zirakashvili Highlights East vs West 6

[@CP-ve6dl]

Can we all just appreciate the fact John is able to do this at 58!

[@armwrestlingsport6891]

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[@Lagia7]

@@armwrestlingsport6891 John is 58 years old

[@armwrestlingsport6891]

@MOHAMMAD HASAN братан я не хуя не понял

[@armwrestlingsport6891]

@MOHAMMAD HASAN holy shtt

[@SunnyBanerjeePlus]

No 😂

[@JRob75]

at this point it’s clear one of the main factors holding back john is his age. less endurance, speed, reaction time etc. but still pulling at an elite level, amazing.

[@SDSen]

Yep, goes to show you can't defy age that's hit his central nervous system, his reflexes/reaction time, and with the long covid issues his endurance has taken a beating, despite that he's showing everyone why he's the goat

[@DropkickNation]

Elite level in his weight category.

[@markdoyle6400]

Well he was better than Irakli in every area bar endurance and speed. Unfortunately this game requires everything and endurance is a huge part of it. I'm of the opinion that John doesn't tain anywhere near as much as these elite armwrestlers do. He's just simply so good at armwrestling he's usually good enough. Also he trains mostly with guys who are levels below him and only once a week. If I was him I'd go spend 1 month down with MMT and train with him, his cardio would go through the roof and I think he'd easily be the number 1 in the 105kg if he trained a lot more.

[@jasonegeland1446]

Well, to be fair, John was still sick during this match and it could've gone either way.

[@oldironsides4107]

Jason Egeland What you just said. Will be said when he goes against denis this weekend. I guarantee John is sick.

[@Jensth]

The best part was that John looked so happy when he saw Irakli's total elation at his victory over the mighty Brzenk. That it still means so much to these young guys to beat him, even at 58. Class act, both of them.❤

[@RandyDaGamer]

Indeed. John. Brzenk GOAT.

[@Lagia7]

Amazing match, great hand control by John and great press by Irakli. Thank you to both these gentlemen for providing such an incredible battle

[@TuvaluIslander]

One of the best matches I have had the pleasure to ever witness. Irakli and Onga's match are supremely up there in terms of Table IQ IMO. Would you say the flop press is the new Stephen Curry 3 pointer?

[@Lagia7]

@@TuvaluIslander Haha. If you told me 5 months ago that Ermes and Irakli will use a deadwrist press successfully in their upcoming matches I would have probably laughed at you xD

[@TuvaluIslander]

@@Lagia7 Haha XD

[@hotdog9262]

great match. not a fan of the hand/finger climbing though

[@miguelescalante7852]

John Brzenk is a beast, even with his age he makes life difficult for young people in arm wrestling, my respects and admiration for a living legend.

[@MiniNoahTheWorm]

My god what a match, Irakli won't be forgetting this one any time soon

[@rohitkundu3832]

Agreed

[@carpenterjim7906]

Amazing match! I hope the sport will get rid of these intentional elbow lifts at losing positions.. It saved Irakli twice.

[@ssmartzz]

was thinking the same thing.

[@bobwilliams4895]

It's common sense if someone does that from a losing position it should be a LOSS!.

[@jackgraham6654]

Almost 60 and still crackin wrists back 🤩👏

[@jashanmadan7730]

As travis said, John was the reason people started getting juiced up.

[@bruceleroy8063]

Irakli will never forget and never again experience a fight like this. His cry of elation shows just how much it meant.

[@beningbirthmarak1617]

Just imagine how strong was John in his prime!

[@northland..]

that was *entertaining and exciting* to watch two elite athletes having a *fierce battle* i loved it.

[@ShahovDmitry]

Great respect to John! He is unforgettable and still fantastic! Have a good health for many-many years! Legend!🤝🙏🏻

[@lovefrompraha]

The fact John is STILL at an elite level and able to abuse a champ like Irakli and make him grind his fuckin ass for the win is just more proof he's the goat. Between being as old as he is, multiple surgeries and injuries over the years, and multiple times covid, you can tell his endurance is going. But fuck me did he make Irakli work lol

[@SDSen]

0:01 Johns reaction after taking that wrist

[@DP-qm6qe]

My favourite moment

[@9999rockey]

this is what young champ does against the gentleman 🐐 when losing does two intentional fouls to bleed the old man out.

[@stjernkvistj3666]

These eastern guys are so Humble and Nice, i love it what a great match

[@TheLeperKing178]

John has some insane raw strength but the problem is his endurance he gets tired now because he is so old now

[@chrzoc]

Seeing what guys like Irakli and Oleg are doing now just shows you how incredible the GOAT still is

[@mecagodzilla3]

1:40 john's elbow flying 😂

[@f4llenhite955]

John is a beast for his age

[@thecollector1913]

Phenomenal! Wow what an amazing match by these athletes.

[@mandachevanin]

Brzenk is beautiful and still very strong, especially if to mind beeing more then twice older! Fantastic!

[@johngalt6838]

You think you're a rising star and then the 60 year old GOAT takes you the distance. Prime John would wade through these guys.

[@camdensworld0516]

Engin needs to start a seniors league and give John best of 3 matches. I think that would make GOAT even more competitive.

[@tiagoantunesdasilvakuhn3284]

John ainda é monstro de força 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@envyzion8638]

Irakli Vs ongarbaev!! Let's go

[@nuri2010]

Ongarbaev win

[@mohammad.saad_motivation7650]

This is one of the most amazing matches in the armwrestling History

[@seraphx26]

John cannot push it too far when he pulls these younger guys anymore, every time he gets deep into a match he has to consider whether or not it's worth going all the way, he probably could have toughed it out in that last pull but it may have meant getting an injury in the process and at this point in his career he has probably concluded it isn't worth the pain.

[@mence5992]

He clearly conceeded 4th round

[@Aka_thehunterr]

The goat gave everything Bt sadly his age catched him bt lots of respect to the greatest of all time ❤

[@CapitalTRUSTResearch]

not only age but Irakli dam fouls

[@JustinRietatravelcovervlog]

intentional elbows

[@JamesGadbury]

That was a victory for John in my eyes. Great match!

[@Aleksandr_Gord]

Кисть у Джона гораздо сильнее.в силу возраста выносливость уже не та, но сила еще осталась. А так только уважение этому великому спортсмену.

[@BengaliBabu738]

Irakli won but man John is crazy strong for this age, Irakli's arm was about to break.

[@Akaza_9931]

6:12 look at referees face man he's enjoying it watching such a legendary match 😵

[@marioreyesj.926]

Dream armwrestling world champion! Jhon Brzenk.

[@stargazer7015]

Levan is calling out jerry for his style but when irakli does it its ok 🗿

[@NPC-fg6up]

Then he is a moron, these different styles make armwrestling interesting, imagine if everyone just toproll Ed and that's it

[@blownvoicecoil124]

Irakli is levan coach

[@oxota-omsk55]

Да в свои годы дедушка удивляет и дает такой бой молодым

[@Premmandal345]

Goat for a reason 🐐

[@jamesfriesen9633]

Epic finish! The young man had enough determination to prevail!

[@Khabib007-e5l]

Time beats all even the 🐐 can't defy aging

[@ricky4279]

8:40 8:55 9:04 the caster making the mistake again and again until at last he decides to shup up for a while xD

[@milenmetodiev8722]

This match was on the best ever !!!! Admiration to John what a Legend.!! Irakli is awesome!!! Just amazing match!!!

[@joj0o7]

what a great match !! pure talents both of them

[@jdahl1979]

Why does it seem like John let him win? I felt like he was messing around. This isn’t the first match I could say this either. Is it just me with this point of view?

[@FamousColumbo]

Yeah ... John has nothing to prove and he even fights like that. He just enjoy competing. Different mindset than other guys x)

[@Lagia7]

When you have accomplished basically everything there is in the sport, you get to be more carefree and experimental like John. But I believe he will be more focused and serious next weekend :)

[@limjamir]

Agree with you.

[@michaeltack1304]

Maybe he shouldnt stop and play as he did in round 4 ;) But hey, John often tests his opponents when he thinks he has the win. So nothing new in my op. And doing so it does not look like a devastating defeat for the opponent.

[@oldironsides4107]

Arm wrestling is wwf. Just enjoy what your watching and realize outcomes are determined by where the public places there bets. At this level it’s not a sport. It’s a small money maker

[@DeepakPandey-mf9ue]

Refree at the back 0.49 sec trying to hold back laugh and tears on 'unally' 'versally' was a part not to be ignored 😂

[@eriond3701]

where?

[@DeepakPandey-mf9ue]

​@@eriond3701 behind you

[@eriond3701]

@@DeepakPandey-mf9ue wow so spooky 🤓

[@bingbongwingwong]

I can't believe John nearly beat Zirakashvili at 58 lmao that is INSANE I don't know how I missed this 😂

[@sebastiansullivan4770]

This match plus the Corey West match makes me think John should develop his open top roll

[@khandr1291]

John just incredible man salutes you much love and respect ❤

[@richardjennex6583]

Good morning bud hope your having a wonderful weekend

[@zartic4life]

The respect john gets crosses generations and ethnicities and will continue long after he's gone.

[@pardo1977]

A 60 yo man vs a 25 monster and still giving battle. Impressive

[@simonemiglioli1165]

7:38 elbow up foul.

[@onslaughtgaming-742h]

The guy has the greatest medal in arm wrestling, to be able to say, "I beat The G.O.A.T"

[@stevemarra4459]

A year on irakli and patrenko look unstoppable it just shows the unbelievable talent of the goat. And that dam hand of his is iron

[@farhankhan-dh2tu]

He is old that's it no one can make him loose it's just his age.... Who else finds this right.... Huge respect for the power house father😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@9999rockey]

this is what young champ does against the gentleman 🐐 when losing does two intentional fouls to make the old man out of breath. cmon be a man young champ you are fighting against an old man fight like a man don't play these tricks

[@awakenedanarchism4202]

agreed

[@blownvoicecoil124]

It’s part of armwrestling

[@JamesGough1]

Great war from the goat.

[@MusicLover-01]

Irakli is a force to be recognised but John is pure class, his technique is insane, its clear he wasn't as strong as Irakli who is a beast not far from Levan himself. But John had the superior positioning and will always be the 🐐.

[@chrisvee5583]

Really? Irakli was fouling every time he sensed he was about soon to be pinned by raising his elbow very high. Disgusting

[@Nox-eo3jv]

@@chrisvee5583 and he got foul for that. its not like he fouled and referee did not give him. You are not obligated to NOT FOUL but you need to be cautious because if you foul out too much you will LOSE. He did nothing disgusting in my eyes. He was going agianst stronger opponent with less endurance so he used his strategy.

[@14lamnc1]

@@chrisvee5583don’t cry man

[@gustavomartinez9021]

John the Goat 58 years

[@Jesusisthelordandsavior]

Look at brzenk's knuckles the fact that they're so big probably is a massive reason why he's so good at bending people's wrists takes tons of dedication to get huge knuckles.

[@hansilderweieritterlschwan4880]

John won in my book.

[@oldironsides4107]

Agreed John would have won if he hadn’t lost his second foot from sugar diabetes

[@stefanoferrara8260]

100% agree

[@Aex89]

​​@@oldironsides4107and irakli went on to be smashed in every single match from this onwards 😂😂. At his age john was at the top

[@oldironsides4107]

@@Aex89 John has been smashed dozens and dozens of Times. The sport was completely different during johns time. It’s not even comparable. It would be like saying Naismith is the greatest basketball player ever as he was good on a peach basket for a hoop. John is a a great. But there are many who would beat John on their best day. And did back then. I’m a much bigger fan than John than irakli but I’m not deluded. You probably think Rocky Marciano is the greatest hw boxer as he was 49-0. And you can’t see how drastically the sport changed. Or you would put Jack Johnson in the greatest fighter you’ve ever seen.

[@Aex89]

​@@oldironsides4107i Don't know about others but prime john beat prime lupkes, who was 150 kg while being 95 kg. The same lupkes who gave prime cyplenkov hell.

[@williamhicks9905]

whomever can get shoulder into it wins

[@rudyh8375]

John absolute legend! Congratulations to winner 🏆

[@makschy5879]

Literally John was stronger, literally he won more rounds but when Irakli might lose he falls and it was a key to win because of John endurance issues

[@karakondzula1388]

Irakli abused the intentional fouls. John's pronation was stronger.

[@craigfuchs657]

I feel like twice John maybe jumped on it just a little to soon. If he had it in him to hold out a few more seconds and let Irakli use up precious energy he would have had less in the tank to stop John's last push. Nevertheless you can't take anything from Irakli being able to do that to the end to the powerhouse John. Amazing to watch.

[@shineed9747]

You are no one, literally a worm, so don't act smart.

[@craigfuchs657]

@Shinee D a worm... Hahaha thanks thats so sweet of you. What type of worm by the way???

[@LuisAlvarez-io4pi]

Todos aquí sabemos que el que ganó a Brzenk fue el tiempo

[@HyakuJuu01300]

I hate seeing John lose. I hate it with a passion.

[@MEEFSAGA]

he won 4 rounds while irakli bailed out intentionally twice

[@DarthAdriann]

If irakli didn’t do those intentional elbow fouls, John would’ve won easily

[@Fabiorav]

7:38 😞😩

[@richardjennex6583]

What a war

[@dexcardi]

All respect to jhon brzenk, 58 years old is amazing, the true warrior. THE HAND OF DEVIL

[@ΓεώργιοςΓαλανάκης-ν5ω]

Brzenk was clearly better. He's just old enough to lose, but still incredibly strong

[@rohitkundu3832]

that last round man!!!!

[@РусланБабоев-ф3н]

ахренеть. я почти подпрыгивал)

[@rubbersoul4960]

Goat for a reason

[@daannii2001]

John last 2 rounds after he is exhausted

[@broombroom3208]

40 years on... Prime JOhn would have bulldozed Irakli

[@keepgoing9837]

old man strength does exist i am sure . john has it . i am new into watching armwrestling ...can any of you tell me at what age or age range john was best / in his prime ? my guess would be 35 - 40 because i am 37 and am stronger and have more tenacity than ever and if i wasnt overweight i would be in my physical peak

[@thedrew24]

KZbin algorithm boosting comment 💪 ... just wow! hope Brzenk can get his lungs back some day...

[@oldironsides4107]

Yeah man. It was John’s lungs. This weekeNd John will still be sick. And the next and then next

[@zhorabrus]

Джон легенда! В таком возрасте таких молодых и сильных побороть

[@markjones4806]

🔥🔥

[@Wipez]

Old man strength is nuts

[@zhorabrus]

Иракли тоже молодец так уважительно к легенде относиться! Оба красавчики!

[@maN-tx5yq]

The one use press and the other pulls. If there was no strap the game ( and the sport) will be better. John still at this age is stronger.

[@Brandon-th4xx]

Maaan, I wish John would have got round 4

[@alireza-cn2xr]

just Wow

[@whis6166]

Irakali Flying Elbow Zikarashvilli

[@MsDevilmc]

yess my friends John is 58 ys old, tired old lion. With his ages , he is lucky to be alive, he is 50% weaker, his endurace is lost, he is not young anymore, but look how he deal with young peolpe, he can wrestle with them and bring them a big trouble. Bring back young John and he would be a champion

[@mejson.]

With all respect for Irakli, for me Jonh win this match..

[@yannickcolot2319]

irakli won

[@mejson.]

@@yannickcolot2319 yes it is... But, that 2 pins from John is absolutely amazing

[@lusmawanhartanto841]

yes, john is gas out when doing presses, too bad, age can not lie.

[@oldironsides4107]

Agreed John won’t 3. 4 5. 6. To 0. A clean sweeper for brzenk

[@stefanoferrara8260]

Agree 100%

[@meguto]

I think John has won. Look at his bending power.

[@Horvat04]

This guy elbow is up every round, ref did not see first round for example

[@rahulrajoria7535]

John Brzenk the Greatest of all time!

[@Bosfootball]

If only John could pull the clock back 20 years ! Now that man would have not lost to any non super heavyweights for sure

[@СергейВлади-щ4д]

Джон молоток👍💪отличный спортсмен!

[@ayan9589]

Еле еле старика завалил Джон легенда!!!

[@Zulloa]

This is what true unadulterated happiness sounds like 6:31 8:01 😭

[@gustavomartinez9021]

25 vs 58

[@akshayrawat609]

😂 25 years old out of breath

[@dipendramankame5384]

Irakli don't shout, John is old.

[@grimmer2005]

A difference I see with John, new vs old videos with him. Is that he plays waaay more defensive now, and loosing power in the process. And his opponents gets to just push him down while he just tries to hold on. I would hope he could just be as offensive as before.

[@АртемСафронов-в2н]

Когда уже поменяют правила борьбы,бороться полубоком мне кажется нужно запретить это нечестно