The Sevan Podcast - #459 - Devon Larrat

Episode Date: June 20, 2022

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Zavon, it's been so long since I laid eyes on you. Here I am. And I was just gardening, so I'm a bit of a mess. Let me, let me. I love it. Yeah, yeah. Here we go. Perfect.

Are you guys just edging? Because I don't want you taking any testosterone off the man. Are you guys familiar with the term edging? I'm feeding him. I don't know that term. I think I can figure it out, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just feeding him more calories.

He's got M&Ms and nuts and pumpkin seeds. I was interviewing Welterweight from the UFC during weeks and he said three weeks before the fight he only does edging. That's a smart guy. Yeah, just edging. Uh-oh, I lost you.

Oh, you got muted. Hold on. I can't unmute you. You've got to unmute yourself. He did it. I think I, and I can't unmute you. You got to unmute yourself. He did it. I think, um, well, we haven't, we've been edging for like three years now, right? Oh my God. That's why I'm so strong. Yeah. Three years of edging.

Um, it's the secret. It's the first time it's been revealed here on the seven podcast. So what you guys are looking at is Devin Lorette and Jody Lorette his wife and I believe they are in an airport and they are lying down and are you in Chinada? Yes we are in Chinada I can't believe you guys still have internet there I'm tripping be careful it's going to get shut down any second

Any second now It's heavily restricted Shadow ban Your channel is probably going to be revoked now Due to this association Hey check this out I was hanging out with a friend the other day Two friends who have

One of them who I spoke with you yesterday um when you and i were talking on the phone i was with them and i don't want to say their names but one of them has about a million instagram followers and the other one has like three three four million followers on youtube and the youtube guy does not want he loves me but behind behind my back i hear he doesn't want to like be seen with me at all, zero. Right. Fuck, I don't blame him because he's fucking rich as shit off his YouTube channel, and he don't want to be seen next to me at all. No, it's bad.

We went down to, well, there's been a couple things. We've had videos ripped down, comments restricted. Why? You're not doing anything. You're just bending people's arm around. Wrong place, wrong time. A live video without saying anything and just showing a vast number of people together driving certain vehicles that are, you know, very large. Oh yeah. I did see,

I did see you were holding some arm wrestling, like kind of like parties up in there. That was cool. Yeah. And we had the, we had the videos just deleted with no broken community guidelines. Nothing just gone. I had,

uh, my phone service. Turned off for about 24 hours just due to where I was. So, yeah, data turned off. Everything turned off. What's your Instagram? Is your Instagram blackballed too? I can't pull it up.

No, I think it's still good. Somebody was telling me it was shadow banned the other day, but I don't believe it is. Hey, tell me what it is because I'm looking for it. As soon as I pop in Devin, since I follow you, it should just pop up. Oh, geez. Well, see, somebody told me the other day that it was being shadowed. See, you should stop talking to us right now. It's over for you,

Savan. It can't be any more over than it already is. Well, I'm Devin Larratt on Instagram. I think I'm Dev Larratt, though. Dev Larratt. But it still should pop up. D-E-V L-A-R-R-A-T-T. Yeah. Oh, man, I have to type up the whole thing. Yeah, you got problems, Joey. Oh, man. Yeah, you got problems.

You are just trouble everywhere. Right, so I'm shadowbanned. I'm shadowbanned by certain, I don't know, a few people have told me lately that I'm shadowbanned. For those of you I don't know, a few people have told me lately that I'm shadowbanned. For those of you who don't know, Devin and I have a pretty long friendship. When I was a young homeless man following arm wrestlers around, I was blessed to meet Devin and stay friends with him. I went up to Canada and he let me in his life and Jody's life and his family's life and we have

a lot of mutual friends and throughout the years devin has only gotten stronger and stronger and more prominent and in the last year uh he fought um thor he stepped in last minute to fight thor wouldn't really call it a fight yeah and then he took a few hits to the head from Thor. You gave a couple good hits, too. He did. But I liked your response. Your response was like, I really was looking for a permanent scar on the nose or something.

Yeah, I was a bit... I kind of figured going in it was not going to go well. And I was a little bit disappointed that I didn't have like a permanent like gash. Like, who's the guy who fights the mountain or the mountain

hound? Hound had a pretty good scar. That's his brother, by the way. I was looking for a hound scar or something, but Hey, you guys really got the beauty and the beast thing going right now by the way with this look Devin you're so beautiful yeah I know not exactly great personality um and now and now

tell me about this guy so you're where are you flying right now and are you on the way for your June 25th matchup it's June 18th and I've heard on June 25th you're going to face another enormous, enormous man. This is it, yeah. So we're on our way to Dubai for King of the Table 4. And this is a big one because Levon Sagnashvili is considered by quite a margin the number one guy on the planet. And I'm like the number one guy right now in North America.

So this will completely, without a doubt, leave no questions as to who the greatest on earth is right now in arm wrestling. And, you know, I'm bringing the legacy hammer, so there will be that as well. So, yeah, it's a big match. It's a big match for for our sport um who do you know who's pulled him uh well you know dave chafee yep yep didn't go well no okay go well for dave pretty well didn't go well uh he's mostly been on the other side of the pond and everybody he's just been destroying. Like he's six zeroing everybody. The guy is huge.

He's like 415 pounds. Wow. Warm wrestling specialized athlete and shorter than Devin. Not by much. Um, great big, like joints on him. Like I think he has like a 10 or 11 inch wrist and what's a normal wrist what's a normal wrist oh probably like seven okay um and like his uh his lifts are completely crazy like uh i think he did like a 300 pound partial curl with one hand he's doing like wrist curls with like 100 kilos i think he did like a 90 kilogram half curl for

like three reps with one arm like it's really he's he's otherworldly strong he makes dave look little yeah that's the thing. I mean, you know Dave Chafee, right? Dave Chafee's a little dude. What is the plan? Is there a... So, excuse my ignorance, and let me try to explain this to people who are just watching,

but there's basically lanes, right? You've got to think of arm wrestling, maybe for a simple mind like mine, is there's a bunch of you got to think of arm wrestling maybe for for a simple mind like mine is there's a bunch of different lanes you could travel in and um and the smarter the the smarter and more versatile arm wrestler you are the more lanes you have do you know his if you bear with my my stupidity but using my model do you know what lane he wants to be in and do you keep him out of that lane like what's the plan of attack help help us simpletons understand what's going to happen here uh so i'll say right away that um he's versatile he is and yeah he is he he can do

a couple things really like he actually he's quite a well-rounded arm wrestler he's not um i'll say rounded by like uh he's rounded in the way that like arm wrestling purists like to be rounded so like you know all the like fundamental moves of arm wrestling he's really really good um meaning top roll hook yeah he can press he can top roll he can hook okay those are the main three you know techniques and you can like you know add like you know more descriptions like is the press the same as the shoulder roll you come in like this and okay okay yeah okay yeah so so he does all three um very well um i'd Um, I'd say he's, he's a top roller, you know, predominantly, but, uh, you see him do a lot of different stuff, but his main thing is he's just overwhelmingly

strong. And, um, but you know, he's, he's shown glimpses, not even glimpses. I mean, he's, he's an X, the guys, the guys in the right spot in the right spot He is a super bad dude Super super incredible Arm wrestler Technical Beyond stupidly strong Yeah and then there's little old me You know

Now I'm probably Well not probably I'd comfortably say that I'm even more versatile Than he is I'm not, well, not probably I'd comfortably say that I'm even more versatile than he is. Um, I I'm not as strong, but I can keep a pace, hopefully, hopefully better than he can. So I think that, uh, if it comes down to arm wrestling, I think I can win the match. So I'm just looking to You know

Get in a fight with them What do you mean by that If it comes down to arm wrestling What else could it come down to Well what I mean is like So when a match starts Like when you know You negotiate your grip

And the referee says go Typically What's going to happen is the athletes are going to commit really, really hard to like, um, a move. Okay. So that's a whole bunch of forces that they're going to decide to, you know, pick and they're going to, and they're going to apply them full blast. decide to you know pick and they're gonna and they're gonna apply him full blast and you know he might choose option a i might choose option b and what happens then is you either win or there's a stop and and when there's a stop then typically there's adjustments and you know like the oodle loop

yeah yeah right so that oodle loop kicks in and uh it's whoever can make those decisions better more accurately across you know broader domains and a whole bunch of things and it really starts to grow very quickly like the attributes that are brought into it. And so that's what I call like arm wrestling. Like, I mean, it's, it's all arm wrestling, but you know,

once the like decision process and the adjustment and a stop match come in, I think that that's where I'm really going to excel. So the longer the match goes, you do better. You want to collect data. You want to know if he's going to back pressure, if he's just going to slam to the side. and every time you start figuring out how many moves ahead he's working you'll start moving that many moves ahead ahead of him i think typically encountering

typically that's that's where i do well yeah like uh typically the longer things go on um i'll typically do better um i mean there mean, there's, there's always exceptions, right? Uh, but I, I feel as though the most likely outcome is if it's short, he's the favorite. If it's long, I'm the favorite. Um, what do we know about this guy's endurance? I know, I know it's, it's something you've been notorious for and yeah with all this um strength you put on um is your endurance waning at all uh well you know just dodging come on strength and endurance you know they're they're they're together you know like say your top speed is 100 miles an hour say you can go 60 miles an hour all

day long uh the 60 miles an hour doesn't really matter like you have to have the strength must be similar so strength and arm wrestling is always kind of a priority training for endurance isn't normally a high priority among arm wrestlers a lot of people think i train endurance but i i mean i do a bit but mostly everything i do is in the goals to gain strength um do you think the endurance is just a byproduct of all the years of training yeah a lot of people get confused with the difference between endurance and efficiency like a lot of arm wrestling is about efficiency like if you can arm wrestle better you're you're gonna have better endurance like if you try and do things really sloppy you're gonna burn out really quick um so there's arm wrestling the right way

and there's conditioning but um levon is a professional arm wrestler okay so i don't ever like to think the worst thing i think i can ever do is think poorly of my opponent when it comes to their skills at the table and i have no no reason why I should with LeVon. He shows excellent physical conditioning. But the only issue is he's 415 pounds. I have to assume, I have to hope that his endurance is worse than mine. I have to hope.

God, he's a bear. How old is this kid? He's 33, 33 or 34. Yeah. And how old is how old is this kid he's 33 33 or 34 yeah and how old are you have you crossed over 40 yet devin oh my god i'm 47 yeah yeah yeah yeah you didn't turn into a man 47 and shadow band yeah um yeah it's a big one i want to ask this but i'm gonna ask it anyway are are you gonna win do you are you going there to win i'm totally going there to win uh i have savannah i've always been crazy about arm wrestling i think you know that i've been so crazy i've been so dialed in. Jody's been nice enough to really let me rest a lot.

The last, probably, I've seen this match coming for a long time. So my preparation, this is the best I've ever prepared in my entire life. My health is perfect for arm wrestling. For arm wrestling, My health is perfect for arm wrestling, for arm wrestling. My health is perfect. My strength has never been this high. I've never been this healthy. Really. That's, that's a huge thing in arm wrestling. I can do all my movements. I can flow. Uh, my conditioning is outstanding at the table. I'm going there to try and win i know that it's a massive feat and it will mean that you know so i was considered world champ when i beat john in 2008 and this will mean basically

you know it was 15 years later basically 15 years later i will have reclaimed the number one title. So it's a really nice opportunity for me. Huge match for my career. The last month, I'd say, I have been eating, sleeping, and training, and almost nothing else. Almost nothing. Like, nothing in my life. Like, if I'm not eating or training,

I'm in bed. So I'm super, I'm super focused right now. Was John easy? The last time I pulled him? Yeah. I never like to say John Brzezinski's easy.

It's John, so... If it was that kid, Let's change his name. That last guy you pulled. Mark Schmidt. Was he easy? Devin's on another level. He's really in the last, you know,

last maybe year, maybe a little bit around that time. He's really changed a whole in a whole significant way he's leveled up for sure from a lot of these guys that are and have been at the top for a long time it's not the same match well the same match around one with john was interesting i have so much respect for john and i played it very carefully because he, and that I never know with that guy, what he's capable of doing. So I kind of played it a bit safe and, and round one was, uh,

round one was a really nice match. I thought, um, but then after that, there was nothing left. I, I kind of bled him out in round one and, but John's doing really well. John's just awesome to have back in the sport. When he left for those few years, he was really missed. He's kicking ass, man. He came back, and I'm the only guy who's beat him.

He's on a rampage. Yeah, I heard he's on a rampage. I stopped kind of paying attention after you guys had your match, and people have been telling me he's on a tear. Oh, he hasn't lost. He hasn't lost. I'm the only guy who's beat him. He's gone across North America.

He's gone across Europe now. And now he's getting to a place where he's back. He's got some really tough matches ahead of him. How long before he forgets about his loss to you and wants to fuck with you again he probably has already damn yeah he probably has forgotten is levin scared is levon scared is he nervous right now is he i don't think so i don't think he is um i think that he's pretty chill I mean look at like Savant how much do you weigh? 160 pounds

Okay so it's kind of like If you were arm wrestling a dude So it's one third right? So it's less So it's like a.66 Or something right? Yeah It's like

So if you're. It's like, so if you're 160, it's probably like you're arm wrestling a guy who's like 110. I'd fuck him up. I would fuck him up and I would take his wife and his family. I'd take his car, his lunch money. There's no 110 pound dude who's doing anything with you, right?

No, he can carry my fucking bag of condoms. So you don't wear condoms. I do. I do. I do. I do. I'm from the 80s. I still have AIDS fear. I'm damaged. I'm damaged. I drink COVID for breakfast. I drink a gallon of COVID, but I'm still scared of AIDS.

I'm scared of Fauci's last fucking prank. Hey, didn't he just get it? AIDS? I hope so. No, no, I'm just joking. I hope he didn't. Yeah, yeah, he got it. That motherfucker's the best 80... He's the best in shape 82-year-old man alive. 82? Or whatever he is, yeah.

Wow, that's awesome. He's handsome, fit, and dumb. It's fucking... He's got two of the three. Yeah, well... Dumb's a pretty good quality to have sometimes. Depending on what you're looking for. You don't think he's intimidated at all. Let me ask you this. Who's this?

Who's the, if you guys are the two best in arm wrestling, who's the third best? Um, so that's, it's really been shaking up quite a lot lately. Like there's been a lot of movement. Um,

so if, if it hadn't been for the Siberian pro show that happened a couple of weeks, it would have been an easy answer for me. I would have said Vitaly Leletin. He's that big six, nine foot ice road trucker. He's like a giant. He's been arm wrestling since he was like a baby. And then he grew into this, you know, Siberian giant.

But he just got beat by this guy, Ditri Salaya, who's also awesome. But, you know, I didn't think he was on that level, but, uh, there's, there's a bunch of guys who are really doing well.

There's, there's a new guy, Alex Kudecha, Dave Chafee's doing really well. Um, have you pulled this, um, uh,

Salaya or this, uh, or the guy who just lost to him? So, Vitaly, Vitaly Lillet and I messed around at a Zloty before. It's when I got fucking destroyed by Dennis. We kind of messed around on a side table.

And yeah, Vitaly is frighteningly strong. He's very impressive. I would have said Vitaly. And I still believe that there's a good chance that it might be Vitaly and he just had a bad day. But that spot is really turbulent. Like Gennady, Vic Fini from Georgia is doing really well. Ermes Gasparini is doing really well. There's a handful and everybody's kind of winning and losing. So it's a bit murky. Like kind of seems like there's LeVon and then there's kind of a good pool of people.

And you see LeVon is quite... I mean, he's beating all these guys fairly convincingly. I mean, not even fairly convincingly. Pretty much murderously. But the way I see it with LeVon is I think I like to believe I'm a little bit like the

iceberg in the Titanic story. Ah, ah, I like it. Yes. That's the way I come to see it. Like, uh,

you know, he's probably, I mean, he knows who I am clearly. I mean, but at the same time, he probably has got to be fairly confident. But at the same time, he's also got to know that if I crack that hole, he's sinking. If I stop, he's in big trouble.

I think he's intimidated by Devin. I think he is, too. He stopped playing. He stopped talking. He won't's intimidated by Devin. I think he is too. I think he is too. He stopped playing. He stopped talking. He won't do anything on social media. He won't do any interviews he's supposed to do. He won't play at all. It's not very nice. If he won't play with me, who's he going to play with?

You got nobody to play with up there. Air's pretty thin. What's the format look like six rounds it's basically wal rules on a waf table we have 30 seconds to negotiate a grip if if it doesn't work they put us in the straps and we proceed to a set grip. Do the straps benefit you or him? Hard to say. I think that straps is just a safe way. Straps is a safe way to ensure that a match kind of gets started.

I spend a lot of time arm wrestling in a strap. And I mean, I don't think he has a problem in a strap either. I think it's, in my opinion, if you're going to be professional arm wrestling, anticipate the match to start in a strap one way or another. Nobody should ever be getting pinned outside of a strap. That's the way I see it. A slip should happen beforehand.

And as far as I'm concerned, all slips should go to straps because nobody wants to see fouls. So... We've got about two minutes left until we have to board. So get your good question in. Will you get a small chub if you feel his hand,

if his hand cracks back? Yes, I will. I'm going to lose my mind. I'm telling you, if I, if I, if I beat him,

yeah, three years of edging is going to turn into an explosion, right? You can turn him into the snowman right before our eyes. It's like, do you remember Ghostbusters? Yes, yes, yes. Remember when they blew up the Marshmallow Man?

Yes, yes. That's all of Dubai. It's going to be very hot and sticky is what's going to happen. It's a beautiful picture. Mrs. and Mr. Lorette, Jody and sticky is what's going to happen. It's a beautiful picture. Yeah. Mrs. and Mr. Lorette, Jody and Devin, thank you so much. Have a safe trip.

We'll be watching. Oh, how do we watch? How do we watch? Yeah, go to Core Sports. Core Sports. Yeah, either go to their website or go to their Instagram. The link is there. Okay. Click on the link

follow the it's Saturday every single one of Devin's YouTube videos all my YouTube videos yeah description it's on every YouTube this is their Instagram these guys here those are the guys see at the very top there

the link there you go that should be the one. Good times, man. It's in Dubai? It is. You're going there now. As we talk to you, that's where you're going.

Yep. LeVon, do you remember when we did that thing on specialization? When it came out and we filmed? Yeah. I think so. You would be so shocked how far I've taken specialization now. You'd be so shocked. Dude, I just work out my one hand.

That's it. One arm for two years. Two and a half years. Nothing else. Just my right hand. That's all I train. Well, what about this match you have coming up in a year that's left-handed against Travis? Two years. Two and a half years. Nothing else. Just my right hand. That's all I train. Well, what about this match you have coming up in a year that's left-handed against Travis?

I don't need to train. Travis. I'll be Travis left-handed. Travis is the most washed up athlete that has ever existed in sports. Did you hear that? Travis Bajan. I'll fucking beat you left-handed. Holy shit. You won't even have to edge. You won that, Travis Bajan? I'll fucking beat you left-handed. Holy shit. You won't even have to edge.

You won't even have to edge to beat Travis. No. I beat fucking Marshmallow Man and for like three weeks before him, Travis is terrible. He's a complete joke, that guy. You don't have to train for the next year, you're left-handed.

He better train his ass off and you still win. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Not with Travis. Not anymore. No. Devin Lorette on the next level, June 25th,

core sports. Love you, buddy. And, and I'll see you guys soon. All the best. On TV.