Dave Chaffee vs Vitalii Laletin ｜ King Of The Table 5 Full Match

The time for two people to show that they are the best in the world, two people to climb in the top five of the rankings and get everyone talking about the next time that they could possibly take on Levan Saganishvili. I'm talking about our main event, easy money, Dave Chaffey versus the Russian bear, Vitaly Laletin. Oh wow, has RL Stojan just turned up because I've got goosebumps. That was unbelievable. The time is now, the main event is now, for the first time ever, we are seeing two of the best in the world go at it and the time is now. Ladies and gentlemen, your first member, your first Titan in the main event. It's the Russian bear, Vitaly Laletin. Vitaly Laletin is back to a supermatch armwrestling, haven't even seen him pull internationally since 2019. At one point, ranked number two armwrestler on the planet, has given the biggest, the toughest match to Levan Saganishvili and for many considered to be the man that can challenge the king. Today is his return versus really formidable foe, Dave Chaffey. We can see the focus and determination of this giant and he really is giant. Standing six foot seven, that's 204 centimeters tall, just big, biggest Vitaly we have seen in a while, 135 kilograms, bicep as big as forearm. That's impressive for a man of his size. The man mountain is here, but he has to look across the other side of the table. Ladies and gentlemen, Easy Money, Dave Chaffey. Here he comes, ladies and gentlemen, Easy Money, Dave Chaffey, the Titan of USA armwrestling. A long time elite armwrestler at the super heavyweight level, he has been as high as number two in the world. He's challenged Levan Saganishvili and tonight we will see him facing Vitaly Leventin for the first time. He looks mean, he looks tough, he's a proper hardened, seasoned armwrestler. This man isn't the epitome of strong. When we think about what style he brings to the table, power is it. Standing at 188 centimeters or six foot two at 45 years old, 126 kilos, bicep 20 inches, forearms 18.1. Dave Chaffey is ready. Dave versus Vitaly. This is it. Big match here, right? This is our main event. This is a match that the armwrestling world has wanted to see for a long time. Two of the absolute best right here. Absolutely. Dave has always, like he's on that line where he's the best in the world. He has come really close to it, but just haven't achieved it. Vitaly is the same. The very critical first round, if we look at the set up so you can see, Vitaly, he is sitting down somewhat. He's levering off his elbow, looking to control height. He's got good purchase on the thumb of Dave Chaffey who isn't settled there. Dave will not take it. I feel it's going to be referees grip. Look for Dave to try to get on the tricep side of his elbow and rise up just before they get to the ready go. The longer arm of Vitaly, you expect him to go to the low hand top roll at some stage. How soon will he go there? Will Dave control the top of the table? We find out right now. Big move now. Center. Okay, hold on guys. We're going to go to referees. Dave is looking uncomfortable, or I think that's the game plan. Maybe it's the game plan. Might be the game plan. We know that endurance is a big factor. He wants to conserve energy. He doesn't want to perhaps blow his hand in the set up, so happy to go to referees grip. Or the other hand, as you say, maybe it's Vitaly and he's static strength at center that's imposing right now. We will learn a lot from this round. I'll be very disappointed if this doesn't turn out into a war. Here we go. Referees grip. Both guys looking high. Looking pretty even. Good start. Good power. Exactly what we expected. Balance right in the center. You can see the rising pressure. I got goose bumps. This is it. Dave's looking composed. Now in the straps, I feel like the man who can keep their knuckles high is going to be in control here. Dave Chaffee looked good through the wrist, looked good through the fingers, but the side pressure of Vitaly Letin looked very statically strong. Look for Vitaly to explode sideways with a low hand top roll, and look for Dave to try to keep the wrist flat with his knuckles high. And just drive sideways. Whoever controls the wrist here will have the keys to controlling this entire match. Vitaly Letin most likely possesses one of the best, if not the best, top roll on the planet. He is the top roll king. So if he's going to use that long lever of his, if he has to defensively top roll, we've seen him be able to hold Levon Sagnashvili at center in that round one for a long time. It took a long time to get through the defense. Dave Chaffee has a big task here to get through that. Vitaly Letin, Dave Chaffee, round one, here we go. Looks pretty even till now. Let's see who takes the first one. Good height from both athletes. There's the start. We are locked at center and it is a battle of the wrists. Dave loses the hand, but... Wrist position there. Good pronation control, good back pressure. Side pressure from Dave Chaffee. Both guys being patient here right now. Vitaly Letin in a defensive posture, but he's losing his wrist ever so slowly. Dave Chaffee there. He doesn't want to move. If he moves, he might open himself up. This is why he's stuck in a place. Dave Chaffee standing back up, getting behind his arm into a press and gets the pin. Dave Chaffee. This will be a war. I guarantee this will be a war. Dave lost his hand on the first one. Let's have a look at the replay, because what a balanced match that was. You can see the commitment there. Nice press from Dave. As you say, the reason he had to go for that press was he could feel his hand was going to gas. So he committed. He went, pull the trigger now. What that means is the later rounds his hand is going to be worked. Also, he felt that he trapped Vitaly. If Vitaly moves, he will open himself up and Dave can just drive him down. So Vitaly chose to stay on that place, which I think might have been a good strategy. Because if you're looking for the win in the later rounds, that's what you want to do. Put more bleed on that hand, more bleed. Let's see where the endurance for both of these athletes is. Vitaly, like I said before, Vitaly that we know could sit for 9 minutes and had those long matches. That was 9, sorry, 110 kilo Vitaly. Vitaly really does, he puts the onus on his opponent to force the issue. Due to the shape and the length of the arm, the biomechanics of his defense, he's able to prop his long arm up there because he's got height, he's got pronation, and that long levering back pressure that he has prevents his opponent from actually getting through. Sorry about the sound interruption there, but Vitaly Laletin, you can see there, composed. He looks a little concerned, he knows he's in a fight, but he has all the tools and the endurance. We know Dave's hand is going to be pumped already. He has to do the same thing, same thing. Just keep working on it, keep working on it, and hope your back pressure doesn't fail before Dave's back pressure. Exactly, because Dave right now, you can see it, he knows he's in a war. When you're 1-0 up, but your hand feels this pumped, people think you're in a good place, but you're more about damage control right now. You're thinking, how do I get through this next round without losing my hand completely? But Dave Chaffee looking good there, not a lot of sweat on Dave's forehead yet. He looks pretty composed. There was a good amount of patience from both guys there, and it was Dave who decided to pull the trigger first and look for the decisive pin by committing to that press, getting it on this occasion. Fascinating round two lies ahead. Round one was very similar to what we saw versus Vitaly versus Levan. That gave it a little bit more information for us. Dave is most dangerous on those first two rounds. If you take Dave's track record, I can't think of the last time he lost the first two rounds. He is dominant in the early stages of every match that he pulls. Last time he lost it was just to Levan. Just fixing some table technicalities here. The cameras need to be fixed so we can see all the angles, so if there's needed to look at a replay, we know. Who does this give an advantage to, to get a little bit of an extra break? Who needs it more right now? I feel the longer it goes, it doesn't favor Dave. Like last time, the matches with Gennady went really quickly, and then he just got blown. So you can see the grip being negotiated here once again. Dave Chaffee again looking unsettled. Deliberately probably looking for that ref's grip. He's not at all interested in looking for a start outside of the ref's grip. Looks like a tactical decision that seemed to work for him in round number one. Dave is a very rigid rules kind of guy. He doesn't like it to be drawn out. He just says, let's get center and go. Dave loves the classic WF rules. Round number two, Dave Chaffee won on a scoreboard. Vitaly Laletin stopped the match, but just couldn't get out of it. Interestingly, no one, they haven't elected for the strap. Both guys still backing themselves to win the fatigue outside of the straps. And good start there, Dave Chaffee. Wow, good start from Dave. Coming over the hand of Vitaly Laletin. You hear the corner man giving instructions there. What did they say then? He said he doesn't understand the commands that this ref is giving. Vitaly perhaps missing the commands there, and Dave getting the jump. At the end of the table, there is no ready. There is just go. But everything else is the same as it has been forever in armwrestling. Wrist, wrist knuckles, center, rotation. Now Dave, you can see, slightly just edging ahead in this six round supermatch right now. He's happy with where he's at. He's going into the strap this time. The buckle is on Vitaly Laletin, which will give a slight advantage to Dave Chaffee given that this is a hand and wrist battle so far. Both guys looking to control the top of the hill. The outside game is where this one's at. Let's see where round two goes. You see Vitaly not wanting it tight. He wants that strap to stay a little bit loose. He's obviously invested in busting the wrist back of Dave Chaffee. I would think this round, this setup, the strap favors Dave. We see the audience coming live. That was a lot of movement. A lot of movement from Vitaly Laletin coming forward. Trying to get a better grip. The wrist rise dominance from Dave is looking good. Perhaps Vitaly is feeling that a little bit there. He's looking for that adjustment. Trying to get a little bit of extra pronation higher into the hand of Dave Chaffee. Dave is doing really good versus top rollers. Really good. Really good versus top rollers. Here we go, round two. Good start from both athletes again. It's Dave Chaffee on the slight offense in the air. There he's taking the wrist control, but there's that defensive triangulation from Vitaly. Running foul on Dave Chaffee. He has the hand back. He's actually bleeding Vitaly right now. Running foul though on Dave Chaffee. He's going to have to do it again. He transitioned to a press and got the hand back. Press and the wrist was back, so he had the options of top roll or press. This doesn't look good for Vitaly at all. Because Vitaly doesn't have what Gennady had or what Morozov had, who were able to fatigue the opponent. One elbow foul for Dave. Still live in this second round with Dave Chaffee now on the elbow foul. Restart. But good signs right now for the American, Dave Chaffee, getting ahead in the hand and wrist. What this is going to mean is that Vitaly Laletin is going to need to find an adjustment. Given his style is almost exclusively top roll, the options are very limited. There's not many things that he can do. He can either run further or he can rise higher. But at the moment it is Dave Chaffee who is in control of that rise. So let's look for potentially Laletin to really run into a defensive position. Even more so. I'm just looking at Dave's hand. It looks really, really pumped. It got just three times bigger than we saw in a pre-show. You seeing this? Yeah. And Vitaly's got to latch onto that. He's got to not lose hope. He's got to know that Chaffee runs out of steam in rounds 3, 4, 5. The problem comes when you put yourself in compromisable positions. He needs to not lose his hand. He needs to stay together and keep working, keep working, and working. And hope by the round 4 it all comes together. Like we saw in Monroso vs. Dadikian match. You can see a very calm and controlled Dave Chaffee. Still no sweat on his forehead where if we compare that to other matches gone by where he was pouring in sweat against opponents that he lost to. So these are good signs for Dave Chaffee at the moment. Vitaly Laletin, the man who needs to make the adjustments. Let's see what he comes up with. Round 2 restart about to get underway. Dave's looking very good. And there is the start and great drive from Dave Chaffee. He's in control of the side pressure battle. He's got the wrist compromised. Laletin now dragging. There's a good side pressure from Laletin. Dave flirted with the idea of pressing. And Laletin surged sideways. And now Laletin on the red line defense trying to get Petit into the arm. Vitaly knows it. He doesn't allow. He doesn't, yes, as soon as he transitions. But still a lot of drive. 2-0. Look, Vitaly did everything right then. He waited, he timed his side pressure perfectly. But Dave was up to the challenge. Just committed to getting into that pressed position and drove to the pad. 2-0. That took a lot out of Dave, for sure. And Vitaly, of course, too. But I think Round 3 will be the definitive round where we see where this match goes. There's still the opportunity that both of these guys are fatiguing in a similar sense. It may not look it right now, but Dave Chaffee's hand, you've got to realize, is running out of fuel. But he kind of neutralizes your hand and he just drives you to the side. But when you don't fight for that hand, for that high spot. When you put it on him, you know. You can see Dave Chaffee icing the forearm there. Both the flexors and the extensors and in the hand. Armwrestling undoubtedly pumps your hand. The ability to maintain control over your hand and wrist. And you can see the Aussie armwrestler there assisting there. Dave Chaffee's arm would weigh 10 kilos by itself. Jake's struggling to keep it up. There's a line to clip for later. That's what she said. Round number 3 coming up. You can see chalking up there from Vitaly Laletin and Dave Chaffee. Interesting battle right now. The fatigue, the endurance. We talked about it prior to this match that it would become a factor. Both of these guys have fought in the hand and wrist. It's Dave Chaffee leading 2-0. Let's see what Vitaly Laletin can bring to Round 3. You can hear the breathing starting to increase on the table. Not sure whose breath it is we're hearing but you can hear the breathing. It is there. These guys are working hard. Dave's again looking for the referee's grip. He's not even holding on. He's just pulling back. Vitaly Laletin trying to use these moments to add extra fatigue. He's behaving perfectly. So it is Dave who is the bad guy in the eyes of the refs right now. And Vitaly using that static threat to try to get some value into the hand of Dave Chaffee. Still no strap agreeance. I find that interesting. They'll undoubtedly slip here. I don't think anyone is going to pin either outside the strap. What that tells me is they both still back themselves to win the fatigue battle outside of straps. They want to put work in their opponents and here's where they're going to do it. Round number 4. Better start from Vitaly. There we go. Elbow foul on Dave because his wrist. Dave dumped for the slip too early. And Vitaly perfectly timed re-grip, grabs the fingers and actually was in a great position where he could have potentially finished the match. But Dave recognizing that and running for the heels with a deliberate foul. It would be great if Dave comes up. Strap. One foul on Dave Chaffee. Referee's grip. Vitaly has found something here. Outside the strap. This is what we're talking about. The hand of Vitaly is getting control over the hand of Dave. Dave just wants to get tied to his opponent and use his arm and his wrist rise. But right now Vitaly has an opportunity. He's got Dave on one foul. And an opportunity to prevent the slip from happening. Here we go. Round 3. Much better from Dave. Vitaly was trying to do the same thing. Not allow him to escape. But still. It was commitment from Dave Chaffee. Inside pressure and back pressure. He didn't muck around. False start on Dave did I hear. False start? Oh, come on. So Dave did drive hard. We saw that extra bit of enthusiasm there. Which perhaps did earn him. This will help Vitaly to let him. Dave Chaffee is going to have to do it one more time. Every time it goes longer it favors Vitaly in my eyes. Dave is a powerhouse. But he will soon run out of coal. So no straps still. Just a false start on that. No foul accumulated from Dave. But that was in the referee's grip. So it should have been a foul I guess. Yeah. I think that's the second foul for Dave Chaffee. So perhaps the second foul. We'll get clarification on that one as we move forward. We'll see if anything changes. You can see Dave perhaps flop slipping there. Dave. Bad decision. And it's Vitaly Laletin with the win. Dave. You can see. Very casual there. He came forward thinking that he would get the flop slip for free. And it's cost him big time. 2-1. Like I said. The third round. That's the one. Dave hates number three. All I can say. What went through Dave's mind then? Why did he do that? I think he felt it would be better. Because he knows what Vitaly is expecting him. To go backwards and try to catch him. The instant replay will show it. It was complete control from Vitaly Laletin. As Dave just very casually comes forward there. But he's cut off. Perfect control. He loses his wrist. I feel like he missed the start also. Not a huge amount of concern in the face of Dave Chaffee. But still a big error. Look. If you're in Dave Chaffee's camp right now. If you're a Dave Chaffee fan. You've got that feeling again right now. That feeling that we've had so many times today. Where Dave comes out. Looks so dominant in rounds one and two. Gets the job done. You think he's going to go on with it. And then. The pendulum starts to swing. I'll tell you how it is. Vitaly gave him two of the hardest first two rounds. We have seen anyone give to Dave. For sure. Vitaly Laletin is right there. In the top of the world rankings. Doesn't matter how this match goes. I think he can fight with everyone. The last guy that beat Dave is right here. Artem Morozov. Maybe that's the next match. And we see Artem Morozov in the corner of Vitaly Laletin as well. So no doubt. Some good words of wisdom being passed on there. You can see the man Artem Morozov there. In the back of the screen there. Interesting point right now. This balance. This match is balanced. It's 2-1 to Dave Chaffee. But if you had to pick a favorite from here. Ray. Who do you think is ahead right now? Vitaly. I knew you would say it too. I knew you would say it. Vitaly Laletin is in a good position right now. It's pressure on Dave Chaffee. To work out how he gets to straps. Without losing a round or compromising his hand. It's becoming a little bit of a hard job. Like he had with Levan. Where he just couldn't slip. I think that strong hand is not used to slipping. This is why he's so comfortable on holding on. Even if it doesn't favor him. Let's look at the grip that Vitaly Laletin looks for. No doubt he's going to look to control that hand and wrist. Dave is again looking for referee's grip. Dave needs to rise hard. He needs to hit that back pressure. Time the dump of his wrist. If he dumps early, Vitaly Laletin will control it. He's got to back his wrist rise. Stay with his back pressure. And not over commit to an attempt to slip. They went so hard. Dave is bleeding. Round number four. Vitaly looks calm, collected. He knows this is the moment where everything can change. I feel like even Dave there. You can see that Dave knows where he's at. He knows that endurance is an issue. You can still see that he's attempting to remain calm. He's not flustered. He's breathing slowly. Better from Dave Chaffee. Perfect transition from Vitaly Laletin again. That is definitely going to be a foul on Dave Chaffee as he thought that he had the slip secured. Vitaly Laletin changed to a nice exploding hand technique and followed Dave Chaffee off the back of the pad as he tried to slip it. That will definitely be a foul on Dave Chaffee. That was close to javelin. But it wasn't javelin. I just can't stop. We're waiting on referees. I think both referees are going to review that one to have a look. Vitaly Laletin potentially coming off the front of the pad if we get to see the replay. We have the referees right here. You think it was double elbow foul? Oh, did he push or not? Oh yeah, he pushed him. There was a push, but was there a foul before? Let's have a look. We're looking at the replay right now. Dave's elbow was already off before Vitaly started pushing him. Definitely a foul being awarded to Dave Chaffee. The referees now just looking at the replay. It did appear that Dave Chaffee's elbow comes off the pad well and truly in advance of Vitaly Laletin pushing forward. Feels like Vitaly pushed him off. Pushed him off so... What's the call? What's the call, referees? We'll find out. It feels like it's going to be a foul on Vitaly. Such a disrespect. So they're going to call it a javelin. Yeah, I think that was a javelin. One elbow, one foul for pushing off the pad for Vitaly. Yeah. Hey. I called it. The infamous javelin from Vitaly Laletin. They're calling that one and to explain the rules there it was Vitaly Laletin it is illegal to push your opponent deliberately off the pad. You must always be making an attempt to pin your opponent not to push them off. Vitaly was inspired by a Canadian but not the Canadian you all think of. Round number four. Boom. There's that position again. Vitaly has the fingers once again. This time it's a foul. 100% foul. I'm going to review this one again. Maybe even a pin. Referees are coming back. Oh no, they're just there talking. If we look at the replay here it was definitely a compromised wrist from Dave Chaffee. Vitaly Laletin gains control of the hand and wrist and the question is going to be the question will be Elbow foul for Dave. Elbow foul Dave Chaffee. Vitaly Laletin is cornering Dave right now. He's not letting him get to the strap. We see a lot of good technical smart strategic armwrestling in the main event from two of very very experienced armwrestlers Vitaly Laletin and Dave Chaffee. 2 to 1 currently the score with both guys on the foul. Still no strap. Vitaly Laletin he has sensed that that is his best opportunity to absolutely prevent this match and Dave Chaffee this time in trouble once again. A bit of a foul potentially there but Dave Chaffee now committing to the flop press unable to get there. Elbow foul again as he backed off. I thought he was going to get it but he hurt himself then. I hope not. What's the call? Dave Chaffee looks good. We need to see referee It's a winner. Vitaly Laletin takes that win as Dave turns it around. He tried for the flop press but wasn't able to get it and then just conceded because he felt like he was going to hurt himself if he stayed there. Dave Chaffee in trouble now 2 apiece. Vitaly Laletin has found the right lane and that is preventing the slip. That's the chink in his arm. I think he's too strong in the sense where he's not used to slipping. Everyone else is slipping or trying to slip with him and I think it's such an uncomfortable position for Dave to be in right now. Let's see if he can commit to a flop press or something like that just to get that strap. In a strap it all can change. I think it's still pretty damn even. If it is in the strap I give the edge to Dave Chaffee. Outside of the strap it's clearly Laletin. The odds of it going to the strap At the moment Laletin is walking the tightrope perfectly. He is controlling left and right of centre as Dave attempts to slip. We'll get a couple of replays here. You'll see this final pin Dave's wrist was compromised. He commits forward looking for the flop press. You think he's going to get it but then Dave at the last moment concedes there. Pins himself with a sudden change of direction. You can see obviously the wrist angle, the elbow was not in a good position Vitaly was not letting go of those fingers and Dave Chaffee unable to get the slip conceding that round. That's the main event 2-2. What else can you ask for a main event? Like I said I would be terribly surprised if this turned out to be a war and it is. Technical Still anyone's game this one. Vitaly Laletin is looking good right now. He's found that position that's working. If Dave can get the straps you have to say it still favours him there. Where can he go? Hopefully there is no injury through the elbow so far. Dave Chaffee looking good. Nodding to the referee that he is good to go. Electing to go straight to the referee's grip. They will be happier if it's the referee's grip and the straps for sure. Let's see what he has changed. You see a much lower grip from Dave I still think he's going to try to top roll but he's going to try to hold on and actually win. But Vitaly Laletin Too much Vitaly Laletin Decisive Foul. Elbow foul for Dave. I think his elbow came off while Vitaly was driving his arm. Let's see if we get a replay from a potential another camera angle. We kind of missed that one but Dave Chaffee on the foul there pulling his elbow deliberately off the back of the pad as that attempt of a pin from Vitaly Laletin occurred. Dave Chaffee back against the wall. Vitaly Laletin coming home strong. Round number five. Regrips are going to be so critical right now. Who will get it? And we are off to the straps. Here we go. This could be even a silver bullet. Oh my goodness. Dave Chaffee has found his way to the straps. This is where he had success in rounds number one and two. You can see he is working hard. He's in pain. He's grimacing. He's breathing heavy but he has got to the place he needs to be. Vitaly Laletin now can he survive in the strap? Dave is looking really good. Both of them are looking. This is really balanced match. This is exactly like we said a freaking coin toss. With two rounds to go. Anyone's game. Anyone's game. Let's see if the strap favors Dave. How much endurance he has left. How much side pressure commitment he has left. And how much of a back pressure of Vitaly Laletin has suffered. Look for Vitaly to take the hand control straight away from Dave. But look for Dave's arms. Sideways and hard. And there's the side pressure drive. Locked at center. Still Dave is in it. Dave Chaffee. Still in it. The arm power of Dave Chaffee is surviving. Vitaly is looking for the pin. It's exactly the opposite position it was for first two rounds. Hang on a second. That might be a push. Foul. Foul on Vitaly Laletin for pushing. That was a foul. Wow. It was Vitaly Laletin changing the direction there. A second foul of that nature where he's pushed his opponent deliberately off the pad without an attempt to pin. Both guys are getting pumped. They're both redlining. This is pretty much what happened round number one and two. Just the opposite. It's fascinating looking at the tactics going on too. You can see both guys recognize when they're in trouble. They're attempting to use the rules to their maximum capacity to be able to gain the advantage they need. Vitaly Laletin what we saw there looked like a deliberate push. The referees suspect it. They're going over to the cameras to confirm whether it was the case. Vitaly was inches away from a pin. Dave had the stop though and it was a sudden change in direction from Vitaly Laletin who looked to cause the foul. Let's have a look at the replay if we get it. The referees are consulting. Dave is holding his pronator, his back pressure very good and then Vitaly tried to transition to a press. You can see Lachlan Adair helping out Dave Chaffee in his corner there. No doubt Dave Chaffee is pumped. Lachlan Adair working on the pec and the delt there of Dave. Ice is in the hands. This man is pumped and through the forearm right now. The referees still looking and reviewing. Very interesting call coming up. We'll see which way it goes. This match on a tightrope. It's a weird one. It can let's see what the referees call it. It's very hard to tell from the angles we're seeing. But I feel like Vitaly was just transitioning to a press. It wasn't deliberately trying to push him off the pad. Very interesting call coming up. We'll wait to see what it is. The call is one foul, elbow foul on Dave Chaffee. They're happy that it was an attempt to pin from Vitaly Laletin. So we will restart that one. We'll be in the straps still but there is a foul on Dave Chaffee. We can see the blood pouring out of the hand of Dave Chaffee. The re-grips from Vitaly Laletin have taken their toll. We can see the look of concern in Vitaly's eyes there. He wants to be certain that he is not being given the wrong call here. Tim explaining that the foul happened before the pin. Because he wasn't sure that Vitaly wasn't pushing him off the pad. They looked at the replay and you can clearly see that Dave's elbow came off before the pin. It wasn't a deliberate press on the elbow. I think at this point Dave has two elbow fouls. Look at the pump in Dave's right arm there. Insane. Four times bigger. It looks like you could drive your car down the veins on his forearm there. They are pumped. Right now we are two apiece. At this point I feel very comfortable taking on Dave Chaffee. I'll let you have that one. But right now two fouls on Dave Chaffee. One foul on Vitaly. We want to thank everyone for buying the pay-per-view. For tuning in. For supporting King of the Table. Supporting Armwrestling. This is the best card King of the Table has ever had. Absolutely. And this main event is coming down to the wire. Vitaly Lett and Dave Chaffee. Anyone's match right now. Anyone can take it. Round number five. Who wants it more? About to get away. Who wants it more? Early start there from Vitaly. Accumulates the foul because it was the ref's grip so you can't. There's no warnings in the ref's grip. So the immediate foul. Two fouls apiece now. Two fouls for both armwrestlers. Don't move. And the start is away. The side pressure defense of Dave Chaffee is there. The hand and wrist is compromised though. But it's Dave Chaffee defending whilst Vitaly Lett is surging. Looking for the pin. He's close. He's millimeters away. Dave Chaffee. There it is. Winner. Vitaly Lett 3-2 Oh my goodness. The real question round number six will be can Dave slip and will the buckle change things? Because right now Dave had the buckle. He was in a bad, worse position. He was defending very well. His pronator. His back pressure. But I feel Vitaly just wants it more at this point. Vitaly Lett. Yeah. He's hitting. You can see the heart in the way that he's hitting. Look at it. He gets the position he needs to. Millimeters away. Millimeters away. Millimeters away. And Dave Chaffee's arm is his last defense right now. You can see his wrist is compromised. He's kept his pronation but he's levering through trying to just get some degree of defense and opening up the position of Vitaly Lett. But to no avail. And it's Vitaly Lett one round away from victory now. I think Vitaly is learning a lot about his arm wrestling in this match. Like he's fighting without the hand. Imagine that. Both of these guys are losing their wrist flexion. They're pronating through their thumb. It's fantastic stuff. Even Dave's defense is very out of what he used to do. You know? So both of them are tested to their limits. It's a great match. So right now does Dave need to change anything or does he just look for the little differences in the buckle? Does he stick to the same game plan? I think same but he cannot miss the start. He just has to get a little bit more of a center. More of a center. More of a center. How much of this match is mental right now? I think it's everything mental. It's down to who really can dig deeper and actually commit harder and just want it more. We know that Dave has like legendary side pressure. And he could just freaking commit to it. And I think he could actually something. Vitaly looks incredibly emotional right now. We've heard about the emotions from Dave Chafee but I'm seeing emotion in the eyes of Vitaly right now. This means a lot to both of these men. I think so. Both of these men have been as high as number two. They've taken a couple of losses and people have written them off but the winner of this match charges straight back up into that leaderboard. And you can see the emotion in the eyes there of Vitaly Laletin. Fantastic stuff. Great match. Great match. Great main event. King of the Table 5 right here in Dubai. Maybe the last round we're going to see today. Dave Chafee looking for the fight back and he wants to take this one to a silver bullet. Vitaly Laletin will do everything within his power to finish it right here. Leading three to two he is one round away from victory. It is Dave Chafee who has to come up with the comeback. Acknowledgement from both athletes there of the battle that has been. A lot of respect between them. Straight to the referee's grip. Don't move. It feels terrible being these kind of arm-wrestling matches but these are the arm-wrestling matches we live for. Good start from Vitaly Laletin. He's got the wrist control and there is a slip Oh, what are they going to call it? What are they going to call it? They don't want to call it prematurely. They're going to check. We want to see the strap. Strap! The crowd starts to go into the chant for the strap. They want to see it. Referee's going to do the right thing and they're going to consult with this one. They're going to be looking at the rules as far as King of the Table goes. They're going to go back to watch. If it's peg height, losing position, then it will be a loss. But if it's above peg height, it will be a strap. The review is going to be critical. Referee's now looking at it. Strap it up, the referees say. Good news, ladies and gentlemen. Dave Chafee is not out of this one yet. We will see round six in a strap. And we will strap it up. The buckle is on Vitaly Laletin's hand. Still a board round. It's very, very close. Who wants it more? Who will seize the day? Who will seize the opportunity? Who will become the champion of this match? Both guys, great effort. Let's be honest. It's a great match. Great pulling. Couldn't ask for more from a main effort. Both guys going absolute red line. Leaving nothing on the table at all. Blood out of Dave Chafee. Both guys emotional about this match. It clearly means a lot. And we're going down to the wire. Awesome. I want to come forward a little bit. Center, please. Don't move. Both athletes now trying to gain their composure. Thinking about the task ahead. As this strap goes on, every little millimeter is critical to their game plan. Vitaly Laletin, we know he has early access to side pressure. He's taken control of the hand and wrist in all of the last three rounds. But Dave Chafee, if we remember back to his early rounds, he had success with the press. Once he got his shoulder behind, he was able to get the finish. Dave Chafee is going to look to just stop the match as close to center as he can and then find shoulder commitment. Vitaly Laletin, he's going to want to surge hard, sideways, early. He wants to get defense, get Dave Chafee into an open position where he can then swing around on his arm and get a victory. Ladies and gentlemen, here we go. Round number six. Don't move. Dave's looking like he's going to dive in. Dave coming straight into the press. He's going straight for it. There we go. He's in the press. And it's Dave Chafee. Oh my goodness. We've stopped it with the elbow foul. He wasn't even fighting. He was giving everything up. That is where I hate the running fouls. Why wasn't that a runner? For me, that is just let it continue. Dave Chafee in the offensive position. Probably one second away from a decisive victory. Vitaly Laletin pulls off the back of the pad and they restart it. Why did they restart that? I hate it. Next time when they do a rules meeting you do not destroy armwrestling. You make it better. We should be in a silver bullet right now but Dave Chafee is going to have to do that one again. Dave Chafee is shaking his head. Not happy with that situation. He felt like he had done everything to get that victory earned and rightly so. He had committed his shoulder very bravely. He was in. Vitaly was running off the back of the pad because he was about to be defeated. He could feel that. He could sense that. The whole idea of a running foul is to prevent exactly the situations that we've got. But here unfortunately we are going back to the table. The big crowd is starting to ramp up. They want to see the silver bullet. They know that Dave Chafee had that round. They're behind him as we go once again to the strap on round 6. I feel like pendulum just swung the other way. Dave is full of energy. Vitaly feels the danger. He understands the situation. Dave will fully commit to a floppery press. Yeah, Dave knows that he can do it now. Vitaly though, he now knows it's coming. Will we see more back pressure and a hit in a defensive sense perhaps from Vitaly Letin? Will he try to punch him out of the shoulder early? But you can see once again, Dave Chafee is committing. He's already turning that shoulder forward. He doesn't give a F about that hand. Zero. He's like, I don't care. All side pressure from Dave Chafee. Here we go. But good start from Vitaly Letin. But here comes the shoulder. Shoulder behind. Very good position. So close. Beautiful stuff. So close. Down pressure now just moments away. Here it comes. There's the transition. Can't get the victory. Vitaly Letin holding on. He is fighting back and Dave Chafee can't quite finish. Another drive from Dave Chafee. But it's Vitaly Letin still digging deep. Both guys red lining right now. Dave Chafee starting to breathe heavy. Looking for the opportunity. So close. Elbow foul. Elbow foul. Vitaly Letin second foul. Oh my goodness, Ray. This is awesome. Wow. Like Dave cupped his fingers and he lost connection of his small finger, his ring finger. And I felt that made a big difference. He was pressing but there was nothing to press with. Unbelievable. Unbelievable stuff here. Both arm wrestlers digging as deep as they can. They know that it's now or never. Both these guys. Dave Chafee's commitment to this press. You can see the pains. He's never committed like this from the go. It's bloody. It's dirty. It's red lining. Wow. This is honestly fantastic. He was done. He was gone. It was over and he said no it's not. He just held on. No. Amazing stuff. Commitment from both. These are the arm wrestling matches you will always remember. This is probably one of the best wars we have seen in a long time in this heavyweight division. When we think about what is going to determine this match. It's down to pure heart now. It really is. These guys are going to get strapped back up and they're going to go again. And we're going to go to the same position. It is 100% down to bravery and courage. Look at that bag. Blood all over the table. This is amazing. This is violence. This is fantastic. Dave Chafee Vitaly Noletin living up to the main event in the best possible fashion. Spectacular. Amazing arm wrestling. This one comes down to courage now. There's nothing but courage. Courage wins this. I think both guys said **** it. Exhaustion from both men now. Both of these elite super heavyweight arm wrestlers. They're sweating. They're breathing heavy. Their arms are trashed. They are bleeding from their hands and wrists. Their elbows would be inflamed to a degree you simply could not imagine. Dave Chafee's elbow would be so painful right now. The bicep of Vitaly Noletin has nothing left in the tank. There's no offense for him anymore. He somehow has to try to find a way to pin Dave Chafee. When Dave is coming forward straight at him with all of his shoulder commitment and you can see it once again. We're going straight back there. Dave's coming at him and Vitaly's going to hit sideways. The real question is can he stop him high enough that he can get his shoulder behind. If he can silver bullet. If he can't Vitaly Noletin takes it 4-2. Here we go ladies and gentlemen. Round number 6. There is the start and it's Dave Chafee. Much better. Much better. Really close. Really close. Vitaly Noletin holding on. And we got a silver bullet. We're so close. We're almost there. The referee's checking that he doesn't touch his shoulder with the hand which would constitute a foul. Noletin digging in. The effort being put in. Absolute red line from both of these phenomenal arm wrestlers. Dave Chafee searching for the victory. Noletin holding on with everything he's got. Who will take it? Round number 6. It is an absolute bloodbath. Dave Chafee exhausted. Breathing deeply. Vitaly Noletin now gatching his breath. Both guys backing off. Looking for the timing now. Who's going to have the courage to stay with this longer? Both guys. And it's Dave Chafee. Dave Chafee makes it. Ladies and goddamn gentlemen. We have a silver bullet made of it. Wow. This is arm wrestling at it's best, Ray. The best arm wrestlers in the world dying on the table giving everything that they've got. Wow. Wow. I hope they're giving out bonuses because these guys deserve every single thing. It's amazing. Massive drive there from Dave. Look at the pain of Vitaly Noletin as he attempts to defend. He is giving it everything. He's exhausted. Both men falling on the table as the referee calls it. What a match. Who takes it from here, Ray? I don't know. Again, we're going to start without the strap. We're going to start if they get the strap with a buckle on Dave's hand. That's what we've got to think about now. What are the corner men saying? What is going through Dave's mind? He's got to get to the strap. He's got to. Can Vitaly control him out of strap enough now? Is there anything left? The real question is how is Dave going to slip? Is he going to do a flop wrist press where he might get just pulled back? Or does he try to top roll? Yeah. Decisions. Important decisions right now. Vitaly, what's going through his mind is he's thinking, I need to win this clean before we even get to the strap. That arm got so heavy, they asked Lachlan Adair to be there. We have the ambulance officers in here even patching up Dave Chaffee in between rounds. I feel like Jake's like, hey, I can't live this anymore. After round three, he's like, hey. Oh my goodness. You can see the blood all over Dave Chaffee as the medics and the ambulance officers are patching him up. Let him go, I say. Just let him bleed everywhere. It's going to come off anyway. It doesn't matter at this point. This is what we wanted. This is like, hey, how many times we said coin toss? I've never been more right in my life. I feel excellent about it. Take a bow, Dave Chaffee, Vitaly Laletin, whoever goes on and becomes victorious in this. This is as good as arm wrestling gets. It's got strength. It's got technique. It's got heart. It's got everything. Drama and we still have suspense because we... Look at that bag. It's terrible. I've never seen a blood-soaked head like that before. This is fantastic. And I love that you've got to change sides and hold the other man's blood. Let him bleed. Let him bleed. Someone said arm wrestling isn't UFC. I'm like, okay. Look at Vitaly. There it is. Look at the blood. You can't even get it off. That's ingrained in. Put that in a museum. Yeah. Just saw it off. Yeah, the chalk would be stained red as well. Look at them, both of them. Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter into the silver bullet round of our main event, King of the Table 5. This is what it comes down to. Dave, easy money chafing against Vitaly Laletin, the Russian bear. This is perfect for a main event. The best part is Tim asking questions and none of them even a little bit responding. Look at the raggedness of these two. Vitaly Laletin's hair. He's covered in sweat. They went the distance. Round 7. The unicorn of arm wrestling. Round 7. Here we go. There's the start and it's control from Dave Chafee. Outside of straps, he's gone. Slip. It's a slip. They're going to strap it up. Here we go. Wow. It was the blood-soaked hands that got the slip there. Dave Chafee came out of the blocks early. I feel like what Vitaly Laletin was doing, because usually it would be Vitaly outside of straps dominant, but I feel like Vitaly is conserving energy, saving it up for this inevitable battle in the strap. What we need right now is Vitaly Laletin committing to full shoulder press. Don't make me do that. Oh my goodness. If Vitaly Laletin comes forward into a hook and wins this, I will lose it. Imagine. Because that would be the best. It would be open. That door would be open right now. Oh my goodness. Don't get me excited about this. Will we see? What is it going to be? What will be the determining factor? Is it going to be hard? Is it going to be the same press for top roll? Are we going to see something out of the blue? Something different? Is Vitaly Laletin going to hook? Is Dave Chafee going to defensively top roll? Where is this one going? We're about to find out. If Vitaly chooses to hook him, Dave ends up in a bad position. Because he's giving up all that leverage. He's coming down and Vitaly is all over his arm, over Pernader and everything. Because Dave Chafee is committing to the press. We can see already he's strapping that way. Right now, Vitaly Laletin. He has an opportunity to rise, control the Pernader and control center. I think the back pressure is dead. There's nothing to do there. You cannot get out of it. Now the buckle is on Dave Chafee's hand, so that is going to be a slight edge towards Vitaly Laletin. Last time the buckle was on Dave's hand. Dave wasn't committing to a press. Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. Round number seven. This is the silver bullet. You see that all-out commitment from Dave. He is full Jerry Cadarette-ing this one. We just need a tongue. Dave Chafee wants some chalk for the elbow. The blood-soaked elbow is sweaty. He doesn't want to slip off the back of that pad. The tension in the room is rising. Silver bullet, ladies and gentlemen. King of the table five main event. It all comes down to this. Here we go. Final round. There's the start of Dave Chafee committing hard. Dave Chafee looking for the pin. Here comes the fight back. Vitaly Laletin leading off. It's an open arm top throw. Dave Chafee now defending. He's holding centre, breathing, waiting for the time to commit. He recommits. Dave Chafee takes the silver ladies and gentlemen. Dave Easy Money Chafee takes the victory in the absolute match of the night. Look at this. Take a bow, both gentlemen. As he embraces his wife there. What a victory. Dave Chafee coming through with endurance but commitment. There's the celebration. Dave Easy Money Chafee. There's no retiring. He was kind of pointing he might retire. What a performance. What a performance. What a match. Look at that style. Massive effort. Let's cross now to Jake Ward, the Aussie arm wrestler. Wow-ee Here we go. Before I get into Dave Chafee, put your hands together for the Russian man, Vitaly Laletin. That's what King of the Table is all about. Main event caliber matches. Silver bullet. Now let me introduce you to the winner of your main event, Easy Money, Dave Chafee. Dave, I will try and carry this interview and do all the talking mate. You are sucking in that much in that you're breathing in there. A lot of things were brought in to this match and the one thing was endurance. People said you'd gas out early. They said you had no chance after three rounds. Wow. That's all I can say. Wow. What I had to do to have that much more endurance than I did. It was the first time you ever gripped up Vitaly. Will we see a rematch? I would love to pull Vitaly again. That's one of my most memorable matches I've ever had. It's a war. I was up 2-0. He came back 3-2 and I came back. Oh, what a match. This is up there as one of the best matches of the year. One more thing, Dave. One more thing now. It's happened. I just wanted to get you here. You are the King of the Table 5 Main Event winner, ladies and gentlemen, Easy Money, Dave Chaffee.