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Levan Saginashvili is number one in armwrestling once again — congratulations, HULK! 💪🏻

TODD HUTCHINGS, AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER, FIRST CROSSED PATHS WITH ARM WRESTLING IN 2000 WHEN HE WAS SEARCHING FOR ARCHERY TOURNAMENTS ONLINE IN MICHIGAN, ONLY TO STUMBLE UPON A LOCAL ARM WRESTLING EVENT. AT THE TIME, SUCH EVENTS DIDN’T HAVE THE WIDE ONLINE PRESENCE THEY DO TODAY. THIS CHANCE ENCOUNTER LED HIM TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN ARM WRESTLING.

HUTCHINGS LEARNED EARLY ON THAT COMBINING STRENGTH WITH SKILL WAS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. WHILE STRENGTH IS NECESSARY, IT’S THE SKILLS THAT MAKE A WINNER, AS SMALLER GUYS CAN OFTEN BEAT LARGER ONES WITH BETTER TECHNIQUE. IT TOOK HIM THREE YEARS TO PERFECT HIS SKILLS, TRAINING HIS ENDURANCE TO COMPETE IN MULTIPLE MATCHES DURING TOURNAMENTS. THE PRIZE MONEY, OFFERED BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WAL, HAS KEPT HIM IN THE GAME.

HUTCHINGS, WHO DIDN’T START ARM WRESTLING UNTIL HE WAS 35, CONTINUES TO BE A TOP 3 OR 4 COMPETITOR IN THE WORLD FOR OVER 13 YEARS. HE BELIEVES THAT ARM WRESTLING IS A SPORT WHERE AGE DOESN’T LIMIT SUCCESS, CONTRARY TO OTHER STRENGTH SPORTS WHERE ATHLETES TYPICALLY WASH OUT BY AGE 35. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT HELD IN GEORGIA, TODD DEFEATED IRAKLI ZIRAKASHVILI, ONCE AGAIN PROVING HIS STRENGTH AND SKILLS.

GENADI KVIKVINIA IS A GEORGIAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND REPRESENTS GEORGIA AT THE ELITE LEVEL OF ARM WRESTLING. HIS CAREER STANDS OUT WITH VICTORIES AT WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL AS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION IN HIS CAREER IS GIVEN TO THE EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS. KVIKVINIA REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITION AND FACES THE BEST ARM WRESTLERS IN THE WORLD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT HELD IN TBILISI, HE FACED DEVON LARRATT. DESPITE THE LOSS, KVIKVINIA ONCE AGAIN PROVED THAT HE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ATHLETES IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY.

PREVIOUSLY, IN 2024, GENADI KVIKVINIA ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS, WHERE HE FACED WORLD-CLASS ARM WRESTLERS. HIS STYLE, WHICH COMBINES BOTH POWERFUL HOOKS AND DEVASTATING TOP ROLLS, MAKES HIM ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS OPPONENTS.

KVIKVINIA CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS AND CONSISTENTLY FIGHTS FOR NEW TITLES AND VICTORIES. HIS GOAL IS TO RETURN TO THE CHAMPION’S RANKS AND WIN THE EAST VS WEST CHAMPION’S BELT IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY.

VALIKO ICHKITI IS THE DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE OF EAST VS WEST IN GEORGIA, AND IT WAS THROUGH HIS INITIATIVE AND ORGANIZATION THAT EAST VS WEST 16 WAS HELD IN GEORGIA.

HE IS AN EXPERIENCED AND SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER, A MULTIPLE-TIME WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPION. HIS CAREER IS MARKED BY NUMEROUS VICTORIES AND HIGH-LEVEL PERFORMANCES. VALIKO IS KNOWN FOR HIS TECHNIQUE, STRENGTH, AND STRATEGIC APPROACH, WHICH MAKE HIM ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ATHLETES IN THE SPORT OF ARM WRESTLING.

FOR HIM, ARM WRESTLING IS NOT JUST A SPORT – IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. CONSTANT TRAINING AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT ALLOW HIM TO STAY IN PEAK CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. BESIDES ACHIEVING GREAT SUCCESS HIMSELF, HE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORT IN GEORGIA AND SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

BETKIL ONIANI IS A GEORGIAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER WHOSE CAREER IS MARKED BY NUMEROUS VICTORIES AND TITLES.

IN NOVEMBER 2024, ONIANI DEFEATED UKRAINIAN ARM WRESTLER OLEG ZHOKH WITH A SCORE OF 4-0, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HIS TITLE.

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT HELD IN TBILISI, ONIANI FACED OLEG PETRENKO FOR THE LEFT-HAND MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. IN THIS MATCH, PETRENKO EMERGED VICTORIOUS, CLAIMING THE EAST VS WEST LEFT-HAND MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.

IRAKLI ZIRAQASHVILI IS A WELL-KNOWN ARM WRESTLER WHO ACTIVELY COMPETES IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. HIS CAREER IS MARKED BY STRONG PERFORMANCE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS, MAKING HIM A COMPETITIVE ATHLETE. ZIRAQASHVILI STANDS OUT WITH HIS UNIQUE STYLE AND CONSTANTLY STRIVES TO IMPROVE HIS ABILITIES. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND MATCHES ATTRACT GREAT INTEREST IN THE ARM WRESTLING WORLD.

AS OF 2025, ZIRAQASHVILI OFTEN TRAINS WITH THE GEORGIAN HULK, LEVAN SAGINASHVILI. THEIR JOINT TRAINING SESSIONS HELP BOTH ATHLETES ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS AND SHARE EXPERIENCES. HE CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND AIMS TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN THE ARM WRESTLING WORLD.

PLUS: EAST VS WEST 16 WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, IN GEORGIA. WHICH WAS THE MOST OUTSTANDING COMPETITION IN EAST VS WEST COMPETITIONS.

OLEG PETRENKO IS A UKRAINIAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER KNOWN FOR HIS REMARKABLE STRENGTH AND TECHNICAL PRECISION. HIS HEIGHT IS 180 CM, WEIGHT IS 104 KG, BICEPS CIRCUMFERENCE IS 46 CM, AND FOREARM CIRCUMFERENCE IS 44 CM. PETRENKO’S CAREER STANDS OUT WITH NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT VICTORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS. ON JUNE 1, 2024, AT KING OF THE TABLE 11, HE DEFEATED KYDYRGALI ONGARBAEV WITH A SCORE OF 4-0. ADDITIONALLY, ON JANUARY 20, 2024, AT EAST VS WEST 11, PETRENKO WON AGAINST MARCIO BARBOSA WITH A SCORE OF 3-0. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT EAST VS WEST 16 HELD IN TBILISI, OLEG PETRENKO DEFEATED BETKILI ONIANI AND CLAIMED THE EAST VS WEST LEFT-HAND MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. PETRENKO CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING ATHLETES IN THE ARM-WRESTLING WORLD.

ARTYOM MOROZOV IS A KAZAKH PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER KNOWN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AND TECHNICAL SKILLS.
HIS CAREER IS NOTABLE FOR NUMEROUS VICTORIES AND TITLES, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING ATHLETES IN THE ARM-WRESTLING WORLD.

VITALY LALETIN IS A RUSSIAN PROFESSIONAL ARM-WRESTLER KNOWN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH AND TECHNICAL SKILLS. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST ARM-WRESTLERS IN THE WORLD. OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS WON MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND DEFEATED SOME OF THE BEST IN THE SPORT, INCLUDING SEVERAL WORLD TITLES. HE IS PARTICULARLY RENOWNED FOR HIS TOP-ROLL TECHNIQUE, WHICH IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN ARM-WRESTLING HISTORY.

VITALY STARTED HIS ARM-WRESTLING CAREER IN THE EARLY 2000S AND QUICKLY ROSE TO FAME IN RUSSIA AND BEYOND. HE HAS DOMINATED BOTH LEFT-HAND AND RIGHT-HAND ARM-WRESTLING COMPETITIONS, WITH SEVERAL DOMINANT VICTORIES AGAINST TOP OPPONENTS.

IN 2025, HE DEFEATED ARTYOM MOROZOV IN THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT, FURTHER SOLIDIFYING HIS STATUS AS ONE OF THE TOP ARM-WRESTLERS IN THE WORLD.

HE IS A FIVE-TIME RUSSIAN CHAMPION AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS CONSISTENCY AND DEDICATION TO THE SPORT.

At the East vs West 16 competition, it was revealed that Levan Saginashvili’s next opponent will be the Georgian “Hulk,” who will face Ermes Gasparini.