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
@GrannySoupLadle10 ай бұрын
He learned the psychological warfare from other arm wrestlers. Mostly Travis.
@georgepoly484210 ай бұрын
@@GrannySoupLadle😐😐
@darthsebio172610 ай бұрын
He very clearly uses military tactics...
@GrannySoupLadle10 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.
@ShortyScientific10 ай бұрын
Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person@@darthsebio1726
@chuggingtonn892310 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....
@joeglue10 ай бұрын
3:55 when the villain laugh transitions into Devon actually cracking up at himself😂😂
@Maradnus10 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"
@glennharvey147210 ай бұрын
5:43 is really a wholesome exchange.
@1Bottleneck10 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.
@andrewsalazar9810 ай бұрын
Not true. It can cause someone who’s better than you to lose their focus, and give you a slight advantage.
@1Bottleneck10 ай бұрын
@@andrewsalazar98 Like I said, with an unstable opponent.
@Rambofivesix10 ай бұрын
Agreed
@louiejayalforque75210 ай бұрын
Levan💀
@Tasmanaut10 ай бұрын
@@1Bottleneck 'unstable'... Everyone has a weakness pal
@krob537510 ай бұрын
"who the F picks 10, you crazy?". Love it haha
@Johnnyrocks347 ай бұрын
What was that? The number? Im new to this
@hasansheikh337210 ай бұрын
i love denis and levan there is no psychological warfare
@AsadGeo10 ай бұрын
This is a nightmare 😫 for devon's opponents
@skipsch10 ай бұрын
What a great match from both
@danjon109910 ай бұрын
I’ve always compared Devon to Ali when it comes to trash talk. They both back it up.
@ShortyScientific10 ай бұрын
both clowns
@HumptyHampi10 ай бұрын
"I'll take you out for lemonade after..." - Devon Larratt
@chrisottenstroer720210 ай бұрын
Remember when he told Prudnyk that he stunk… and asked him if he farted? lol
@HumptyHampi10 ай бұрын
"Did you fart Prudnyk?? You stink!" :D I love Evgeny tho
@godver55510 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.
@mikelegros246710 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!
@leonardomodes100710 ай бұрын
He isn´t cringe.
@GrannySoupLadle10 ай бұрын
@@leonardomodes1007everyones cringe sometimes my boy
@wesleyb145810 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_hugo10 ай бұрын
I am looking for haters crying in the comment section 😂😂😂. I love it
@Dmgolfer2210 ай бұрын
Georgi never took his hand. Neither had full hand control. Match barely went off center just a few times.
@dmitry726910 ай бұрын
Nice job man
@ryanbeachner256310 ай бұрын
Good content
@pedrobile148810 ай бұрын
Very entertained but he stop talk fast with Levan😂
@Blanaba10 ай бұрын
Hard to talk when a hairless gorilla is cranking your arm and bicep off
@pedrobile148810 ай бұрын
@@Blanaba ahah I'm Levan fan but I like Devon too, will be 6 0 again if Levan return 100%
@KingFloch8810 ай бұрын
Levan Oxygenshvili you mean. Devon and Ermes will hopefully beat him before he keels over mid match.
@wesleyb145810 ай бұрын
He was talking after round 1! But once the bicep is blown off there isn’t much to talk about lol
@Stefano..10 ай бұрын
only with Ermes Devon didn't use any trashtalking, i suppose this was a tactic as well
@wesleyb145810 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..10 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 he demoralized ermes???? when???
@johankaruyan553610 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458he didn't demoralize him, ermes lost because Devon was stronger and better, lol
@wesleyb145810 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
@johankaruyan553610 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 he got to him mentally IN THE MATCH not Before
@ShortyScientific10 ай бұрын
Just a little boy who was bullied in his school days, that only makes an insecure and anxious person
@weldmishref10 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.
@Joel-McConnell10 ай бұрын
Poor Georgi.....lol!
@ntomnia58510 ай бұрын
Picking 10 was rather odd.
@Mrnobody-v1h10 ай бұрын
One day your children will see This 💀💀💀💀
@lukeskywalker680910 ай бұрын
Arnold Schwarzenegger was another king of trash talk. Just look at Pumping Iron how Arnold was messing with Lou Ferrigno's head.
@spiritualplayboy91110 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.
@Patiencelad10 ай бұрын
There should be a short of all the forehead sweat Devon put on Georgi. Retaliation for his multiple hand touches. ROFL!
@skipsch10 ай бұрын
Skullduggery
@rufusw199210 ай бұрын
ONE BY ONE
@Billy_Herrington196910 ай бұрын
who tf picks 10 LOL
@MrBubs-me4qe10 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.
@zaryol233810 ай бұрын
what
@domturiace67010 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 .
@wesleyb145810 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
@krob537510 ай бұрын
@@wesleyb1458 you said the magic word "if". Georgi would be deadly if he had a quick transition press
@forrestcrabbe10 ай бұрын
🤘🍻🤘
@lollotos197110 ай бұрын
"Don't touch my hand"....ma vai a cagare😂😂😂😂😂
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling10 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.
@wesleyb145810 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
@danieldodson94110 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.
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling10 ай бұрын
That’s the problem. Nobody grips up for 15 minutes. It is not normal. No matter pro or amateur.
@danieldodson94110 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.
@TuranZeynalliArmWrestling10 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.
@raffaelecarbuglio10 ай бұрын
Imagine if Georgi won
@f4llenhite95510 ай бұрын
he acts like a highschooler
@ramankumarrrrr10 ай бұрын
Psychologically beating is not a good idea for those who known the opponent
@Johnnyrocks347 ай бұрын
Does georgi speak english?
@moarkish673910 ай бұрын
All this bullshit did nothing vs levan. That horsepower tore Devons bicep and it will happen again, no chance.
@CalvinHikes10 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.
@AdamLighter110 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.
@leonardomodes100710 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.
@MahmoudMohamed-su8uy7 ай бұрын
This will not work with levan😂
@InspectahReese10 ай бұрын
Tyson didn’t really need to trash talk much because his aura was intimidating enough
@isyt110 ай бұрын
Common technique for low skilled “athletes”
@massimocalo226410 ай бұрын
🤡🤡🤡
@Iuohaewfiuvlawe10 ай бұрын
It's so annoying...
@arncj1810 ай бұрын
the clown is WEIRD even for refs these days
@user-hn9qw7ou8d10 ай бұрын
Levan and Genadi must just have insane psychological warfare skills 🙄
@stupidmemerman10 ай бұрын
genadi is psychologically connected to the referees!
@zazagurgenidze733710 ай бұрын
@@stupidmemerman Genady made opanaa to Devon
@umer59710 ай бұрын
Devon sweeped the whole SHW division while Genadi was doing Opana in his cave.
@arncj1810 ай бұрын
@@umer597 he sweeped the pockets of referees nothing more
@arncj1810 ай бұрын
@@stupidmemerman genadi lives with your mother
@aleXtreme_10 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?
@TheJohnbusi10 ай бұрын
Yeah, organizators should really penalize those unsportsman gestures
@wesleyb145810 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_10 ай бұрын
Champion never equals cheap tricks@@wesleyb1458
@leonidakiskotvicakis307610 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.
@krob537510 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.
@Teng71110 ай бұрын
Did you just compare Devon with Muhammad Ali?? Why not go a step further and say he is like Jesus? 🙄
@leonardomodes100710 ай бұрын
He is the champ and you´re nothing. You will never be more than a hater.
@SimenFulland10 ай бұрын
Devon is bigger than Jesus......
@Brave-Bonds10 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.
@HumptyHampi10 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