Riekerd Bornman vs Alizhan Muratov

Now that's a better position from Borman now. Lost the pan, didn't think he's gonna lose the pan. My name is Alijan Muratov. I come here to destroy Rikard Bormann. Alijan Muratov, a guy who thinks he can beat guys bigger than him. Rikard is African Pussycat. I'm the African Lion. You are no lion, you cat. There's a reason why they call me the African Lion. I'm gonna eat you alive and I'm gonna send you back to the 105 kg class. Alijan, go play with your little friends. Go play with the little friends on the left hand. Rikard, you talk too much. Good luck brother, you'll need it. Pussycat, meow meow. Alijan my friend, we'll see who's meowing tonight. The first of them is now about to make his way into the arena. He hails from and is proudly representing his home nation of South Africa, where he is the recognized overall champion and part of a savage pair of brothers who have started to go on the hunt in the sport of professional arm wrestling. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome now making his way into the arena, the biggest of the brothers of South Africa, Rikard, The Darkness, Bormann. The original Lion of South Africa waits in the corner for the introduction of this magnificent, giant, killing athlete. Ladies and gentlemen, he is making his debut in the United States of America. The first time in East versus West on the right arm. I would like you all to raise the roof and rip it off for the arm wrestler from Kazakhstan, Alijan Manerata. Right arm, Monday Muratov. Finneges went on the table and he is here, a giant killer. I've been known to be jealous at times when it comes to these arm wrestlers. I will never be more jealous if in fact I find out that Alijan is also an absolute beast on the right arm. And this is a very intriguing matchup for so many reasons. This is his coming out party on the right arm. He said he was ready for a really high level athlete. He's got a man who is on a tear in Rikard Bormann, a South African lion is really on the rise. He's without his baby brother here, but you know that back home, Duvan will be absolutely tuned in and Rikard Bormann will want nothing more than to go back with another impressive scalp. Here we go, Bormann, South African. Watch for the speed and pace. I'll tell you what, Rikard Bormann may have been first out of the gates there. Two things to note right there. First of all, if you wanted to jump into the heavyweight class. It didn't look like it was a pin, but Rikard claimed it straight away. Let's have a look. I'm sure we'll see it on the replay. Okay. We will see in just a moment. Traditionally here in the play of East versus West, you would definitely see the straps come out or a foul caught. Here we go. Here's the replay. Oh, from this angle, hard to tell if we could see there from the side, we're going to see from the side. No, I don't think so. Does Alijon understand the system that we have in place here, where he can back up and give that little challenge flag there? Never had that before, but would anybody like to let him know that we have challenge flags here in East versus West now? But like it or not, I was getting that. If you wanted to show us that you're a 231, 251 pound arm wrestler and you're going to jump into the super heavyweights, be careful choosing this guy because it's not a matter of if, it's when is Borman the super heavyweight champ of the world because this young man is definitely on his way. Oh, Rikard Borman is an athlete. There is no doubt about it. He's so endearing as well. You meet this fella. I mean, he is just a lovely kid and he's so strong. He's so obsessed with this sport. He has arguably the best training opportunity you could possibly have with his young brother, who's also a savage on the rise and they're both just encapsulated by the game. And right now he is killing the hype train of Alijon Muratov. Waiting for the goal, round two. Muratov, hops, stops and slaps out. Wow. Hey, if you didn't think the man had strength on the right arm, think again because... We talked about this yesterday because Rikard said, what do you think I should expect and I said, expect him to be incredibly strong and sticky. We will see what happens when this match stops and I do believe it will stop right now in a strap. There are lanes for both individuals here and sometimes when you go a little too fast, you can lose a little position. The forearm strength of Muratov is there for all to see. This guy has tremendous hand and wrist strength, tremendous fast switch explosivity and this match is far from done. Bournemouth leading by one pin right now. If someone were to ask you, how are you, how can you be considered the best arm wrestler in the world? Well, one way to do it is to be clearly the pound for pound left-handed champion and then another way would be to show us that you are an absolute savage in a hook. Look how confident. As far away as his shoulder is from his hand, the brakes were put on. Look how confident, like this is kind of scary. Oh yeah. Like nothing. But he's still fast switch. Now that's a better position from Bournemouth. Didn't think he's gonna lose the pin. Oh, jacket. That jacket is mine, brother. No, no, no. Alijan gets a foul for decline humerus. Elbows down. I think he was fully confident he will be just able to contain him with a wrist curl and clearly that's not a thing that's gonna happen with Rikard Bournemouth there. Let's be honest here, Rikard Bournemouth is a puppy in this game. He is not been arm wrestling a long time. He's fueled by obsession. He has a very quiet endearing confidence about him. Really engaging confidence. But make no mistake about it, the man is on the rise and he can correct issues. He's a very, very technically articulate arm wrestler and he's really obsessed with the game. The kind of athlete that wants to put right any wrongs that he makes and he's a big man. Very big man. We have seen a lot of different technique styles from Rikard Bournemouth. He needed to switch up multiple times in many matches he has had here on EVW stage. Let's see if he can keep rolling out of Alijan's hand and make a giant killer not to kill this giant. Great position on the elbow from Bournemouth. Love that. Shutting down the pace. Much better hand and wrist control now from Rikard Bournemouth and that is solid. There's the win for Rikard Bournemouth. The South African lion rolls his authority into the arena and Bournemouth with the win takes it to two and that one was a pin and that one was dominant. Very impressive setup there. Ran into a wall there sideways. Great adjustment. What did he say about his elbow? He said my elbow is and he used an explicit word. We can't use it here. He cannot use it here. So he's gonna stay on outside lane? Yeah. Probably. And you know the interesting thing is we've all been there. When you do have something go a little sideways on you up there there's usually a way to unless it's catastrophic there's usually a way to get through it on the night. 30 seconds to you know hit the pink. Exactly there. Many things have gone bump in the night for us all when we've been up there you know. Yeah those are not June 6 problems. They are not. They are the rest of June problems but right now it is all about this match and Travis looking at this now some challenges ahead for Alijan. No doubt you can see that there was so much respect in that stoppage that now Bournemouth is treating this match kind of like we've seen earlier matches today when someone is clearly stronger inside you start to drop that hand get that wrist as far from possible. This shows a lot of growth from the young man. He's a savvy arm wrestler as well at this tender age. One warning for Rick Bournemouth. All that confidence that Alijan Muratov had on round number two that it's gone. He knows he's in an arm wrestling match and not an easy one right now. So first job is to get to the straps for sure. Yeah the other thing you've got to also focus on here and I wanted to ask you Ray do you believe that there is another lane for him because I think it's two. For Alijan? Yeah I think it's two optimum positions he's he's burned them. Yes if he can keep his cup at any point or just do a kick back and go for full of kings. Well I think now we will see this is this is last round probably if nothing changes. The buckle will make some difference or not because last time Rikard had so much purchase on hand of Muratov but Muratov was just fully open he couldn't cop and that's where he lost it all. So let's see if this time he gets a deeper grip can protect his pronation a little bit better not lose his wrist or if he gives up his wrist at least he keeps his pronation. Yeah and uh you can clearly see that Rikard Bournemouth is suffering there is no doubt about that he's feeling the pace of this match a hundred percent knows he's got to just secure one more needs to keep calm. Cannot afford to rush it this thing. There is a very good chance that this thing has just begun ladies and gentlemen if the elbow is screaming at all and I could tell Alijan had a lot of confidence early and he wasn't moving a lot that last round you saw the early movement. Alijan gets arm on his side he gets fouled out if Rikard is able to get his arm on his side or at least to the center but right now it's on Alijan's side Alijan is able to take the hand of Rikard Bournemouth. Rikard transitioning to a press Alijan gets up Rikard oh loses his elbow off the pad that's going to be one foul for Rikard Bournemouth we are in an arm wrestling match. Yeah we really are because the other thing there is you do wonder whether Rikard is going to be able to get that hand and wrist back and that he's got to commit to a very different lane now. If he can get the center Alijan fouls out if he can get the center but that's easier said than done we can see we can see how tired he's getting right here right now we talked about this match before a lot of people didn't know but Alijan Morato on the right hand the best thing he does is an open top roll yeah and some positions fool kings. Critically important now for young Rikard Bournemouth is to keep his head in this game if he starts to panic starts to lose focus and forget about the nuance of the setup he will pay the price. Rikard Bournemouth has to look deep within himself now and keep really diligent in this setup. What I'm doing is getting the strap. Moratoff is very experienced. Alijan needs to continue to panic that is when he can stay in the match he started he was way too comfortable thinking and knowing that he had the powerful the more powerful arm. Once Bournemouth figured that out he stayed way outside not sure the first round probably a surprise you could see the confidence of Alijan remained there after round one a little too much confidence after the stoppage in round two and now he's in this position but now you can see he's throwing haymakers as well. Yes he is and he got access to the hand. Way better from Rikard Bournemouth way better now Bournemouth needs to adjust and he does great adjustment there from Bournemouth height is king now and he must remain calm Bournemouth must remain calm do not sacrifice what you have and he's got to stay with that make smart moves and time his maneuvers got to time the advance keep a lack of balance on his opponent and that that's a foul yeah that's for Alijan because he moved to the center while he is on a decline position on his side I don't think it is oh that's it isn't it yeah that's the call that would be the call one foul each one foul each but much better from Rikard Bournemouth much better this time he secured the position with the hand yeah and Rikard also was much smarter there he didn't panic and sell it he was diligent with the hand and wrist he stayed with it he needs to think about his timing Alijan is in panic mode there is no other place to go but if you panic and drop your wrist in there you're in trouble Bournemouth again needs to relax time it correctly keep that bump and the balance super super stretched open Alijan extremely entertaining match ladies and gentlemen Alijan Morozov the king of the left-handed category coming here coming up a little short but a great fight in what an outstanding opponent ladies and gentlemen great match sending him back to light heavyweight class I think a little bit too ambitious on a first match on the right hand he goes straight for the super heavyweights thank you my brother thank you thank you thank you amazing we go to post-match interview with Rikard Bournemouth and Neil Pickup 18 percent chances buddy 18 percent thank you guys so much ladies and gentlemen I am here with your winner Rikard Bournemouth sport and winning championships is about facing and overcoming adversity and I think there was a lot of lessons learned for you there mate yeah thank you so much Neil Alijan brother thank you so much um East versus West Robert Baxter you guys are truly amazing a blessing in my life and I'm so happy to be here guys you're absolutely beautiful thank you for coming thank you for buying tickets you guys are the best and I hope it was a good show now look before we go any further look right down that lens and we know who's watching at home your mom your dad and your little brother will definitely be tuned in right now what's the man it's it's uh this is big Neil you know brother I did this for you uh I think I was better in the setup and I got lucky today short notice he's different Rikard you told us that you would send the giant killer back down to the lower weight classes he had no place here in the super heavyweight division and he was not gonna kill your hype job done there but it looked like there was some problems in your elbow talk to me about that yeah Neil um I went for scans and you won't believe it they gave me the wrong scans they gave me the guys before me so I don't know what they're talking about but this didn't seem to be fine um all jokes aside I need some rest to be better and bigger because like I said I want to be the future of this beautiful sport I love this I love the people of this sport the community it's amazing and it's just a blessing for me to be part of it ladies and gentlemen he is your champion raise it up and show your love for the south african it went back and forth back and forth but at the end Rikard was much better with containing and I also think his game plan