On August 26, 2023, East vs West 9, the world's largest professional arm wrestling event, took place in İstanbul, Türkiye, comprising of a star-studded lineup of 13 international matches.
The full lineup and results was as follows:
Devon Larratt 3-0 Ermes Gasparini | Super Heavyweight World Title Right Arm Supermatch
Vitaley Laletin 3-0 Revaz Lutidze | Right Arm Supermatch
Todd Hutchings 3-2 Ibragim Sagov | Right Arm Supermatch
Evgeny Prudnyk 3-2 Davit Dadikyan | Left Arm Supermatch
Paul Linn 3-0 Ruslan Babyev | Right Arm Supermatch
Davit Samushia 3-1 Vala Ichqiti | Welterweight World Title Right Arm Supermatch
Irakli Zirakashvili 0-3 Davit Dadikyan | Right Arm Supermatch
Ivan Matyushenko 3-0 Davit Arabuli | Left Arm Supermatch
Ferit Osmanli 0-3 Georgi Dzeranov | Right Arm Supermatch
Artur Makarov 1-3 Adam Wawrzynski | Right Arm Supermatch
Derek Smith 3-1 Mehdi Abdolvand | Right Arm Supermatch
Brad Grundy 3-0 Kyle Hutchinson | Right Arm Supermatch
Dustin Hyatt 0-3 Thomas Manghi | Right Arm Supermatch
The biggest upsets of the evening were Evgeny Prudnyk's comeback from a 0-2 losing situation against heavy favorite, Davit Dadikyan, and Devon Larratt's dominant performance against then-interim World Champion, Ermes Gasparini.
Other interesting matches of the night also included Ibragim Sagov's debut at East vs West after his stellar performances this year at Russian promotion AMC's tournament, and Vitaly Laletin (the Russian overall champion) battling Georgian, Revaz Lutidze, which unfortunately resulted in Revaz's withdrawal from the event due to a fractured finger.
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