John Brzenk VS Rustam Babayev - Qual. + Open final - Nemiroff 2009 - World of Armwrestling.com

[@CLewey44]

It's funny, he's a god in his sport but doesn't make anything doing it. Jordan has a statue. I'm sure Ali does. Will Brzenk have his? Or at least an armwrestling event named after him one day. The Brzenk Classic maybe. He's bigger in eastern Europe and Russia than he is here. I can just picture a statue of the guy next to the Kremlin lol.

[@tolbster.]

It all seriously depends if the up and coming can plant seeds everywhere to make arm wrestling get bigger. The bigger it gets, the more John will get his notoriety on a bigger spectrum

[@BHavensFree]

Yeah I’ve looked up John’s net worth and it says he’s worth $5m! Not sure what his airplane mechanic job pays but it seems like he’s made a lot from arm wrestling? Could be wrong

[@ryanforsythe8923]

Interesting.. how is he more popular in Europe and Russia? I believe you are right I just wanna know how

[@madman9664]

@@ryanforsythe8923 A lot of other country's governments made armwrestling a nationally sponsored event that was supported and recognized by the government. In North America it's always been comparably underground. As such arm wrestling in lots of places in nothern and central Europe is just a more commonly known and accepted sport, where in America being a 'professional armwrestler' is extremely unorthodox. So by percentages less people in America are going to know about and hold professional armwrestling in high regard.

[@uscgckatwalker]

You can't get much more professional then that! Brzenk is a true hero of the sport! An Inspiration to all pullers....good for you John.

[@SLAYER-nm5zw]

And he is still pulling at elite level is unbelievable

[@franktony81]

John's technique is unbelievable.

[@alanmartinezrodriguez884]

2009 was a great year for the GOAT. Won his category (95kg) with both hands and won the open weight class with the right. Furthermore, as this video shows, we had the chance to see him compete with another great; Babayev, who, in this tournament, also won his category (85kg) with both hands and was in his prime.

[@gabrielc6252]

yes, and 2010 was one of the worst, with shoulder injury and lost matches ... :(

[@engr.h.mbasirijaz1249]

@pabnaful yeah 2010,11,12,13 were not good for John

[@DudeSerious777]

John Brzenk is awesome.

[@gavinhay7564]

It must be an absolute pleasure to lose to John Brzenk.

[@juanmal.1994]

It is 😌

[@МаксимЛитвинов-ж3е]

Одно удовольствие смотреть на Джона!!!

[@StevenRayW]

Brzenk's technique when caught in a hook is simply sublime.

[@joemama7163]

Two of the best to ever do it. Thanks for this.

[@decadyne]

John is just a beast. A true legend. In this video, he sustains an attack out of the box that would destroy anyone else. And then pulls back. Astounding.

[@valhaala]

Кто бы чего не говорил, но Джон Брзенк- легенда армспорта. И именно благодаря именно Джону армспорт вырос, окреп и теперь обретает больший масштаб. А такие спортсмены, как Алексей Воевода, чита Бабаевых, Арсен Лилиев, Тревис Банджент и многие другие выдающиеся армспортсмены делают этот вид спорта особенно популярным.

[@stanislavsindelar4521]

John brzenk is awesome... 💪👍 Live legend 👏

[@jaminturner4585]

57 yrs old and back on a mission. Chance, Dmitry, Linn, and Zoloev all wins and a bad decision to face Devon. Heck everyone loses. Its a pleasure and inspiration to get to watch John again. The younger generation in most sports never get to see the OG's compete in real life and that has to be cool

[@Turn420]

I believe if Devon doesn't go into a hard kings move and bleeds John out then that match might end differently

[@walhalla81]

yes.. i met john there in poland, it was amazing, he was just my size.. i remember the first match rustam and john, when john walking bagstage and sayd "fucking strong".. nobody realize then that rustam was going 2nd place..

[@lepe]

Nah bruh, aint no one beating 2009 Brzenk by deep hooking him.

[@sunnydee7745]

I think 2014 brzenk was the most monster.

[@NSB25445]

2009 Larratt beats him in a hook, John has always tried to avoid the hook with Devon. He has said it himself "You don't hook Devon Larratt". But in a supermatch, Devon would lose.

[@DANGJOS]

@@NSB25445 Devon would lose in a supermatch?? That's an odd statement.

[@justinballard7242]

@@NSB25445 in 08 Devon beat John in a best of 6

[@NSB25445]

@@DANGJOS I meant prime for prime, Devon might be better in a hook, but Brzenk would win a supermatch.

[@lethargicastengah572]

7:30 John asks for strap match, risking 10k prize money and cup

[@robertcraig2662]

Is there any armwrestler in the world who isn't pinned by John Brezenk???

[@saltedllama2759]

No he didn't. He still pulls. He's just battling a shoulder injury.

[@novehracky8711]

denis was not the strongest back then...he was just beginning in fact, and Andrey was like a child...

[@Lunarpollo5622]

Voevoda wasn't

[@swamiabhedananda4147]

Virtual Customs yeah unfortunately thats the truth but voevoda is a sissy he never played john again and it was a huge weight class difference back then when the match happened. sissy voevoda lost to Bresnan 5-1 though.

[@swamiabhedananda4147]

Robert Craig I believe John didn’t pin oleg zhokh as well...!

[@Silks]

John even asked to give Rustam a chance in the straps the last pull. If Rustam was in John's position, he would've just taken the foul win

[@ΚώσταςΠ-β4θ]

This period john was unstoppable.. fucking goat

[@mantasmurauskas2310]

The true perfect storm legend in the armwrestling, pure strength domination

[@ladapriora389]

Брзенк великолепин...

[@clash5j]

His name is more well known in Eastern Europe than the USA. A damn shame. One of the most dominant athletes at his sport and even people whose job is to cover sports don't know his name

[@thermonuclearwarfare]

Brzenk...A true inspiration to us middle-aged guys

[@wh1r6h1l]

both of them are amazing

[@TakenGTs]

2:31 rich flair 😂😂

[@koolburn5218]

John is just amazing.

[@jimmyraymann1173]

Good technique John Brzenk good job you Beat right through him champ is stilled undefeated U.S.A. yea

[@RicardoSilva-qp4bb]

2:26 Babayev´s moment when he knows he is in for a treat in the fight.

[@shadapakap]

I love me some John Brzenk.

[@natepolidoro4565]

1:26 The song is "Sound of a Gun" by Audioslave. I love that.

[@valhaala]

Я говорю это чисто справедливости ради. Всегда будут люди, кто поборет легенду рано это произойдёт или поздно, на такие люди найдуться. Есть непобеждённые. такие как Василий Алексеев например. Но если победить легенду, то легендой от этого человек быть не перестанет, т.к. он - символ- первопроходец в данной дисциплине, который успел победить свое время, успел поймать это время и стать легендой. Все они выиграли свое время, именно свое, свою эпоху и все их последователи- это лишь последователи.

[@valhaala]

Да, победил Брзенка. Но Брзенк- 26 кратный чемпион мира по профессиональной версии PAL. 26- кратный!! Если уже даже Воевода сам говорил, что Джон ялвяется дял него примером в этом виде спорта, то тут и спорить нечего. Ронни Коулмэн был "Мистер Олимпия" не меньше Шварценеггера, но именно Арнольд является легендой, а не Ронни именно из-за своего первопроходства в этой дисциплине. Есть легенды, а все остальные- за ними. Также и Фёдор Емельяненко- он легенда в боях без правил, все остальные- за ним

[@vitorshaolin]

Dat face at 6:36 says it all about the spirit of armwrestling

[@uchihahikaku1630]

"Alright i'm going to try my best elbow foul!"

[@ryanforsythe]

Rustam only weighed 190 pounds and tore through all the heavyweights, but of course lost to the GOAT

[@brucejules]

what is that move that john wins with at the end, he seems to tricep press him down

[@jc4388]

That is it.

[@jdjjdhddhjjd4491]

Да Брзенк Бабаево даже непочувствовал

[@K2EPIC1]

Тупой что ли?

[@ogdur]

John you are best

[@Super-tq5ou]

Брзенк старый хитрый лис, он игрался с Бабаем)))))

[@ЮрийНикифоров-в7я]

Ничего он не хитрый, он очень сильный и грамотный борец. Всю жизнь он был чемпионом!!! Даже Ципленкова ложил.

[@walhalla81]

Rustam only -86kg.. well done!

[@MrTChrisso]

he loves his elbow fouls that chap

[@krausleo]

And Arsen?

[@willstuart4504]

I've never seen a guy who doesn't NEED an introduction, receive So Damn MANY.?!? 😏

[@NiculaRobert]

2:17 oncescu?

[@peeekar]

song at 2:30?

[@soi68]

Never seen a smaller guy give John this much trouble

[@awactionsports2672]

Because rustam is amazing said John

[@jayclean5653]

Rustam is an all time great.

[@johnhawes2262]

Rustam is arguably the best hook puller of all time, even more so than Zoloev.

[@prashantsinghsisodia6709]

@@johnhawes2262 i doubt that

[@SLAYER-nm5zw]

Goat

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

GOAT

[@arncj18]

compare this perfect tournament to a shitfest of EvW today, the refing omg so smooth

[@Sbc-rp9fc]

Rustam had that glitter of Hope in the first pull LOL poor little feller

[@Southernbread686]

Lmao

[@seeminglytransparent]

Badass.

[@ignatovv]

That was expected ^^ ...

[@wilus007]

what's song 5:50??

[@mrfrogg46able]

down with the sickness by disturbed

[@trashbash2001]

hes the number one in the world, yet hes been beat by travis bagent and john before. hes beat john at one competition. i dont think hes the number one if he had one good night. and you're correct, why would the #1 as you call him not compete in world competitions? john brzenk however is in the guiness book of world records as the world's most successful armwrestler. i'm just saying.

[@levanishashiashvili]

after txadadze

[@ryanforsythe8923]

6:37

[@DelvinZaneFilimon]

He tries the can opener but Rustam foul tho..

[@Gemelfull]

да

[@ИгорьДьяченко-м5б]

Belarus 2020 Zabudova

[@madHoney94]

Baggipud ....Devon beat Brzenk and Bagent and is still rank 1 in the world...!

[@coltleader]

@tebratius I guess in the most technical terms the lock offs are not considered power, but it all still requires a lot of strength. Besides, it would be boring as fuck if they couldn't use body weight and arm wrestling would have died long ago if this was the case.

[@123kinmani]

@wilus007 Disturbed Down with the sickness

[@ИванДанилов-к5к]

Здесь он Дениса раскатал, какой Бабаев?

[@tebratius]

Lol ? I cant get it there no need for power or muscles ? Its all technique.. thats not real power when they keep their hand in a some kind of "lock"

[@Gemelfull]

но! Алексей Войвода с легкостью побеждал Брзенга

[@circassianlionkasog1966]

а что толку ? где воевода, и где брзенк.

[@tebratius]

@Kojitsu yepyep

[@ethico8528]

I know John is good, but I feel that Babayev don't get the respect that he deserved, don't forget that he is a middlewheight and John is a heavywheight, that says it all. But I don't know why Babayev didn't put John in a toproll, I mean in a hook is really hard to pin John, and Babayev didn't have that endurance like Devon for example... If he had endurance, he will beat John, Rustam is clearly much more explosive and much more powerful of the go than John, but he lacks endurance.

[@mrfrogg46able]

john is a light heavyweight. 198lbs

[@roarodon]

John was going to take on Rustam in his own category in 2010 (he was leaning down to Rustam's weight class to claim three PAL belts, the super heavy, heavy and middle weight), but Rustam got injured. The amazing thing about John is that he wasn't afraid of anyone or any challenge.

[@ethrez]

babyev is not a toproller, thats why.

[@roarodon]

I would say there's a difference between Todd and Rustam. Todd is really a heavy weight arm wrestler who adopts a crash diet a day before the weight ins to make it to the middle-weights. Rustam was a genuine middle-weight for a long time.

[@roarodon]

Nope, I'm thinking of Todd hutchings. Todd loses close to 10 kg to compete in the WAL as a middle weight. He really is a 100kg dude in reality.

[@ОлегЯкименко-ш6ы]

Бабай лол его все валят ,даже дедушка Тим)))

[@johnhawes2262]

Rustam is one of the best middleweights of all time. Tim Bresnan is an accomplished puller who’s also a much bigger man than Rustam physically. Rustam is amazing, but he was so outframed and physically out classed in the top 8 that it didn’t matter.

[@altair227]

@Purdue74 voevoda was bobsliegh that year and won the bronze medal too and was out of shape he was retired from arm wrestling so if he continued and trains like hell maybe he could kill brzenk in a vendetta but if his retiring you cant tell who would win so voevoda killed brzenk in 2004 in 1 second lol adding 20 lbs on your body dont make a difference to a monster like voevoda :)

[@maxmaster801]

Kratos27 steroid abuse

[@joefanchun215]

John is iron rod

[@getfitdit]

@MrDancalvin1983 stop telling lies..

[@CLewey44]

@fatsmut Huh???

[@greatoutdoors630]

There's a lot of hype about John, in a similar way to LeBron James. If the pads weren't so tiny there was a good chance Rustam would have pinned him. We're not talking about another guy in the GOAT conversation here, but Rustam Babayev. If it was Devon Larratt on the other end John would have been creamed again.

[@antonhorbun]

tHE BEST EVER IS VOEVODA!!!!!!!

[@maxmaster801]

Антон Полищук steroid abuse

[@jimmyraymann1173]

Good technique John Brzenk good job you Beat right through him champ is stilled undefeated U.S.A. yea