Taras and John's matches are stuff of legend. If they had arm wrestled a million times, I'd watch them all.

In 2005 they had Video proof for elbow fouls, and 2019 they don't 😂😂

@aristotels_aristotals

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!

@TimmyTurner421

4 жыл бұрын

They also used to have a laser right in the middle of the table to make sure nobody is more turned in

@jimjimmy3131

4 жыл бұрын

yeah , cause losing a match because you had your elbow 1mm up for 0.2 secs is fucking disguisting . fuck this shit . we want a match of streangth not techicalities

@royjonesrampage6684

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimjimmy3131 yeah that can be dealt with thats not an excuse for the shit we are seeing now we could call that "shake" or something and allow it.rules make the game no point if ppl can cheat all they want and are encouraged to do so. result 1:get huge advantage and win. result 2: get a foul but more likely not to happen if you do it right and even if it does you need 3 of those to lose 1 match.

@toopkarcher

3 жыл бұрын

They do replays in WAL but for some realllyyy weird reason their camera angles are so shit. Even in the replays you can't tell whether or not something was a pin because the angles are so off.

Taras Ivakin has an amazing top roll. Hats off.

@rykehuss3435

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best I've ever seen. Total beast

@leg_splayer5405

3 жыл бұрын

Rykehuss it's not a top roll btw

@TheJohnbusi

3 жыл бұрын

The toproll in the second match was so fast, if John wasn't able to stop it Taras would've won in 0,6/0,7 secs. Insane, the problem is that when you stop that it, Taras is done.

Taras was the most aestheically built armwrestler. The guy's physique was next level.

@casualcasualty1867

7 ай бұрын

It wasn't natural or sustainable, but yes

@decarthes

2 күн бұрын

@@casualcasualty1867 Nobody said he was natural. Roids alone don't make muscles look like that, you need the right genetics.

Always loved this match.

Neil is such a great commentator.

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

@Wostershire Agree

@christianschob

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@billyshupe702

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!! He is pretty damn good arm wrestler too!!! Love that guy!!! Wish he would enter some of these tournaments!!! Idk if he is hurt or just retired?? One of the best matches I've ever seen was him and Michael Todd!!!

@maximedupre8043

3 жыл бұрын

Compared to the "look at this, look at that!"

@ManicMindTrick

2 жыл бұрын

The guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He is a smooth talker for sure.

unicorns a myth john brezenk is real

@hannibalbarca4140

5 жыл бұрын

Best announcer in all pro sports

John Brzenk is made for armwrestling

@iarif19

5 жыл бұрын

U mean to say born for armwrestling

@rhythmelf8881

4 жыл бұрын

@@iarif19 No, made.

''When you have smoke and a lady with very little cloths on you have good life''

@k.apowell5688

3 жыл бұрын

Dude what?

Even with the Ivakin elbow foul pulling off the back of the pad John was still in control both times... Greatest of all time.

Brzenk an ordinary looking engineer man with a out of this world strength! Brzenk is the ordinary beast!!!

@PinyataSpirit

5 жыл бұрын

41 cm forearm its ordinary looking? Don't agree

@TheMrMurtle

5 жыл бұрын

what impresses me about brzenk the most is his enormous back

@lepe

4 жыл бұрын

@@metafull Absolute nonsense, tendons don't produce any mechanical strength.

@lepe

4 жыл бұрын

@@dqreps If conditioned they only prevent the themselves from tearing. In any case that's irrelevant to this discussion since the guy clearly claimed (before deleting his comment) that the difference in power comes from "strength of tendons".

@jaywray1

3 жыл бұрын

@@lepe hello hello, I cant see the original comment you're replying too, but just wanted to say that attachment points for tendons can make an absolutely huge difference on the leverage in a given exercise.

Taras looks like jeff cavalier from athlean x

@bess00

5 жыл бұрын

True af

@nobody.475

5 жыл бұрын

looks like ryan gosling

@alexrichards3813

5 жыл бұрын

Kandai no.

@Will.2V

5 жыл бұрын

hell nah, all those muscle imbalences

@FrankGixx99Motovlog

4 жыл бұрын

hhahhahhahaaha lmao

No doubt John brzenk has been in next level

At this time, Brzenk was the only one in the world that could do what he did here to Taras

@vaishaligujar199

4 жыл бұрын

Voevoda Cyplenkov could easily beat Taras

@darkdemon4083

4 жыл бұрын

Cyplenkov can't be toprolled by Taras

@TheBrocktonBlockbust

3 жыл бұрын

John won just because he cleverly used fouls to tire out the explosiveness of Taras. A less smart armwrestler would have been shattered by that toproll. By the way, Voevoda did toy with that version of Taras the same way he did with John at Zloty. Izy peezy.

@leg_splayer5405

3 жыл бұрын

Dark Demon not the same class

@johnsothoth

3 жыл бұрын

Ron Bath beat Taras in the 2004 and 2006...

WoW.The Legendary battle!

When John lost his hand and wrist, held him, and then downshifted and plowed right through everything Ivakin had, he looked Unstoppable

@ManicMindTrick

2 жыл бұрын

That was such a crazy moment. You just don't do that against Ivakin and yet he did it.

Legendary Match

It is unreal how strong John Brzenk is!!! He can arm wrestle from every position against anyone at anytime!!! That guy he just beat is unbelievably good and he had no chance if John is on his A Game!!! 👌💪 I could watch this dude's videos of him WHIPPING ASS all day long!!! Greatest Ever NO DOUBT!!! 🤷‍♂️💪👌

the comment Neil made about the "ladies" would not fly now lol

15:25 crazy!

@danieljulian5172

5 жыл бұрын

I know I didn't expect that! It kind of looked like Brzenk just simply wasn't ready on the word go. Still, very impressive by Ivakin.

@milanbabic92

5 жыл бұрын

His forearm got bent a bit.

@commenthero9089

5 жыл бұрын

Top roll ftw. No strap needed. Cleanest Win.

Ron Bath Second place? Impressive!! At the time, he was one of the best in the world.

john brzenk what a champion what a guy :-}

John fantastic Body and Power Control. Strong Body tension

Ahh 2005...those were the days

3:18 16 inch forearms meaning 41 cm . And 2:55 Taras had 17 inch forearms meaning 44 cm.

Taras Ivakin is the Toproll master

Iconic Intro Music

It's so weird to hear Neil Pickup in both ears, I got used to him sitting uncomfortably close to my right.

taras got some lucky wins there..john was in a league of his own at the time..no question.

@valeriolucentini5436

6 жыл бұрын

jhon blocked all hit attacks lifting his elbow and going in straps, in my book taras is there.

@TheBrocktonBlockbust

5 жыл бұрын

yeah u definetely win some match against the best of all time by luck... what a fucking joke of a person commenting nowadays on ty

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

@Time Abyss +1

@19:30 _listen carefully to the background music_ - outer space kind of music is hidden which ends @19:43 really weird to hear that with all the other noise & voices - cool

Epic!

Джон - красавец, но он очень медленный...приходится иметь многократный запас силы, вытаскивая скорострелов от подушки, но в его крюке дохнут микробы))

If you look at 14:05 you can see a second elbow foul from J. Brzenk. Taras deserved a draw 3 - 3. That should be the final score!

@aryanrudra24

3 жыл бұрын

Hot damn!! You're right !

@LeahRobb

2 жыл бұрын

I think it either was so small, that they didn't see it, or they accepted that a tiny elbow lift without any other motion attached would not be called. John made a point of pausing at centre before moving towards the pad. If that had been called, then all you need to be able to do to win is yank your opponent hard at the go. It seems a bit of a lame way to win. John was so dominant against Taras here. He deserved to win - against the guy with the most aesthetic arms :D

IMO not even this version of John could beat Voevoda. Still too close with Taras and to be honest this is a controversial win; this match is so close.

The real deal. The best

41 years old . . . PLEASE not possible

@jeremywade6986

3 жыл бұрын

Explain your reasoning. John was 41 in 2005. He was born in 1964...it's basic math.

I like the PAL great officiating they called every foul unlike in other arm wrestling associations.

08:08 commentator knows what life is about haha x'D

@g29000

2 жыл бұрын

hes hilarious lol

Ivakin defeatet larratt

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

@dvr1337 yup , smoked Larratt

@oriondx72

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-1750 when was this? couldn't been lately as larratt is a beast now.

john is proof of full american muscle in arm wresaling

Ждём Ивакина в топ 8

insane wrist strength

You can see an elbow foul by John @14:06 (freeze) { _this was not caught by Neil Pickup or the Euro judges - and that number is recorded on the video @00:00:28

he try to hook john AHAHHAHAHA

@mirai4652

5 жыл бұрын

ahmet saral ahahahah so funny shut the fuck up pussy bitch

@Ziggy21142

5 жыл бұрын

Birthdxys lmao love you

@gurrac710

5 жыл бұрын

@@mirai4652 shut up yourself its funny evil one.

This is a great referee if Michael todd was here he got no chance to win

He put 100kg on opposite hand !!!

Хорошо Тарас разок выиграл чистенько, красиво.

Джон красава!

The game over and over estoped

Always like 👍 👍

Jaśiu to Mistrz nad Mistrze.

Never seen so many fouls in a match

Belarus 2020 Zabudova

Remember when they used to give elbow fouls Undertabler : u can't pin me

'Introdukin' 3:22

Brzenk 180cm? you kiddin' right?

@OsirisVas

7 жыл бұрын

185

@radoslavvarga4102

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah i know man look at the video

@user-rf2sk8co1o

6 жыл бұрын

185

Devon should beware. I like him more than John because of his energy but the GOAT is the GOAT for a reason

These fouls 😭

GOAT

What a stupid rules, when you understand that your lose, you should get out from pad, and then you do not lose.

No way can this version of john can best dennis of 2018 and current levan.

4:27 john brzenk elbow faul

4:27 5:58 12:13 13:50 17:28 если бы судьи не закрывали глаза на эти фоли то Тарас выиграл бы этот армфайт

10:49 WTH he eyes

@bruceleroy8063

3 жыл бұрын

He almost transformed. Almost.

Holy cow, enough with the elbow fouls, let them pull FFS

PAL doesnt fool around with these fouls Michael Todd would be screwed

The microscopic elbow fouls make the sport worse . In my opinion.

@TheBrocktonBlockbust

3 жыл бұрын

Taras would have pinned him multiple times if John didnt foul to absorb all that devastating toproll explosive power. John probably did it on purpose: such a high table IQ.

@wizardofsteez

3 жыл бұрын

Time Abyss I don’t necessarily believe that . The way that John was able to hold and then pin Taras makes me believe the elbow fowls were accidental.

Брзенк видно силнее

John ended his career

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

lol no

Apart from having the perfect height, I don't get how John is the best armwrestler ever

@vladimirgertner3960

4 жыл бұрын

He had 25 years of going undefeated in supermatches. He would lose a pullor two, but nobody managed to beat him in a best-of fight in 25 goddamned years. He was undefeatable until injuries and old age got to him.

@alexandervouzenthal8163

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirgertner3960 You don't understand. I literally mean, how is he the best ? How does he do it ???

@unknwn_usr3077

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandervouzenthal8163 lol

@haagenneldeberg6787

4 жыл бұрын

There are some visible mutants in armwrestling, but I believe John is a bit of a mutant himself even though you can't see it. He has probably above normal human muscle acceleration. There was this little guy in Stan Lee's superhumans that did incredible feats of strength that just seemed impossible especially for his size. The scientists then found out his secret to that was his superhuman muscle acceleration.

6:06 john brzenk faul

These lady drive me crazy xD, i can't focus on the fight.

ivakin and his classic false starts and steroids

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

@Craig Laycox Don’t fool yourself buddy, Brzenk himself has admitted that after a certain point (vs taras he had started) he was on gear..injecting testosterone is gear you know that right?

@TheBrocktonBlockbust

3 жыл бұрын

@Craig Laycox You killed me with the vegan part dude HAHAHAHHAHAHAH

I almost believe this John can beat Devon’s Tcyplenkov......

Brzenk is look like a russian Ukraine ethnicity

GuiTaras loses

Roids and powder can give you mass and size but not strength but only real food and proper training

@PumaTomten

5 жыл бұрын

Huh?? Taras was strong enough to beat anyone but Brzenk superior technic

@Alex-1750

4 жыл бұрын

@sagar gupta Wrong Mass= muscles and muscles=strength Tendon strengthening is another chapter..

"No advantage really gain" from lifting the elbow 4 cm at the start :)), I guess the guy who is commenting the match never arm-wrestled...

@andonisgaja7379

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dylan-pt1iv Doubt that, unless he started professional arm-wrestling at 7. But anyway that's even worst, because then it means he is ill intended. That elbow being raised that much gives enormous advantage that is also why you will not see anywhere that position being accepted.

Taras was injured and had a bad year....

@hlecaros

6 жыл бұрын

Nove Hracky STFU with your stupid and pathetic excuses you fucking loser.

@darchandarchan7036

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, he never had victories over John, so, it's ok

@hellbound5448

5 жыл бұрын

Tfu u commie

@3xceed

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, injury to his ego after his loss to Brzenk.

@TheBrocktonBlockbust

3 жыл бұрын

You happened to trigger a lot of fuctards inbred morons. Good job dude.

i hate these bs too strict elbow foul calls, let them pull ffs wal is just much better, they just need to change pads-they are too big and be more strict about the kings move

All of these john wins becouse that time there was not levan saginashvili🤒

He keeps running out of a match by slipping his hand out. If ur really the best then you should be able to win with out slipping and trying to get into a strap every match.

@miked6367

5 жыл бұрын

Auto MD Dont embarrass yourself idiot. Statistically John is better at arm wrestling than Ali was at boxing. That’s not even my opinion, it’s statistical fact. You kids have no fucking clue how good John was.

@Thatcardude207

5 жыл бұрын

@Mike its ironic you talking being an idiot while thats the only word that describes you. Even the commentator is saying the Ukrainian deserved the win. Don talk about something you don't know about. Go and work on ur forearm the only way you know.

@Lunarpollo5622

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually true, john at that time needed the straps or he would lose his wrist, i wouldn't call this guy an idiot, it's a simple observation, in this case john is actually smart enough *not* to try to beat taras outside of the straps because fast strong top rollers have a huge advantage outside of straps, john is smart here by slipping

@natoskull2

5 жыл бұрын

The straps are the best proof of who of both is the real STRONGEST guy on the table. Has always been like that.

@lepe

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right, the problem is that having straps can be a huge advantage in some scenarios so when everyone do it you have to do it too.