r/armwrestling • • 4d ago

East vs West 27 MEGATHREAD

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Event Time: Saturday October 24th, 2026

  • 8:00 PM Local Budapest Time
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r/armwrestling • • 18d ago

MEGATHREAD: Monster Michael Todd's Court Case

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Relevant threads and information:

(Important) Legal Documents Related To The Case

Michael Todd Court Case

Michael Todd attempts to remove his name from the sex offender registry

Summary from Concrete Elbow

Summary of Events (as of October 9th):

  • On October 9th 2026, information got leaked that "Monster" Michael C Todd, the arm wrestler from Arkansa, was convicted of child rape with a 13-year-old minor.
  • The court documents state that he was 21 years old and the minor had been living with him for several months, during which he "groomed" her.
  • He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He served his sentence from May 1996 and was released in December 1999.
  • Between 2011-2015, Michael filed multiple motions to have his name removed from the sex offender registry databse.
  • This news sparked outrage in the armwrestling community.

Update October 10th:

  • Dexter and Baxter (owner of East vs West) hosted Michael and his wife Rebecca on a livestream.
  • Michael explains his side of the story: he met the girl at a pool hall. The girl claimed to be 16-year-old and they hooked up. He claims the girl was being promiscuous and was "stroking his leg" in the car.
  • The police pulled him over and arrested him, at which point it was revealed the girl was actually 13.
  • Michael claims the clerk made a mistake and mixed up his court documents with another case, and hence the "grooming" detail is incorrect. He says he had only met her for 30 minutes.
  • He will contact the prosecutor and release new updated documents.
  • Meanwhile, EvW has cancelled his match with Dave Chaffee in the upcoming EvW27 event.
  • Several athletes (notably Dave Chaffee and Justin Bishop) have come out and voiced their condemnation of Michael's actions.

Update October 11th:

  • EvW announces that Michael Todd will be banned from the league and stripped of his title. All of his match videos are removed from their YouTube channel.

Update October 12th:

  • A collection of legal documents related to the case is released, per a public records release request. The details do not match what Michael claimed on the livestream. It appears that Michael had known the girl was 13, and he forced himself on her. Read this thread for more information.

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r/armwrestling • • 8h ago

Devon has begun preparing for his Left-Handed match against Kamil Jablonski.

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You can immediately notice that he’s adjusted his training to better counter the flop press.


r/armwrestling • • 12h ago

Devon vs. Kamil left hand Las Vegas

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r/armwrestling • • 40m ago

Luke "I can't see" Pulscher everytime Sagov smashed Devon off the start:

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He did try to save Devon many times, right?


r/armwrestling • • 4m left

Devon larratts final form??

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r/armwrestling • • 3h ago

Bart Wood opinion

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Someone made a similar post a while back, but I think Bart Wood did well with what he had back at WAL. I remember he got a lot of criticism, but honestly it was mostly due to the extremely loose rules of the league. WAL was an entertainment based promotion and it sacrificed rules and "fairness" in the name of entertainment. Regardless Bart had presence and was relatively unbiased in my opinion. Taking this into account is he a good ref?


r/armwrestling • • 6h ago

Denis showing some interest in the 115 kg category

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Says the most he has cut has been 13kg and is very inexperienced in himself cutting weight, once he starts training 5 kg just sticks to him... Needs some help from Daddykan


r/armwrestling • • 14h ago

Even right after the match, Devon takes the loss so well

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r/armwrestling • • 13h ago

Vitaly Lat Drag Test

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r/armwrestling • • 13h ago

Kamil Will Rest and Be Back

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r/armwrestling • • 22h ago

This is not edited btw

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Wtf


r/armwrestling • • 20h ago

Never seen a pin so clean!

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r/armwrestling • • 9h ago

Dave has to be the biggest 115kg puller right? I don't think anyone at that weight has these measurements

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r/armwrestling • • 10h ago

I’m sorry! Bringing up MMT again

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I’m sorry to bring this back up, but I can’t help it. If you go over and look at Michael Todd’s YouTube he’s uploading more gym videos. Which whatever fine and dandy, it’s America you can post what you want. What’s making me sick is how many people are like saying he’s a man of god and that he should be able to compete, or he’s the champ still, blah blah blah. He fucked a kid people. And I read the documents myself, as well as watched arm historians full breakdown. It wasn’t some innocent “I met her at a pool hall and thought she was 16” type of scenario. He was well aware of her age

I’m all for people cleaning their lives up and changing and growing from who they were. I myself am a recovering addict who spent 9 years of my life in jail and prison. And then you have a kid fucker who only did 3 years? How does that make sense. Anyway I do believe people can change. I do know that first hand. But there are certain acts that in my eyes, society should not forgive. Murder, rape, and the sexual abuse of a child. There’s a reason that we’re taught our whole lives that people who fuck kids are the worst thing in the world. It takes a special kind of evil to be able to knowingly take the innocence of a kid.

And people testified in court, that they had told Michael Todd that she was 13. He “didn’t finish” meaning he decided to not ejaculate, because he “felt bad”. He doesn’t deserve to represent any sport! I don’t care how good he is. He doesn’t deserve to be put on a pedestal, he should struggle for the rest of his life. Even if he has changed, which I don’t believe he has for one second, this label should be attached to him forever and it should restrict how well he does in his life.

If you watch his response on the podcast all he cared about was himself. Making it out to be like he was a fuckin victim. Oh poor Michael, let’s feel bad for him. Gimme a break. I really hope he’s banned from any other federation. He doesn’t deserve to make a career out of this sport. Any ceo of any federation with even an ounce of integrity or morality would agree. And he’s clearly just avoiding it and deleting the negative comments.

My main point above anything else, pay attention to the way he has acted. He has ZERO remorse for the act he committed. The only remorse or regret he shows is for getting caught doing it. Which he has made super clear


r/armwrestling • • 13h ago

Who has the most heart and commitment during a match?

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A couple of names come to mind Ongrabaev, Oleg, Dadikyan, Devon, Dave what about you guys?


r/armwrestling • • 20h ago

Engin Terzi comeback

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49 Upvotes

why is this kinda funny 😂


r/armwrestling • • 12m left

What do you think about this next match. 95kg Title

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Both Stats are from each their last appearances at EvW. Alex from Saturdays event 27 and Bogdan Stats are from the 26 china event


r/armwrestling • • 35m ago

He beat me left-handed at the tournament…

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Pulling with me right-handed is a whole different animal😬


r/armwrestling • • 14h ago

Pronation curls 31kg/68lb * 5

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14 Upvotes

Yes I'm the weird crocs guy again


r/armwrestling • • 10h ago

How to properly train

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All I really got is the standard equipment at a regular gym but every time I look up how to train I see arm wrestling specific equipment that isn't available to me. I've been trying to beat a friend in arm wrestling for well over 8 months at this point but recently I decided to actually take it seriously. I was looking for ways to train and would really appreciate any help.


r/armwrestling • • 2h ago

Question

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So why is akimbo just now getting into eve? Was it health problems? He never really got weak, and now he’s a beast. I’m interested in seeing him against guy. But it will be a fight of the wills.


r/armwrestling • • 12h ago

High pronation form check

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My wrist flickers towards the end of the rep. Any help would be appreciated, I don’t have an arm wrestling club near me for knowledgeable feedback.

25kg


r/armwrestling • • 19h ago

80LBS Back Pressure PR!

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20 Upvotes

I weight about 145LBS right now! The goal after my match is 90-100LBS


r/armwrestling • • 1d ago

Kamil Oxygenlonski

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Vitaly pulled Kamils whole body with oxygen 2026

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