The arm wrestling world misses Pushkar. Taken from us too early.

I love John's little nod at the end. Never in doubt.

A match between two greats with no 5 minute-long setup nor a strap. Miss those days.

WOW, hook and drag, into a top roll, and finally a shoulder press..... FANTASIC!

Brzenk drove all these Russians to abuse steroids today.

Voevoda win one turnament when beat tired John and everybody thinks he was greatest ...

I saw him in person, not on cable....if that's what you meant. Didnt know he was on cable lately. Once I realized he was there, I watched him very closely, and he is a arm wrestling "scientist" if you know what I mean. He watches every match like an analyst. Never misses a thing. Always learning. A real "afficionado" of the sport.

Brzenk is like the Pelé of Armwrestling lol. Actually he has never beaten Voevoda. Pushkar, despites of his angry face, is a really nice guy too. I met him at the world championship, and he is a good guy.

im not that familiar with arm wrestling, but that must be the most technical match i have ever seen. Its awesome how brzenk uses different technique´s. in the beginning a hook later on a top roll and to finish him off he is doing some shoulder technique. Its damn impressive how he top rolls his opponent, thats brute force. But the best is Brzenk´s face when he top rolls Pushkar...its like "im gonna destroy you now and rip you apart"...

Awesome by Brzenk. That top roll was brutal, and then he just hooked him straight back in and buried him.

John Brzenk is a fucking stud. I don't give a shit if he loses 20 matches in a row he's still one of the best to ever walk the earth.

The Can Opener. Brzenk is the man

very cool you saw him in person. i was referring to possibly armwrestling on espn2 or something. interesting that he studies strategies, he needs to considering some of the guys he faces outweigh him mightily

Watched him last night here in Oregon. Won 7 or 8 matches in a row without even breathing hard. Incredible !!

Exactly, John Brzenk is THE BEST!!

Has anyone else ever noticed how big John's hands are? Aside from when he pulls Denis, John's hands dwarf all.

very cool, i dont have cable. i wish they would post more of his videos on youtube

I love this armwrestle a perfect example of how fucking awesome brzenk is

interesting that pushkar was not ready for that final move utilizing different muscles. thats why brzenk is the best, the ability to adapt "during" a match

He started in a hook, went to a top roll, but finished with a tricep push. I think Pushkar made two deadly mistakes: Gripping with Brzenk, without allowing a ref's grip (when the ref steps in to grip the two). Anytime you let Brzenk grip you without calling a ref over, you make a HUGE mistake. The second deadly mistake was turning his body before securing the wrist advantage. At this point with Brzenk defending, all Pushkar could do was hold on. Re-wrist-gripping would have lost it anyway.

Брезек в лучшие годы, эх жаль сейчас уже не тот :(

Can you feel, that!

That's actually about right. I think I recall it being measured to around that under controlled conditions with two heavy weight arm wrestlers.

that was incredible.

brzenk just looks cool , big neck too. your right, he switched to a press which worked perfectly

do you know if hes going to pull in colorado this year? id love to go see him

it is absolutely amazing that john can beat worldclass guys that outweigh him by 50 lbs

john actually completely destroyed pushkar in all the ways without actually saying a fucking word! Just GOAT things..

Yes!

That was a pin wayyyy before he pressed!!!

Wow brzenk looks so calm here

Watch @ 2:16 - That's skill.. Brenzk is the most skillful arm-wrestler of all time.

@Catanumberone deci pushkar ii castigatorul categoriei grele la nemiroff 2005,ca asa zice domnul Neil in video-ul asta

@armwrestling23 40% is a bit of an overstatement

@azuuu008 No, Travis Bagent won the Open Class in 2005.

is pushkar the champion in 2005 at nemiroff?

I am a fan of brzenk, but alan fischer has better technique, even the king said in a intervie, while beeing asked "did alan ever defeated you" , he replyed "more time that i want to remember"

yes :)

This Brzenk vs current Levan

ok, i apollogise. are you asking how was he better in this match which allowed him to win???.... John brzenk has been armwrestling longer than anyone, he is stronger than almost any armwrestler that ever lived, and has better technique than any armwrestler ever. Its just like any other sport. He KNOWS what hes doing. However, It would take me forever to explain and describe step by step what he did in this particular match and he technique he used to win.

i dont understand, how did he win?

Its all due to popularity of the sport or category. Elvis was a legend in his time but there was no such thing as the "arm wrestling era".

John is bad fricken ass man!!!!!!!

pushkar sure gained a lot of weight in 6 years... maybe a little too much

Man hook ,toproll then press all under 10 seconds who does that

John's arm is fuckin huge here.

alexi voevoda best right handle ever denis cyplenkov best left handler ever

@linda135 He lost to Voevoda at Zloty Tur in 2004 Open Final

brzemek is koks ladnie walczyl

to get good in arm wrestel just do what brzenk did, and arm wrestle as much as u can

@linda135 he could've, if Veovoda didn't retire...

john best stamina armwrestler

@murad421 Brzenk had to diet down to 209lbs to go against arsen.And as u know when u diet down to compete in anything u will loose strength.if your competition weight is 240lbs and u have to diet down to 209 you know u are loosing 40% of your strength.While arsen is at his best at 198lbs

he has mamoth hands

dislike from Andrey Pushkar

Learn some technique. Maybe he is just better than you are though. Have you done lever lifts?

prime john was an absolute beast...pushkar had to put on 50 pounds of pure steroid muscle to defeat him

Todd lost pitifully to Voevoda.

am not, just dont know anything bout competitive armwrestling

Nope. That`s not hard to do without steroids.

Brzenk have the best techniques ever! Voevoda Have the best power!

haha is the best

excuse me there voevoda in 2004 won 3 tour's euro championships and nemiroff world cup and awl he did beat brzenk in 2004 even tho he was tired still he put him down in 1 second that some fucking power right there even john himself said his the strongest so its logical that many thinks voevoda is the greatest with good reasons too :)

are you being sarcastic?

its called steroids.

if brzenk is like pele of football then voevoda is maradona of :)