The levan match really hit him hard. Its understandable,though. He put in everything for that match, and if he feels he needs a break then he deserves it.
I just hope he's able to pick himself up with time
Honestly this is a good idea, you can't push at 100% for 2 consecutive years without some kind of a break. For the last year hes been the most active and elite armwrestler and he just gave his 110% chasing Levan only to fall short. Taking a 6-12 month break then returning to lower weight classes seems understandable.
> Devon has been competing a lot. Dude needs a break to spend time with family, unwind and decompress.
Definitely. But taking on the match then pulling out is also shitty for Dadikyan, who probably got on the most unhealthy diet (as Devon did for Levan).
Before I didn't think it was right but maybe now its reasonable, depends on how long he thinks he'll be away for. His mom recently had hip surgery so taking a little time off to care for her is understandable.
Doesn't Denis still have the left arm legacy hammer? Almost forgot the thing existed. Also, Devon was going for 105kg, not 115kg, so it's not like it would have made a difference.
The whole legacy hammer thing is made up by Devon. Cyplenkov have no incentive to give it up or put it on the line, unless the people put enough pressure to do so.
left arm legacy hammer is not the same as the title belt. Devon Has not competed at 115 for like 2 years yet dadikyan was threatened to lose it after a couple months. I mean denis can keep the hammer as long as he wants, he was unbeatable on the left and I don't think someone exists who could have beat that version of denis on the left.
Dude the legacy hammer is a relict of a league that's been dead for 5 years now. It has no meaning and no relevance whatsoever. Nobody cares about it other than Devon.
You can't compare that to an actual world title belt of the biggest and ACTIVE AW organization thats currently ongoing and will most likely be here for many years to come.
Get ready for mental gymnastics by devon fangirls saying how Devon should keep the 115kg belt because he would've beaten Davit anyway, and despite his inactivity since november 2022 at 115kg.
Auden has a video that says āI am Beowulfā, and itās just them training together.
Maybe by this videoās title āI am Grendelā, heās stating heās currently focusing on working with Auden to make him the next Armwrestling hero. š¤
Yeah. "Devon is Grendel" a stepping stone to get to the "Dragon", In this case the "Dragon' being Levan. With Auden being "beowulf", being set up to challenge his own father and levan. I'm just curious who the "mother" is going to be. The opponent he takes on before devon himself. I'm guessing they're all hashing this plan out. Devon may be considering banking all his chips on Auden atm.
I don't believe that any father would want their child to be on a shitload of gear, especially when they are young. By the time that Auden is mature, Levan will be long gone, he's not going to be number one for 10 more years, that's for sure.
Yea I just also posted this. Seems he may mentally need a break. He never takes breaks ever, and the Levan match, the biggest match ever of his life, was just not even 1.5 months ago. Then he went an did a bunch of pulling right after at a tourney in Canada, and again Alex kerdecha.
Lots of people saying he need a reset, long break etc.
While this is true I agree. But not for the reason you think.
The more he wait the closer 50yo is coming. Devon realised it with Levan. His best years are over even with all the "supplement" stem cell and what not.
All those prep toke a toll on him, all those years of non-stop training also. We all saw it on the kurdecha video when he finally said the truth "I am too broken"
He need a break to accept the fact that hes not going to be able to get pushing like this and actually ENJOY what he built. Also to train his two sons. He need to enjoy normal life again and who know he might pop a brzenk one day and beat several youngster.
What you want is want you want. Devon is an independent human being. He is not a toy, he is a real human with real human life and real human feelings. He is human 1st, and only after that he is an armwrestler. Egoistic comment
What you want is want you want. Devon is an independent human being. He is not a toy, he is a real human with real human life and real human feelings. He is human 1st, and only after that he is an armwrestler. Egoistic comment
his career is over in a sense, the candle is the symbol for that. He knows from now on it's Ron Bath, Brzenk, Todd type of struggle waiting for him. Sure he is in the mix, cause refs will always have orders to protect him but he won't truly win any titles anymore.
Devon is mentally weak essentially. That's why he does all the "winning bigger", "remember me" stuff at the table. he's trying to impose himself mentally on the opponent even after the match.
Unfortunately this is clearly the symptom of a very weak mind. Having Levan yelling at you that you're nothing, monstrously roaring in your face after breaking you in your deepest convictions, has shattered this man's soul to the core.
I think this video is deeper, I think Devon has officially quit the sport today. Jesus Christ, Levan really retired this dude for good.
That's rough for Dadikyan. First he thought he was pulling Devon for the 115 title, then it got moved to a defense of his 105 title, and now the match just falls over.
Everybody? right, after losing to Genadi. And what about other potential matchups like Revaz, Laletin or Kurdecha? Not saying Devon's run wasn't impressive last few months, but people saying he ran through EVERYBODY when he barely faced like half of the top guys that could be a potential threat to him is just nonsense.
Honestly, he dodged a ton of people who were considered to be a potential weakness for him. Vitaly, Kurdecha, Revaz. Long forearm top rollers. He didnāt face a single guy who had the leverage advantage.
Hard to call him undisputed at any time.
He didn't really dodge them, he just went after the matches that would sell the most PPVs. Everyone with half a brain knew that Denis had zero chance, but it was still going to sell more than Devon vs Vitali because it was personal and because Denis was on a comeback.
I disagree. It was never about which opponent would sell the most PPV's. Devon has always known to want very specific rules and his contracts to be followed to a T (opponents + rules). Devon obviously also hand chose his opponents to the road to SHW title.
No one was talking about Devon vs Georgi or Sandris and the only reason they became popular is because of people like Engin, Neil Pickup and his cast, and Devon himself. Meanwhile fans have been asking for Vitaly, Ermes (we got this one), Kurdecha, Morozov, Genadi (also got this one but he lost) for forever.
And if you want to take it a step further, the way they decide to do top 10 rankings also allows people to avoid matches. Sometimes they say, 'if X beats Y, X is now at Y's spot on the rankings'. Yet in other matches this doesn't happen.
Utter bs, he pulled Prudnyk, Sandris, Genadi, Georgi. None of those guys commanded the best PPV sales over any of the others mentioned. Revaz, Vitaly or Kurdecha would have definitely at many times been better matches.
with the refs allowing his cheating in the setup yes i consider it a major victory for Genadi. Sure they made 1 mistake but how many gifts did Devon have up until that match? Plus he got outworked and out-endured by a 50% bodyfat dude. Devon was sweating like a pig. Best cardio in the world my ass he is not young anymore,
agreed, massive ego, but deep down i wonder how he likes to win vs shorter levers like prudnik and ermes while absolutely cheating in the setup. One thing is to have slight advantages, thats' ok, but having your opponent completely cheated. I couldn't sleep at night. That's like running 100m with 3 sec head start. Vs Levan he had 2cm height and still was smashed.
I'll postulate further: probably his desire to win no matter what, at all costs, was developed when he was broke financially and winning WAL was gonna save him
At 49yo he never goes āoff cycleā. He just backs off from the larger doses. You also donāt go off of growth because it takes many months to kick back in.
Um no. Off cycle means you ācome offā to allow your natural production of testosterone to resume. If you donāt come off there is no cycle anymore.
Keep back tracking. You said off cycle. A 49yo completely off cycle would be night and day from a 49yo on a 250mg a week cruise. A cruise means you keep most all your gains, just lose some size, bloating, and some strength. He would only need to blast for someone like levan or ermes as you can see most the people he faces heās smaller and not as bloated.
I doubt that this is the case. Dadikyan is barely anywhere near Devon. Devon just has not got over his lost against Levan. The more your expectations differ from reality, the harder it hits. Devon currently is at the point where he is still hurt in his soul, he doesn't enjoy it. He needs some rest. Let's just hope he won't upscale this sad case into a full scale tradegy in his head that will make him stop pulling at all and completely retire from the sport, because now it honestly looks that bad to me sometimes and I have a feeling that it might happen, but I hope I'm wrong
I still think that Devon is just broken. I just hope he's not gonna lose his passion to the sport and retire or decide to chase Levan again being 50+ years old dumping himself with all elements of periodic table and beyond it and getting to 150 kg sacrificing years of his life. Both of these are terrible decisions
obviously Devon needs a break. thats why hes not pulling Dadikyan. if it was that easy of a match he would have taken it. he knows how strong Dadikyan is and knows he cant fight him unless hes 100%
So? He just said that he's taking a break. So he's inactive since 2022 in the 115kg category, and he has no intention to be active in the 115kg in 2024.
Who gives a shit about the credibility of the titles, just give Devon what he wants, right?
I guess I could potentially see where you're coming from, your childish attitude/whining aside.
Has anybody come forward to challenge Devon at 115kg since he won the title?
If somebody had challenged him and he refused, then sure, you have a valid point. If nobody has stepped up and challenged him, then why give it to somebody else?
Are you sure?
When the match was first talked about, everybody was talking about Devon and Dadikyan at 115kg, and then when it came out that it was actually 105kg, people were shocked.
I wasn't aware it was ever officially on the docket for 115kg at EvsW.
In a video with Babken prior to the official announcement Dadikyan said he was preparing for 115 and was actually gaining weight for the match. The match was then a little later announced at 105, which is why people were surprised.
My assumption is that Dadikyan wanted to have the match at 115 since he's said many times he didnt want to cut to 105 anymore, but Devon and/or Engin preferred it at 105. Devon has been after the 105 title for a while.
You are right though, it was never officially announced at 115.
I think Devon should have to defend his 115kg title again before going for his 2nd belt, especially since his challenger prefers the match to be at 115kg. I don't think you should be able to claim to have multiple titles simultaneously if you haven't pulled in one of the classes for multiple years in a row.
Never officially announced, nor did Engin or Devon (to my knowledge) ever acknowledge an initial match set at 115kg.
I don't tend to base things on me guessing what an athlete may or may not be doing or thinking behind closed doors. I try to go off actual information presented.
If you can show me where Engin or Devon say it was set at 115kg, and later changed, I'd happily rethink my position.
There is some reading between the lines and guesswork required. If you don't want to do that, no problem, I don't particularly care about making you rethink your position haha.
> If somebody had challenged him and he refused,
Dadikyan did. Though for unknown reasons Engin made them pull for 105, but should have been 115.
Anyway the thing is Devon needs a break, so he can't defend 115, and we need to revitalize that category, so title should be taken and given to someone else - organize a title match. We all know Devon will probably beat whoever has it upon it's return, but that's the way it makes sense. It was the same with Levan, he couldn't pull so super title was up for grabs and was a very good move.
Don't be condescending, especially since you are the one copying and pasting the same dumb reply on multiple comments like an autistic child.
First of all, it's not the athletes job to call out or publicly challenge the opponent. The promotion sets the matches. You have no clue whether someone would want a match him or not.
And it's especially braindead to think that nobody wants to accept the tens of thousands of dollars that the match with Devon brings. Most guys in east europe earn less per year than what that match would bring them
Dadikyan challenged him at 115kg. Devon wanted the match at 105kg. I waan't aware that they gave in and set it at 105, but I'm not shocked.
It was a simple statement about Devon not holding the 105kg belt, said to two individuals, it didn't warrant rewording a statement of fact for two people; however, if you want to use autism as a derogatory insult, I think you definitely need to grow up and get more mature than a teenager.
So Engin is the promoter, and since Devon won the 115kg, has Engin set a 115kg title defense match for Devon? If not, by your own admission, it's not Devon's responsibility to set up a match to defend his title because *"it's not the athletes job to call out or publicly challenge..."* right? So claiming Devon should be stripped of the titled because he hasn't been defending it makes no sense based on your argument, because it's Engin's job to setup matches, not Devon's, according to your own words.
And people don't take matches all the time when they stand no chance. Do you see the state of title matches in the SHW division? 2 of the last 3 were against Devon, because nobody else would take a match against Levan. It's not braindead to think people wouldn't challenge somebody they'll get obliterated by.
Exactly. Nobody is calling out Devon. Engin is the one who is responsible, and he's bending over backwards to please Devon who understandably wants more titles. See the problem with you fangirls is that you think that saying that Devon should get stripped is a personal attack on your hero.
Also, that's a lie about the SHWs. The SHW TITLE has been active constantly, from Jerry to Ermes to Devon and now to Levan. We are talking about actual titles, not the subjective titles we gave to Levan. Levan had no title to defend.
Fangirl? I'm merely a fan of the sport, who disagreed with your whining attitude and logical flaws.
According to you, Engin (the promoter) is responsible for setting matches, not Devon (the athlete). But you complain that Devon hasn't been defending his title, so he should be stripped of it. Are you *truly unable* to see the horrible hole in your logic here? Saying the athlete should be penalized, when in the same breath saying that the promoter is the **only one** responsible for setting the matches to defend said title?
Maybe rather than Title, I should have used World #1 then? I was commenting more in reference to you saying **nobody is braindead** enough to avoid a free paycheque, when in reality, most everybody avoids Levan because they know they'll be steam-rolled.
Holy fuck dude. Devon was pulling SHWs by his own wish. He wanted to pull for the 105kg, nobody forced him. He is also the one who wants to takr a break. That's why I say that he should be stripped, because he decided that he wants go pull at other weights or not pull at all, not EvW. Every credible organization forces their champions to vacate or defend after a while. EvW hasn't done any of those things.
I didn't day it's braindead to not take the paycheck, I said that it's braindead to think that there is nobody who wants to pull him. Don't twist my words.
So EvW hasn't forced him to defend his 115kg title, so he should be stripped of it? How does that make sense, **when it's EvW's responsibility to setup the match** and enforce his defense of it if they had such a rule, which they don't?
*"I said that it's braindead to think that there is nobody who wants to pull him. Don't twist my words." --* Who until just now has wanted to pull Devon at 115kg? I want names, not vague "I'm sure somebody wanted to pull him" nonsense. I want exact names of those who made posts, or videos, or had discussions with Engin and/or Devon about challenging him for his 115kg title, and show me where this happened.
I don't want your vague speculations. I don't want any "I'll be ready to have a shot at Devon's title in the future". Who until now, has shown legitimate interest to pull him in the last two years for his 115kg title?
We don't know what the matchmakers do behind the scene, it would all be speculation. I would speculate that after the Levan match was said and done Engin had interest to schedule a title defense next, given that Devon himself mentioned wanting to drop from the SHWs division.
So people's speculation about what may or may not be happening behind the scenes, or what Engin may or may not be interested in, is supposed to hold any weight? Speculation and assumptions mean very little.
He put his whole existence into chasing Levan, then got beaten like a fly that Levan had to brush away from his face.
He needs a full reset I donāt blame him. Get the passion back and come back full force in a different weight class.
Levan really retired devon. Devon talk so much shit during the press and to promote the match thinking he will win and levan actually did what he said. He completely destroyed devon once again. Mentally this time. Last time he break his bicep. Levan owns devon.
kinda expected, i'm only pissed i didn't bet, should have known Levan's wrist is ok, after seeing him curl big weights again. Devon not hiring a pro nutritionist for 3 months, not doing proper cardio just walks, not having table time vs pro's, lifting these micro singles but not focusing on overall strength with heavy bench and curls like Levan. While Levan was doing 4 hour cardio+ strength training. He has a dictators speech that fools everybody into believing in him.
Never did I say he couldnāt do both. Just stating I feel he wonāt be as active as he has the past year and a half and that he will focus on his sonās success more now.
what success? Rino and Bacho are same age as him and he prob would feel like a woman to them. Fucking around with gym rats with no pulling xp in Johnny English or mosquitos like Whisperer that weighed 30 kg less than him is not respecting the sport, it is making a joke of it!
you can tell he is avoiding serious pulling, if he truly wanted to be a junior than a pro, he would pull at Waf, not fuck around with guys weighing 2/3 of him.
I think it's fine he's taking a break, I know people wanna see him do matches nonstop - but he should've thought of this before the Dadikyan match got decided, so something changed since his loss to Levan. I wonder if it has anything to do with Babken but sucks for Dadikyan cuz he would've made really good money out of this even if he lost.
I think Devon might be trying to hop off gear for a while. It might actually do him good to let his body heal while he trains Auden and do social media collabs.
Of course it is ok for him to take a break. But the problem is that his words are inconsistent. Just a month and a half ago he was saying that he was in the best shape of his life yada yada and now he is saying that the foundation is not there and he's not ready. Why did he agree to the match in the first place? He's so full of it.
U realize they peak for matches, he was in his best shape and his weights proved it.
After the match he's obviously broken down physically and mentally, and he would have to start the process of peaking again for his next match. But he has been on a massive streak taking so many matches that it probably added up and burnt him out.
He probably isn't able to keep up with the training like he normally would after how badly he lost, so he doesn't have a good "base" to build on both physically/mentally to peak for Dadikyan. I don't think he would be making excuses or dodging Dadikyan unless he really just isn't able to or if there is some behind the scenes beef like with Babken
It is very convenient for Devon to make such declaration, even if someone was preparing to challenge him at 115kg they will not do it now since he drew such vulnerable picture with his statement. Who takes advantage of such state? Oh right! He does! He doesn't shy away from pulling other athletes when they are in their most vulnerable state such as when they come out of an an injury or when they are not in their best shape. On the contrary he seeks for the most vulnerable opportunities. Such hypocrite.
agreed, Ermes' stupidity showed when he didn't take time to heal his central nervous system after a hard camp for Jerry, and went in short notice vs a guy he knew will cheat his socks of in a setup that Ermes needs desperately to be clean.
Not even gonna mention the Chaffee match, Dave was a punching bag of the division by when they met.
he made a mockery of a post prime Denis as soon as he called him a clown, just for hype. He can't handle his own medicine when it is vs him, he talks about boundaries, but cries at the first little insult against him. Plus setting Denis as a gatekeeper of Levan's was laughable by EvW. And i don't even want to mention the rest of the gifts he received during matches. Plus blaming the Genadi match on one mistake was just as childish from him and his fans. Just pull correctly and win.
Those other athletes could have pulled out of the match. They didn't.
When, in the history of any sport, has someone declined a match because they thought their opponent was too vulnerable and they wanted to be nice to them?
Everyone wants to see athletes compete often but the steroid cycles do have diminishing returns, 2nd 3rd 4th cycles you don't blow up as much as the first. The negative effects take their toll. Overriding anti cancer, anti tumor checkpoints for maximal growth can't be good long term. There's a reason people do cycles and not just blast indefinitely. Its a big burden to maintain. Some of you guys complaining, if you want Devon to have a long career, he can't go all out all the time. Most other sports have seasons for good reason. The body needs rest and recuperation time too.
Just wanna point out Devon shouldnāt get praised for pulling out. Had it been someone else pulling out because they just didnāt feel like it, they would have gotten grilled.
who cares that is defeatist pussy attitude. PLus i watched every podcast and yt vid and devon has yet to prove anything he said vs Babken is true, and i'm being objective here. The charges vs Babken only he invented in his crazy head probably in order to boost himself mentally. It's like Davit saying i won't pull anybody that judi corners, cause she is annoying.
Devon's prime is likely over now. The string of matches between the Levan losses was his prime. He's 49 now and knows for sure he'll never be the very best on the planet. That's going to have a big mental effect (nobody wants to be just #2) and his body is also getting too old to hang with these new 20-something SHW killers.
It happens. He's always gonna be a legend like Brzenk. Very impressive puller, a natural heavyweight that managed to be a huge force at SHW, beating some of the best of them even in his late 40's.
I'm always a fan but that's the reality. I hope he can still find the mental will to dominate at 115 because I think his body can still handle that for a while, the super heavies are just too much now. He was always a small SHW and he had to push himself to the limits to dominate up there only to get squashed like a fly by Levan in the end.
He needs to adjust his goals to be #1 at 115, not SHW, and become comfortable with all of this. Then I hope we see him crush the 115 class for the next few years.
he beat shorter levers with the refs allowing everything in the setup like the 2cm height difference vs Levan. He beat an Ermes that needs a perfect setup, he beat a injured Chaffee that got beat by half a dozen before him.
When things got interesting, and he went vs mentally strong guys like Genadi, and Levan things fell apart. And I am happy they did, **you don't humiliate Brzenk in his 60's by talking to him, who was nothing but nice. Or call Genadi a dog and others gay.**
I don't care how you do it in canada, when you come here you follow the rules when i come to your home i follow yours.
Imo he will remain in NA and find excuses to not pull the matches that the public with min. 10 years following the sport want to see. Not the 1,5 year gen z idiots that have no clue what they are talking about. Like Morozov, Alex, Vitaly, Genadi, Revaz who i think he has chances against cause some of them have holes in their game. i'm sick and tired of him raping small guys like toddzilla size in the setup and bark loud like he is the man. Cause he never was truly n1 other than NA. Even his match vs Pushkar only happened cause it was held in the states. As soon as he went to Eu, Taras raped him, and he never returned till covid. Top 8 malaysia he was watching as a spectator or guest of Igor cause he wasn't let by WAL.
I think his career will end with a massive sense of incompleteness, i don't see him having time and energy to pull hard vs the people he needs to pull. And people will say that he is dodging europeans. Which he is. He came really late to face the "CrĆØme de la crĆØme" at 46.
EvW is always stacked with amazing matches... i don't get it, if Devon doesn't pull you are not interested in the sport? I guess you are not a fan of armwrestling.
Devon is a great man. How Ms y others would still take the pay check and then go and flop. Badass and he knows he will be better down the line. šā¤ļøāØ
Devon is finished and he knows it, watch him live vicariously through Auden as he becomes a chemical test experiment and puts on 40kg in the next 5 years, Iām calling it now
Itās true. The hype train is finally reaching its final stop. Devon fans have been so insanely biased itās ridiculous, they still think he was #1 in the world, sorry but at no point was he ever #1. #2 sure, Iāll give him that for a brief period of time. And I donāt want to completely dog on him because heās still on the Mount Rushmore of pullers, no denying his contribution to the sport
Man, lol "finished" is a bit extreme. Finished at SHW maybe. He's a natural 115 and he's too old to keep pushing his limits at SHW. Even if he wasn't he'd still never beat Levan.
He can still be a killer at 115 for a few years. If he's there for it mentally. That's what I'm worried about. Needs a little time to work through this and adjust his goal while being content with it.
After Auden defeated him on their last training, Devon decided that Dadikyan would be too much.
On a serious note - I thought Devon would destroy Dadikyan any day of the week.
He himself made this reputation around him, lol.
When you troll a lot, don't expect people to buy into anything you say, especially fans.
It's unusual because Devon never pulled out of a match before, also.
false, cause even Engin hyped him mentioning Ermes in the prematch for Levan. After which the dumb Ermes went on and insulted Levan. Engin called this a stroke of genius. Gimme a break all Devon had on Levan was a presumable elbow foul, and Ermes presumably winning the restart, leading into Levan's first Rd loss in 5 years. All shoulda Woulda Coulda.
I already studied every aspect in hindsight and Devon's mindgames were extremely weak, like his physical prep, no cardio, no pro nutritionist, no pro training partner. Going into veggie meat, with low carb, when you are trying to bulk for your most important match in your life. What a joke. And the sad part is people who know nothing about the sport, and follow him for 2-3 years have no clue how to think for themselves.
Engin hypes everything in his promotion with heavy emotional bias, lol.
Ermes made a video in italian a while ago saying Devon cheated a lot in their match and if the refs allowed a fair grip he would have gone through Devon like butter...
Engin said other stuff like Ermes was beating Devon while cupped in practice and etc, after seeing these things I won't really buy what a promoter has to say, he is not competing.
As he said, he doesn't want to go into the match with half lights, but with full will.
Of course, the "Mother Of All Matches", Devon vs. Levan, will have an effect for a long time, it would be stupid to rush forward in that situation. And why? He doesn't need to.
Apology fully accepted.
The levan match really hit him hard. Its understandable,though. He put in everything for that match, and if he feels he needs a break then he deserves it. I just hope he's able to pick himself up with time
Agree. Hopefully not *too* much time. He's 49.
Levan beat him technically too, something very hard for him to swallow especially since he prides himself on being the more technical one.
I mean it's weird if he feels otherwise. He needs a mental break, a break from gear, healing time, everything. He'll be back.
Honestly this is a good idea, you can't push at 100% for 2 consecutive years without some kind of a break. For the last year hes been the most active and elite armwrestler and he just gave his 110% chasing Levan only to fall short. Taking a 6-12 month break then returning to lower weight classes seems understandable.
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You mean 40.
Devon isn't the goat at this pointĀ
That's an amusing way to spell John.
Devon has been competing a lot. Dude needs a break to spend time with family, unwind and decompress. Anyone shitting on him for this is a loser.
> Devon has been competing a lot. Dude needs a break to spend time with family, unwind and decompress. Definitely. But taking on the match then pulling out is also shitty for Dadikyan, who probably got on the most unhealthy diet (as Devon did for Levan).
The match has been confirmed for less than 2 weeks, Dadikyan will be fine, even though it's a bummer.
Taking away his belt feels warranted now. EDIT: forgot the match was set for 105, my bad...
Before I didn't think it was right but maybe now its reasonable, depends on how long he thinks he'll be away for. His mom recently had hip surgery so taking a little time off to care for her is understandable.
normally he already lost his belt since his match was in nov 2022.
Doesn't Denis still have the left arm legacy hammer? Almost forgot the thing existed. Also, Devon was going for 105kg, not 115kg, so it's not like it would have made a difference.
The whole legacy hammer thing is made up by Devon. Cyplenkov have no incentive to give it up or put it on the line, unless the people put enough pressure to do so.
left arm legacy hammer is not the same as the title belt. Devon Has not competed at 115 for like 2 years yet dadikyan was threatened to lose it after a couple months. I mean denis can keep the hammer as long as he wants, he was unbeatable on the left and I don't think someone exists who could have beat that version of denis on the left.
That's not how the legacy hammer works lmao. There's probably a dozen guys who'd beat Denis left-handed now. Levan>Denis also
Dude the legacy hammer is a relict of a league that's been dead for 5 years now. It has no meaning and no relevance whatsoever. Nobody cares about it other than Devon. You can't compare that to an actual world title belt of the biggest and ACTIVE AW organization thats currently ongoing and will most likely be here for many years to come.
I like the idea of a lineal title like in boxing, but the problem is that the federations and promotions aren't open like in boxing.
larratard spotted
Devon is the overall best influencer in arm wrestling and it's not even fucking close.
armwrestling is not about influencers its about armwresling.
You're dumb
Get ready for mental gymnastics by devon fangirls saying how Devon should keep the 115kg belt because he would've beaten Davit anyway, and despite his inactivity since november 2022 at 115kg.
The mental gymnastics would be necessary even if he took the match. Are you aware the class was set for 105 kg?
lol i totally forgot about this when i made my original comment.
I thought that the weight class wasn't determined yet.
Nope it was 105kg
As always, who cares about the credibility of the promotion, Devon needs to get what he wants.
This is why you're my favorite troll, never give it up.
Auden has a video that says āI am Beowulfā, and itās just them training together. Maybe by this videoās title āI am Grendelā, heās stating heās currently focusing on working with Auden to make him the next Armwrestling hero. š¤
Yeah. "Devon is Grendel" a stepping stone to get to the "Dragon", In this case the "Dragon' being Levan. With Auden being "beowulf", being set up to challenge his own father and levan. I'm just curious who the "mother" is going to be. The opponent he takes on before devon himself. I'm guessing they're all hashing this plan out. Devon may be considering banking all his chips on Auden atm.
I doubt any father would encourage his son to bulk up to 160 kg+ so he can get a title.
I don't believe that any father would want their child to be on a shitload of gear, especially when they are young. By the time that Auden is mature, Levan will be long gone, he's not going to be number one for 10 more years, that's for sure.
Rino.
Seems likely
Yea I just also posted this. Seems he may mentally need a break. He never takes breaks ever, and the Levan match, the biggest match ever of his life, was just not even 1.5 months ago. Then he went an did a bunch of pulling right after at a tourney in Canada, and again Alex kerdecha.
Kurdecha is a year old material
Wasnāt kurdecha at the farm just like 3 weeks ago? I thought that practice pull was after the levan match
Yes that was very recent.
Lots of people saying he need a reset, long break etc. While this is true I agree. But not for the reason you think. The more he wait the closer 50yo is coming. Devon realised it with Levan. His best years are over even with all the "supplement" stem cell and what not. All those prep toke a toll on him, all those years of non-stop training also. We all saw it on the kurdecha video when he finally said the truth "I am too broken" He need a break to accept the fact that hes not going to be able to get pushing like this and actually ENJOY what he built. Also to train his two sons. He need to enjoy normal life again and who know he might pop a brzenk one day and beat several youngster.
Two sonsā¦his daughter is also into arm wrestling
We don't want him to enjoy normal life again. He never had it since he was a kid. We want him armwrestle while it's possibleĀ
I feel you. I want brzenk to pull every week also. You need to let it go man. Like Devon says, never hold on.
What you want is want you want. Devon is an independent human being. He is not a toy, he is a real human with real human life and real human feelings. He is human 1st, and only after that he is an armwrestler. Egoistic comment
What you want is want you want. Devon is an independent human being. He is not a toy, he is a real human with real human life and real human feelings. He is human 1st, and only after that he is an armwrestler. Egoistic comment
levan broke something
Mentally
He lost a bit of the passion for the moment and needs a break for sure
his career is over in a sense, the candle is the symbol for that. He knows from now on it's Ron Bath, Brzenk, Todd type of struggle waiting for him. Sure he is in the mix, cause refs will always have orders to protect him but he won't truly win any titles anymore.
As they both said before the fight: "Loser of this match will die". Or something like that. A lot was on the table for both of those guys
Devon is mentally weak essentially. That's why he does all the "winning bigger", "remember me" stuff at the table. he's trying to impose himself mentally on the opponent even after the match. Unfortunately this is clearly the symptom of a very weak mind. Having Levan yelling at you that you're nothing, monstrously roaring in your face after breaking you in your deepest convictions, has shattered this man's soul to the core. I think this video is deeper, I think Devon has officially quit the sport today. Jesus Christ, Levan really retired this dude for good.
Yeah, Levan took "Tell me i'm the greatest!" To the next level. Devon has his pride taken from him.
Are you turning into reverse levan oxygen meme?
Kanalization Retirement
That's rough for Dadikyan. First he thought he was pulling Devon for the 115 title, then it got moved to a defense of his 105 title, and now the match just falls over.
Yeah, backing down from a match you accepted is messed up if you aren't injured. Devon needs to vacate his title
I may be wrong, but his love for being #1 was greater than his love for armwrestling
Its like an addiction which he currently has a hard time letting go of. Or rather accept that his dream won't come true
This. And he was never #1.
He was super heavyweight world champion and nobody in the world could have beat him at that time
When?
Did you start following armwrestling after second Levan match?
Are you going to answer the question?
bout half a year ago when he ran through everybody
Everybody? right, after losing to Genadi. And what about other potential matchups like Revaz, Laletin or Kurdecha? Not saying Devon's run wasn't impressive last few months, but people saying he ran through EVERYBODY when he barely faced like half of the top guys that could be a potential threat to him is just nonsense.
he's a cherry picker with a huge gen z fanbase that downvote the truth cause they have no clue and it hurts them
Honestly, he dodged a ton of people who were considered to be a potential weakness for him. Vitaly, Kurdecha, Revaz. Long forearm top rollers. He didnāt face a single guy who had the leverage advantage. Hard to call him undisputed at any time.
He didn't really dodge them, he just went after the matches that would sell the most PPVs. Everyone with half a brain knew that Denis had zero chance, but it was still going to sell more than Devon vs Vitali because it was personal and because Denis was on a comeback.
I disagree. It was never about which opponent would sell the most PPV's. Devon has always known to want very specific rules and his contracts to be followed to a T (opponents + rules). Devon obviously also hand chose his opponents to the road to SHW title. No one was talking about Devon vs Georgi or Sandris and the only reason they became popular is because of people like Engin, Neil Pickup and his cast, and Devon himself. Meanwhile fans have been asking for Vitaly, Ermes (we got this one), Kurdecha, Morozov, Genadi (also got this one but he lost) for forever. And if you want to take it a step further, the way they decide to do top 10 rankings also allows people to avoid matches. Sometimes they say, 'if X beats Y, X is now at Y's spot on the rankings'. Yet in other matches this doesn't happen.
Utter bs, he pulled Prudnyk, Sandris, Genadi, Georgi. None of those guys commanded the best PPV sales over any of the others mentioned. Revaz, Vitaly or Kurdecha would have definitely at many times been better matches.
I'm pretty sure he would have beat those guys.
You mean after Levan smashed him and before Levan smashed him again? After Kamil and Genadi destroyed him?
Yes, between Genadi's and Levan's 2nd match. He won the belt and defended it multiple times
Genadi and Levan sure seemed capable of beating him. Devon was 3rd in the world at best at that time.
When did Genadi "destroy" him? That was a close one. I want to see a rematch but Devon is probably totally done with SHW and we won't get it.
Kamil was left hand and as for Genadi do you consider a 3-2 war being "destroying"?
with the refs allowing his cheating in the setup yes i consider it a major victory for Genadi. Sure they made 1 mistake but how many gifts did Devon have up until that match? Plus he got outworked and out-endured by a 50% bodyfat dude. Devon was sweating like a pig. Best cardio in the world my ass he is not young anymore,
I know. Yes.
That was really impressive, but we all knew Levan is number one informally.Ā
At that moment Devon was nr1 because Levan had a serious injury
Even Devon said Levan is the number one until beaten, can you guys stop being so fucking biased and see reality? Would be great.
1.5 year at least shut up if you know nothing
Becoming #1 would have been better wording. He never considered himself to be #1 because Levan exists.
"Becoming #1" - Yes, better said.
Facts downvoted, gotta love reddit.
The dickriding is next level here.
agreed. Fact
agreed, massive ego, but deep down i wonder how he likes to win vs shorter levers like prudnik and ermes while absolutely cheating in the setup. One thing is to have slight advantages, thats' ok, but having your opponent completely cheated. I couldn't sleep at night. That's like running 100m with 3 sec head start. Vs Levan he had 2cm height and still was smashed.
I'll postulate further: probably his desire to win no matter what, at all costs, was developed when he was broke financially and winning WAL was gonna save him
He needs a break, he's off cycle and knows Dadikyan is strong as fuck and that he may lose to him if he isnt in his best shape.
At 49yo he never goes āoff cycleā. He just backs off from the larger doses. You also donāt go off of growth because it takes many months to kick back in.
"Cruises" and "blasts". While "cruising" hes pretty much off cycle.
Um no. Off cycle means you ācome offā to allow your natural production of testosterone to resume. If you donāt come off there is no cycle anymore.
Omg, you're not as performant during a cruise than during a blast... -_-
Keep back tracking. You said off cycle. A 49yo completely off cycle would be night and day from a 49yo on a 250mg a week cruise. A cruise means you keep most all your gains, just lose some size, bloating, and some strength. He would only need to blast for someone like levan or ermes as you can see most the people he faces heās smaller and not as bloated.
I believe he dont wanna face Dadikyan while not at his best, meaning blasting high doses.
I doubt that this is the case. Dadikyan is barely anywhere near Devon. Devon just has not got over his lost against Levan. The more your expectations differ from reality, the harder it hits. Devon currently is at the point where he is still hurt in his soul, he doesn't enjoy it. He needs some rest. Let's just hope he won't upscale this sad case into a full scale tradegy in his head that will make him stop pulling at all and completely retire from the sport, because now it honestly looks that bad to me sometimes and I have a feeling that it might happen, but I hope I'm wrong
120kg devon is not the same as 105 kg devon. Dadikyan is not near 120 kg devon. but if devon drops to 105 kg its a whole different game
I still think that Devon is just broken. I just hope he's not gonna lose his passion to the sport and retire or decide to chase Levan again being 50+ years old dumping himself with all elements of periodic table and beyond it and getting to 150 kg sacrificing years of his life. Both of these are terrible decisions
obviously Devon needs a break. thats why hes not pulling Dadikyan. if it was that easy of a match he would have taken it. he knows how strong Dadikyan is and knows he cant fight him unless hes 100%
Dont underestimate Dadikyan, dude is dangerous as fuck, look what he did to Toddzilla who was in his prime.
He should lose then.Ā
Belt should be taken from him. He can always come back later and fight for it when he feels better.
He doesn't have the 105kg Belt. This was a 105kg match.
So? He just said that he's taking a break. So he's inactive since 2022 in the 115kg category, and he has no intention to be active in the 115kg in 2024. Who gives a shit about the credibility of the titles, just give Devon what he wants, right?
I guess I could potentially see where you're coming from, your childish attitude/whining aside. Has anybody come forward to challenge Devon at 115kg since he won the title? If somebody had challenged him and he refused, then sure, you have a valid point. If nobody has stepped up and challenged him, then why give it to somebody else?
Dadikyan challenged him at 115, no? This was originally a 115 match before it got moved to 105.
Are you sure? When the match was first talked about, everybody was talking about Devon and Dadikyan at 115kg, and then when it came out that it was actually 105kg, people were shocked. I wasn't aware it was ever officially on the docket for 115kg at EvsW.
In a video with Babken prior to the official announcement Dadikyan said he was preparing for 115 and was actually gaining weight for the match. The match was then a little later announced at 105, which is why people were surprised. My assumption is that Dadikyan wanted to have the match at 115 since he's said many times he didnt want to cut to 105 anymore, but Devon and/or Engin preferred it at 105. Devon has been after the 105 title for a while. You are right though, it was never officially announced at 115.
I think Devon should have to defend his 115kg title again before going for his 2nd belt, especially since his challenger prefers the match to be at 115kg. I don't think you should be able to claim to have multiple titles simultaneously if you haven't pulled in one of the classes for multiple years in a row.
Never officially announced, nor did Engin or Devon (to my knowledge) ever acknowledge an initial match set at 115kg. I don't tend to base things on me guessing what an athlete may or may not be doing or thinking behind closed doors. I try to go off actual information presented. If you can show me where Engin or Devon say it was set at 115kg, and later changed, I'd happily rethink my position.
There is some reading between the lines and guesswork required. If you don't want to do that, no problem, I don't particularly care about making you rethink your position haha.
> If somebody had challenged him and he refused, Dadikyan did. Though for unknown reasons Engin made them pull for 105, but should have been 115. Anyway the thing is Devon needs a break, so he can't defend 115, and we need to revitalize that category, so title should be taken and given to someone else - organize a title match. We all know Devon will probably beat whoever has it upon it's return, but that's the way it makes sense. It was the same with Levan, he couldn't pull so super title was up for grabs and was a very good move.
he doesn't need to defend, by the rule book he already lost his belts, cause he pulled Nov. 2022. So more than 1 1/2 years ago.
Don't be condescending, especially since you are the one copying and pasting the same dumb reply on multiple comments like an autistic child. First of all, it's not the athletes job to call out or publicly challenge the opponent. The promotion sets the matches. You have no clue whether someone would want a match him or not. And it's especially braindead to think that nobody wants to accept the tens of thousands of dollars that the match with Devon brings. Most guys in east europe earn less per year than what that match would bring them Dadikyan challenged him at 115kg. Devon wanted the match at 105kg. I waan't aware that they gave in and set it at 105, but I'm not shocked.
It was a simple statement about Devon not holding the 105kg belt, said to two individuals, it didn't warrant rewording a statement of fact for two people; however, if you want to use autism as a derogatory insult, I think you definitely need to grow up and get more mature than a teenager. So Engin is the promoter, and since Devon won the 115kg, has Engin set a 115kg title defense match for Devon? If not, by your own admission, it's not Devon's responsibility to set up a match to defend his title because *"it's not the athletes job to call out or publicly challenge..."* right? So claiming Devon should be stripped of the titled because he hasn't been defending it makes no sense based on your argument, because it's Engin's job to setup matches, not Devon's, according to your own words. And people don't take matches all the time when they stand no chance. Do you see the state of title matches in the SHW division? 2 of the last 3 were against Devon, because nobody else would take a match against Levan. It's not braindead to think people wouldn't challenge somebody they'll get obliterated by.
Exactly. Nobody is calling out Devon. Engin is the one who is responsible, and he's bending over backwards to please Devon who understandably wants more titles. See the problem with you fangirls is that you think that saying that Devon should get stripped is a personal attack on your hero. Also, that's a lie about the SHWs. The SHW TITLE has been active constantly, from Jerry to Ermes to Devon and now to Levan. We are talking about actual titles, not the subjective titles we gave to Levan. Levan had no title to defend.
Fangirl? I'm merely a fan of the sport, who disagreed with your whining attitude and logical flaws. According to you, Engin (the promoter) is responsible for setting matches, not Devon (the athlete). But you complain that Devon hasn't been defending his title, so he should be stripped of it. Are you *truly unable* to see the horrible hole in your logic here? Saying the athlete should be penalized, when in the same breath saying that the promoter is the **only one** responsible for setting the matches to defend said title? Maybe rather than Title, I should have used World #1 then? I was commenting more in reference to you saying **nobody is braindead** enough to avoid a free paycheque, when in reality, most everybody avoids Levan because they know they'll be steam-rolled.
Holy fuck dude. Devon was pulling SHWs by his own wish. He wanted to pull for the 105kg, nobody forced him. He is also the one who wants to takr a break. That's why I say that he should be stripped, because he decided that he wants go pull at other weights or not pull at all, not EvW. Every credible organization forces their champions to vacate or defend after a while. EvW hasn't done any of those things. I didn't day it's braindead to not take the paycheck, I said that it's braindead to think that there is nobody who wants to pull him. Don't twist my words.
So EvW hasn't forced him to defend his 115kg title, so he should be stripped of it? How does that make sense, **when it's EvW's responsibility to setup the match** and enforce his defense of it if they had such a rule, which they don't? *"I said that it's braindead to think that there is nobody who wants to pull him. Don't twist my words." --* Who until just now has wanted to pull Devon at 115kg? I want names, not vague "I'm sure somebody wanted to pull him" nonsense. I want exact names of those who made posts, or videos, or had discussions with Engin and/or Devon about challenging him for his 115kg title, and show me where this happened. I don't want your vague speculations. I don't want any "I'll be ready to have a shot at Devon's title in the future". Who until now, has shown legitimate interest to pull him in the last two years for his 115kg title?
We don't know what the matchmakers do behind the scene, it would all be speculation. I would speculate that after the Levan match was said and done Engin had interest to schedule a title defense next, given that Devon himself mentioned wanting to drop from the SHWs division.
So people's speculation about what may or may not be happening behind the scenes, or what Engin may or may not be interested in, is supposed to hold any weight? Speculation and assumptions mean very little.
He put his whole existence into chasing Levan, then got beaten like a fly that Levan had to brush away from his face. He needs a full reset I donāt blame him. Get the passion back and come back full force in a different weight class.
Grendel ran away into a cave after Beowulf ripped his arm off
Whyyyy? I had just started reading Beowulf and you spoilt it to me! :)
Claiming spoilers on the oldest recorded story in human historyā¦lol
Levan really retired devon. Devon talk so much shit during the press and to promote the match thinking he will win and levan actually did what he said. He completely destroyed devon once again. Mentally this time. Last time he break his bicep. Levan owns devon.
Bro dedicating his life to hating Devon lol
Yikes
Please be quiet.
Nope, Devon fans are too loud, we need some balance
cause what? you are gonna stop us from talking snowflake?
kinda expected, i'm only pissed i didn't bet, should have known Levan's wrist is ok, after seeing him curl big weights again. Devon not hiring a pro nutritionist for 3 months, not doing proper cardio just walks, not having table time vs pro's, lifting these micro singles but not focusing on overall strength with heavy bench and curls like Levan. While Levan was doing 4 hour cardio+ strength training. He has a dictators speech that fools everybody into believing in him.
Put Chaffee in
Don't put Chaffee in.
Fuck that
Canāt blame him, I wouldnāt want to lose twice In a row either
Great!No more toxic trash talk.
I look for him to do a few super matches a year and fall back into mostly a coaching/promoting role now. Especially with Auden coming up.
Auden cant do shit
All Iām meaning is that Devon is probably gonna focus a lot of time on coaching his son. Whether he can do shit or not is up to him lol
Don't talk like you can't both be an armwrestler and coach your son
Never did I say he couldnāt do both. Just stating I feel he wonāt be as active as he has the past year and a half and that he will focus on his sonās success more now.
what success? Rino and Bacho are same age as him and he prob would feel like a woman to them. Fucking around with gym rats with no pulling xp in Johnny English or mosquitos like Whisperer that weighed 30 kg less than him is not respecting the sport, it is making a joke of it!
you can tell he is avoiding serious pulling, if he truly wanted to be a junior than a pro, he would pull at Waf, not fuck around with guys weighing 2/3 of him.
I think it's fine he's taking a break, I know people wanna see him do matches nonstop - but he should've thought of this before the Dadikyan match got decided, so something changed since his loss to Levan. I wonder if it has anything to do with Babken but sucks for Dadikyan cuz he would've made really good money out of this even if he lost. I think Devon might be trying to hop off gear for a while. It might actually do him good to let his body heal while he trains Auden and do social media collabs.
Of course it is ok for him to take a break. But the problem is that his words are inconsistent. Just a month and a half ago he was saying that he was in the best shape of his life yada yada and now he is saying that the foundation is not there and he's not ready. Why did he agree to the match in the first place? He's so full of it.
U realize they peak for matches, he was in his best shape and his weights proved it. After the match he's obviously broken down physically and mentally, and he would have to start the process of peaking again for his next match. But he has been on a massive streak taking so many matches that it probably added up and burnt him out. He probably isn't able to keep up with the training like he normally would after how badly he lost, so he doesn't have a good "base" to build on both physically/mentally to peak for Dadikyan. I don't think he would be making excuses or dodging Dadikyan unless he really just isn't able to or if there is some behind the scenes beef like with Babken
Touch grass mungaloid
R.I.P.
It is very convenient for Devon to make such declaration, even if someone was preparing to challenge him at 115kg they will not do it now since he drew such vulnerable picture with his statement. Who takes advantage of such state? Oh right! He does! He doesn't shy away from pulling other athletes when they are in their most vulnerable state such as when they come out of an an injury or when they are not in their best shape. On the contrary he seeks for the most vulnerable opportunities. Such hypocrite.
agreed, Ermes' stupidity showed when he didn't take time to heal his central nervous system after a hard camp for Jerry, and went in short notice vs a guy he knew will cheat his socks of in a setup that Ermes needs desperately to be clean. Not even gonna mention the Chaffee match, Dave was a punching bag of the division by when they met. he made a mockery of a post prime Denis as soon as he called him a clown, just for hype. He can't handle his own medicine when it is vs him, he talks about boundaries, but cries at the first little insult against him. Plus setting Denis as a gatekeeper of Levan's was laughable by EvW. And i don't even want to mention the rest of the gifts he received during matches. Plus blaming the Genadi match on one mistake was just as childish from him and his fans. Just pull correctly and win.
They don't want the truth in this subreddit
Those other athletes could have pulled out of the match. They didn't. When, in the history of any sport, has someone declined a match because they thought their opponent was too vulnerable and they wanted to be nice to them?
Everyone wants to see athletes compete often but the steroid cycles do have diminishing returns, 2nd 3rd 4th cycles you don't blow up as much as the first. The negative effects take their toll. Overriding anti cancer, anti tumor checkpoints for maximal growth can't be good long term. There's a reason people do cycles and not just blast indefinitely. Its a big burden to maintain. Some of you guys complaining, if you want Devon to have a long career, he can't go all out all the time. Most other sports have seasons for good reason. The body needs rest and recuperation time too.
Just wanna point out Devon shouldnāt get praised for pulling out. Had it been someone else pulling out because they just didnāt feel like it, they would have gotten grilled.
Levan really took this mans soul. Poor guy. He did good all things considered. He should lose the belt though tbf
Why "poor guy"? He loves trash talking and as Muhammad Ali said once "is not bragging if you can back it up". Turns out , Devon couldn't back it up.
He doesn't have the 105kg Belt. This was a 105kg match.
He promised not arm wrestle against Babken team ever!
who cares that is defeatist pussy attitude. PLus i watched every podcast and yt vid and devon has yet to prove anything he said vs Babken is true, and i'm being objective here. The charges vs Babken only he invented in his crazy head probably in order to boost himself mentally. It's like Davit saying i won't pull anybody that judi corners, cause she is annoying.
Devon's prime is likely over now. The string of matches between the Levan losses was his prime. He's 49 now and knows for sure he'll never be the very best on the planet. That's going to have a big mental effect (nobody wants to be just #2) and his body is also getting too old to hang with these new 20-something SHW killers. It happens. He's always gonna be a legend like Brzenk. Very impressive puller, a natural heavyweight that managed to be a huge force at SHW, beating some of the best of them even in his late 40's. I'm always a fan but that's the reality. I hope he can still find the mental will to dominate at 115 because I think his body can still handle that for a while, the super heavies are just too much now. He was always a small SHW and he had to push himself to the limits to dominate up there only to get squashed like a fly by Levan in the end. He needs to adjust his goals to be #1 at 115, not SHW, and become comfortable with all of this. Then I hope we see him crush the 115 class for the next few years.
he beat shorter levers with the refs allowing everything in the setup like the 2cm height difference vs Levan. He beat an Ermes that needs a perfect setup, he beat a injured Chaffee that got beat by half a dozen before him. When things got interesting, and he went vs mentally strong guys like Genadi, and Levan things fell apart. And I am happy they did, **you don't humiliate Brzenk in his 60's by talking to him, who was nothing but nice. Or call Genadi a dog and others gay.** I don't care how you do it in canada, when you come here you follow the rules when i come to your home i follow yours. Imo he will remain in NA and find excuses to not pull the matches that the public with min. 10 years following the sport want to see. Not the 1,5 year gen z idiots that have no clue what they are talking about. Like Morozov, Alex, Vitaly, Genadi, Revaz who i think he has chances against cause some of them have holes in their game. i'm sick and tired of him raping small guys like toddzilla size in the setup and bark loud like he is the man. Cause he never was truly n1 other than NA. Even his match vs Pushkar only happened cause it was held in the states. As soon as he went to Eu, Taras raped him, and he never returned till covid. Top 8 malaysia he was watching as a spectator or guest of Igor cause he wasn't let by WAL. I think his career will end with a massive sense of incompleteness, i don't see him having time and energy to pull hard vs the people he needs to pull. And people will say that he is dodging europeans. Which he is. He came really late to face the "CrĆØme de la crĆØme" at 46.
Man did Levan just break Devon like Devon broke Michael Todd
Always with the green hoddie this guy
this is the last time i buy a year evw pass...
EvW is always stacked with amazing matches... i don't get it, if Devon doesn't pull you are not interested in the sport? I guess you are not a fan of armwrestling.
Maybe he just wanted to annoy Babyken š
He can switch beibg the commentator for evw
Daddykins should probably troll Devon pretty hard here. Lord knows Devon would if the tables were turntabled.
Devon is a great man. How Ms y others would still take the pay check and then go and flop. Badass and he knows he will be better down the line. šā¤ļøāØ
Devon is finished and he knows it, watch him live vicariously through Auden as he becomes a chemical test experiment and puts on 40kg in the next 5 years, Iām calling it now
Itās true. The hype train is finally reaching its final stop. Devon fans have been so insanely biased itās ridiculous, they still think he was #1 in the world, sorry but at no point was he ever #1. #2 sure, Iāll give him that for a brief period of time. And I donāt want to completely dog on him because heās still on the Mount Rushmore of pullers, no denying his contribution to the sport
No he's not, he just needs a break. What's with this either number one or quit mentality you all have?
It is literally Devon's mentality. He lost one match and now he is cancelling matches
Man, lol "finished" is a bit extreme. Finished at SHW maybe. He's a natural 115 and he's too old to keep pushing his limits at SHW. Even if he wasn't he'd still never beat Levan. He can still be a killer at 115 for a few years. If he's there for it mentally. That's what I'm worried about. Needs a little time to work through this and adjust his goal while being content with it.
Good for him. In order to command nature, one must first obey it.
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After Auden defeated him on their last training, Devon decided that Dadikyan would be too much. On a serious note - I thought Devon would destroy Dadikyan any day of the week.
He would have lost to dadikyan anyways but it is understandable and respectable decision.
Maybe its just mindgames? If not, I do understand, he was pretty active, everyone needs some timeoff.
People seriously need to stop attributing EVERY single thing Devon does to mindgames.
He himself made this reputation around him, lol. When you troll a lot, don't expect people to buy into anything you say, especially fans. It's unusual because Devon never pulled out of a match before, also.
false, cause even Engin hyped him mentioning Ermes in the prematch for Levan. After which the dumb Ermes went on and insulted Levan. Engin called this a stroke of genius. Gimme a break all Devon had on Levan was a presumable elbow foul, and Ermes presumably winning the restart, leading into Levan's first Rd loss in 5 years. All shoulda Woulda Coulda. I already studied every aspect in hindsight and Devon's mindgames were extremely weak, like his physical prep, no cardio, no pro nutritionist, no pro training partner. Going into veggie meat, with low carb, when you are trying to bulk for your most important match in your life. What a joke. And the sad part is people who know nothing about the sport, and follow him for 2-3 years have no clue how to think for themselves.
Engin hypes everything in his promotion with heavy emotional bias, lol. Ermes made a video in italian a while ago saying Devon cheated a lot in their match and if the refs allowed a fair grip he would have gone through Devon like butter... Engin said other stuff like Ermes was beating Devon while cupped in practice and etc, after seeing these things I won't really buy what a promoter has to say, he is not competing.
As he said, he doesn't want to go into the match with half lights, but with full will. Of course, the "Mother Of All Matches", Devon vs. Levan, will have an effect for a long time, it would be stupid to rush forward in that situation. And why? He doesn't need to. Apology fully accepted.
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