KNUCKLES UP 2 | Jason "THE FINE WINE" Merlo vs Tom "THE MACHINE" Holland

Jason "THE FINE WINE" Merlo vs Tom "THE MACHINE" Holland in a right handed SUPERMATCH at KNUCKLES UP 2 on 1/6/24.
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[@ArmwrestlingLokomotiv96]

One of the matches of 2024, for sure. An absolute blast with top notch athletes.

[@masonvalandingham9961]

Tom really got cheated out of this matches several times

[@Jason_thehooligan_hill]

If merlo’s elbowfouling in losing position then getting pinned why are the restarting the round? should be called a loss Tom should be 4-1 already

[@fishingpatriot2344]

Ya I hate that rule its stupid, and the ready go instead of just go. Jason went early on "ready" a couple of times nd wth was up with the round the ref literally was saying "readyyy" as he's still closing Tom's hand haha.

[@User-b9q2z]

​@@fishingpatriot2344have you watched armwrestling before lmao? Every puller ever tries to go as early as they possibly can in every match. What are you just supposed to let your opponent hit? It's not practice

[@fishingpatriot2344]

@whiskeyclone9798 no shit but going on ready isn't quite go now is it? And not everyone does that, just the ones that are weaker and know they need the advantage haha there's plenty that wait until almost go and eitherway like I said changing it to just "go" wld remove that form of cheating...problem solved

[@kvnneo]

@@fishingpatriot2344 actualy quite the contrary. Just saying go will give you more false starts in matches than saying a slow "ready....go"

[@WilliamAstromAW]

I think like most promotions they removed the Foul in losing position rule, unfortunate IMO

[@nathanvanderveken]

the reffing is on point, great job finding these !

[@mcfarvo]

High-value production and talent! Well done event

[@redkryptonite6]

The finger containment out of straps from Tom is absolutely unreal. What a match.

[@ARMSHARK]

Best match of the night 💪💪💪

[@Outagetme23]

What the fuck is this bullshit with the fouls, Tom beat Jason 6 times and pinned him. But Tom gets punished because jasons elbow comes off

[@Joshonndat10x]

he was doing the same

[@BrassarnArmsport]

Enjoying the production/matches!

[@Megatron4699]

This was the match of the night, stole the show. Merlo is the future of this sport! I was cheering hard hahaha

[@maxtout3248]

Absolutely amazing match!!!

[@Bennythecoredriver]

Wow that was a close one! Back and forth the whole match, great stuff.

[@RDS_Armwrestling]

Insane match, fantastic viewing

[@42ayas]

It was amazing to watch might be one of the best of the air overall when we look back

[@snakeribbons]

Fantastic production & what a match

[@AussieArmWrestler]

This was a great match and so Fun to commentate 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@johns8057]

Tom needs another invite, definitely belongs

[@alexanderthegood3076]

production is actually awesome. multiple angles like this 6:22 are essential. look at that position! East v West should take notes. definitely excited for and will purchase KNUCKLES UP 3.

[@seekthe9]

I knew this would be a great match

[@Tom-gt8yy]

Great match! Would love to see more of Tom.

[@hailyerself]

Great match. Really enjoyed the event.

[@jonathandock8416]

Amazing Match!!! Woohoo!!!

[@codygeck]

Great matches! Thanks KU!

[@thedrew24]

KZbin algorithm boosting comment 💪 ... hoping Jason would win, i had Tom winning, Jason put in the work, and is still getting better! still a huge fan of Tom, and the reason why this was such a close match too!

[@ArmwrestlingShowcase]

Great match 👏

[@frederico9288]

Great match, feel for Tom though

[@olehmoisei886]

Great match! Both are incredible athletes! Congrats Jason!

[@Fnation201]

Tom holland deserves more recognition. He’s a beast

[@75_86]

Tom was obviously robbed

[@User-b9q2z]

You obviously didn't watch the match

[@TimmyTurner421]

​@@User-b9q2zhe did and he expressed his opinion so what?

[@obzen33]

What a BATTLE!

[@nighthawk0077]

Great event. We need these smaller promotions banging full tilt to grow the sport!

[@vincentpollara7918]

Sick win Jason! I say it all the time but I can’t believe how far youve come since training with us in the garage back in N. Arlington! Future 205lb Champ!!! Would love to see you pull Bowen, think you would crush him at 205lbs!

[@eane7238]

Super hard fought match, great event, great camera work and great athletes!

[@gustavogustavo7262]

very good guys

[@timpete6361]

I kind of understand the frustration in the comments with Tom losing. But come on, Jason stayed within the rules and grinded out a victory, give this man some respect. If its such a "robbery", why isnt Tom furious about it?! Great match from both guys!

[@aManSwanson]

Because not every athlete is such a sore loser like mmt and others. Blokes like toddzila and holland just show up, do the job and leave with their head up not matter the result, if the rules suck or refs are incopetent theres not much you can do, just take the L like a man and move on.

[@TimmyTurner421]

Tom is a good sport he will never make excuses or say a bad word after losing a match. I can fully understand the frustration of the armwrestling fans about this match though. Can see why they would think the house and promotion was stacked against Tom. That being said it was an absolutely awesome match and that's what I prefer to focus on

[@dungeonmasterarmwrestling7185]

Awesome match. Want to see more of both guys for sure. We all won getting to watch this match 🔥💪

[@bluemonstrosity259]

Tom won I don't care about the official score

[@User-b9q2z]

You sound like the kind of person who always has an excuse lol

[@warsystems2488]

That was a match 😮

[@deeeeeeps]

One of my favorite matches of all time. The amount of time this match was high center was incredible.

[@TheUnchainedMind]

What's the point of calling "foul in losing position" if nothing fucking happens? Might as well just call it a foul if you're gonna give him the restart.

[@GTIngold]

Great production. Could use a bit better commentary

[@HighDollarEntertainment]

Atta boy Jason! WAR!!! Great production #TH5

[@SDSen]

Tom was the winner in my eyes and i'm a Merlo fan

[@styvensas]

Great matches!💪💪

[@PMUPapaTrickshot]

Merlo is clinically diagnosed to be completely unable to pull like a man. Nothing unexpected tbh.

[@aManSwanson]

yeah ive held him in higher regard before this match, shame to see him get wins like this.

[@User-b9q2z]

Yeah and you're such a man by commenting about him online lmao keep crying

[@dodgedavidson197]

Toms power is insane for his build if merlots elbow never slid tom would of had a quick win

[@AlrightThere]

Tom pinned him twice in the last round 😢

[@justaguyfromreddit]

the foul while pinning was clealry visible tho, it gives huge advantage to drag outside of the pad, I can see why it is frustrating, but at the same time it was a fair call

[@DizzyBizzy88]

The main ref here seemed to be trying too hard to be 'part of the show' in this match and others. A bit heavy-handed with barking out commands IMO. Reminded me of people who 'over correct' their children in front of others to 'make a show' of what good parents they are... Will and Kris - you are killing it!

[@kvnneo]

thats why we were Mic'ed up. So we could call out stuff for the audience aswell. This is not waf were you are the quiet ref. This is for entertainment, for viewers at home and in the crowd :)

[@justaguyfromreddit]

this event really surprised me for how many close matches they managed to get!

[@kvnneo]

Match of the Evening!

[@rlevari1]

Great stuff... Love the metal in the background 🤟

[@guylasorsa6888]

Great Match !!!

[@thedoublearmmasterbator4228]

I want the Bowen match please 🙏

[@WatchWithMeYoutube]

Love Aussie , " Coach or Choke Jason" 😂😂😂

[@EvolutionaryE]

Great match, both guys deserved a win there. Lots of close fouls, could have gone either way.

[@EvolveSomePie]

Far more impressed with Tom. Jason had to abuse the elbow fouls to get an advantage

[@timrileyy]

Sick venue

[@tricia3114]

Great match..

[@bruceMooseman]

Wow what a match!!

[@Trey-Farmhand-Suit]

Merlo has gotten huge

[@joncen2658]

Match of the night

[@jayclean5653]

Fantastic match. Love it or hate it, but Jason used the rules to perfection. If you want to be the best, then you better understand the rules.

[@thenugwhisperer]

That Australian accent is soooo strong...

[@Mac-jl7wz]

Wow Kevin, sehr gute Referee Leistung, alles im Griff , sehr guter Fight.

[@armwrestlingprofessor]

Running fouls are the way to go. Fouling to get out of losses is such bullshit

[@maxde7043]

If i pin you with your elbow in the air or off the pad, i should be awarded 2 points not a restart😂

[@kensworld81]

All time Banger!

[@adamleyon8297]

Great match. If tom has better hand control, he would be such an elite level puller

[@FerrymanDubs]

Wooooow

[@aManSwanson]

And so the weaker man was allowed to win again.

[@User-b9q2z]

Is that what it's called when you smash someone through the table? Being weaker than them?

[@Joshonndat10x]

guys you know the rule set is different because of viewer entertainment, they don't call certain things and they both fouled out so don't say they didnt

[@natepolidoro4565]

Career ending death war

[@armwrestlerjeff]

Wow razor thin match

[@mcfarvo]

Tom must have steel rebar for his elbow and humerus! Jason was wily with those elbow fouls to escape losses/losing positions!

[@uncolouredsteve5839]

5 round match, about 60 ready goes. Gotta suck for their elbows lol

[@yasinwesterberg5897]

"elbow in losing position, 1 foul" doesnt that mean its a loss and not a foul?

[@kvnneo]

if you watch the rules meeting you will see that in knuckles up only the second foul in loosing position results in a loss/win.

[@TimmyTurner421]

​@@kvnneo Wow.. that's terrible. This gotta be the most idiotic armwrestling rule I ever heard of. That's why no other league and federation has that rule. Fouling TWICE in a losing position? Did you implement this rule to create controversy or what's the logic behind it? Needs to be changed immediately but it won't and people will keep complaining about it..

[@zizzyballuba4373]

stupid rules. fouling in losing should be loss, period.

[@eddiedunn8061]

A great contest but I found the fouls in losing position rules annoying. If you're in a losing position and foul out- you should get penalised.

[@Outagetme23]

Ahahahahhahah that insane ref bias against Tom wow

[@chesterik]

One fouls in losing position, no win? 😅

[@QuietToproll]

Awesome match. Slightly bigger elbow pads might be better. Like EvW.

[@kvnneo]

this is a Mazurenko table, same like EvW

[@TimmyTurner421]

​@@kvnneoEvW table does have bigger elbow pads than the Mazurenko table

[@DropkickNation]

Tom has this talent to always end up in the best matches of the card, with abosolute grinders! Amazing stuff. Props to Jason for pulling through.

[@rboycuts]

Less fouls , more fight , let them bang . Fix your pads , whatever it is y'all need to do . Less fouls , more fight

[@alexm2873]

Tactical fouls are so ugly

[@EdwardsArmwrestling]

They need to do runners and everything else is great. Love their production and everything else. Refs are doing a good job with the set rules though.

[@WilliamAstromAW]

Disagree hard, running fouls leave a bigger room for foul play if you can hit in illegal positions (like flying elbow hit) and gain the advantage by for example taking the hand and then pinning them to then just get a restart and now have their wrist much easier to take. A 2 foul stop foul system is not perfect but you’re less likely to use them for advantages imo, 3 fouls is just dumb IMO

[@snakeribbons]

_gay_ *

[@EdwardsArmwrestling]

@@WilliamAstromAW That is a fair point.

[@armwrestlingprofessor]

​@@WilliamAstromAWthe thing is, the non fouler can decide to instantly give up so they get minimal damage on them and now the fouler is just once accidental foul from a loss (in a 2 foul system)

[@JustVictori]

Tom got absolutely robbed, lol! How can you call a foul in losing position and restart the round? If you make a foul in a losing position it shoud be a loss, not a restart...What kind of rules are they running there?

[@kvnneo]

you should watch the rules meeting

[@TimmyTurner421]

​@@kvnneo He's criticizing the rules

[@tracerx13]

Jason was fouling in neutral positions

[@fivedaysfitter5225]

Tom should have got the thing in the strap every round. I felt like he missed judged that from watching the video. Great match however!

[@pilothound1582]

Unlucky for Tom but we all know there’s these parts of the rules used against one another and Jason just did it better this battle ! Awesome event ! 🤘

[@gymtrainerjake]

All fouls in the losing position need to be a loss. What a ridiculous rule

[@gregfoster9909]

Just a casual 4-1 win from Holland🤷‍♂️ Nice how when jason fouls but gets pinned its a restart, but if Holland fouls and gets pinned.....its stands😂

[@TheKongtutt]

Wow they did everything they cud to make sure tom didnt win 😅 #fixed

[@saigoneze4465]

how can a deliberate foul in a seriously losing position not be a loss ,hmm not liking rules like that .Tom had him inch from the pad and jason lifted his elbow to mars..Thats a HOLLAND victory

[@Joshallenbigballs]

Refs were terrible this was a robbery

[@MelbourneMaster]

Entertaining match but not the best reffing. Im a big Merlo fan but he shouldve lost this by fouls in losing position. Good match regardless congrats Merlo

[@enricozenatelli7650]

Foul in losing position must be Lost match

[@joeglue]

LFG🔥🔥🔥

[@moarkish6739]

Still holding on to the matches 2 weeks later lol terrible

[@Joshallenbigballs]

Merlo is a cry baby already bad sign never seen a coincidental foul 😂😂 wtf is that crap

[@AbadyAngel]

bad rules

[@LagiaArm]

Ugh