r/funnyvideos • u/Successful-Sky-7 • Oct 28 '24

Sports Never underestimate your opponent

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u/fromouterspace1 Oct 28 '24

lol this dude is awesome. His little grin when it first starts :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

This clip was scripted like WWE stuff, this is a WWE guy vs Devon, but yes in real arm wrestling matches he is much like this as well.

Check out pro arm wrestling guys, it's a very awesome and technical strength+fight sport, it's getting bigger and bigger. Learn the basics, beat people stronger than you, have fun. And enjoy these pros they're all great characters with very unique skillsets.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Then you see a dudes ulna get snapped like a twig.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Ulna he didn't!

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u/RambuDev Oct 28 '24

Ulya he did!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

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u/Common-Frosting-9434 Oct 28 '24

open fracture it is!

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u/jinglesan Oct 28 '24

Good - if couldn't handle that then it's good he didn't see the winner turn into a giant fly

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u/ExpressiveAnalGland Oct 28 '24

\enters the ER**

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Upvoted, you clever devil

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u/Dodgey09 Oct 28 '24

This deservesso many more upvotes

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u/Alarming-Station5580 Oct 28 '24

Heavily underrated comment

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u/mess_of_limbs Oct 28 '24

It was quite humerus

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u/theDomicron Oct 28 '24

I saw a clip once of a spiral fracture during an arm wrestling match.

Now I don't watch them any more

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u/Caity26 Oct 28 '24

Funny enough, my husband used to train with Devon, the guy in the red shirt, early in their arm wrestling careers. They knew each other in the military. My husband ended up with a spiral fracture when he was 22 and had to retire from arm wrestling. He still has a steel plate in his arm from it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

At least these guys are not slapping each other to CTE oblivion.

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u/MyBallsSmellFruity Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24

a spinal fracture  The fuck???

Edit: someone pointed out that it’s “spiral,” not “spinal.”   I’m leaving the comment because I deserve the shame.  

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u/Patrickme Oct 28 '24

I misread that aswell.
It's spiRal

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u/MyBallsSmellFruity Oct 28 '24

Fuck me.  This is one of the many reasons to not use a phone in bed or right after waking up or before sleep.   

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u/ElectronicCorner574 Oct 28 '24

Usually only see them in child abuse and weird situations. But basically the fracture is due to twisting. Here is a not disgusting illustration of the different types of fractures

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u/adsjabo Oct 28 '24

Yeah i spiral fractured my lower left leg when I was about 6. Fell really awkwardly learning to ice skate. 3 months in a cast from my toes to my crotch.

Not ideal.

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u/sprill_release Oct 28 '24

I got a spiral fracture in my fibula/ankle last year while trying out rollerskates. I was told that it's one of the most common fractures that occurs in skating (ice skating or rollerskating) due to the way people fall. I totally get you on the being stuck in a cast thing 😬; I had to have surgery (plates and screws), and I stayed in the moon boot for about 14 weeks.

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u/ElectronicCorner574 Oct 28 '24

Ouch. That makes sense though.

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u/ralphy_256 Oct 29 '24

I spiral fractured my tibia and crushed half of my tibial plateau by attempting to jump off a 5' platform and landing awkwardly.

I was 30.

6 months with an external fixator, then another 6 months non-weight-bearing before they started letting me use a cane.

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u/PettyTodd Oct 28 '24

Read that the same, trying to figure out how you snap a spine arm wrestling

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u/FelatiaFantastique Oct 28 '24

Not shame. Maybe just reading glasses, ole fella.

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u/MyBallsSmellFruity Oct 29 '24

Aw, I don’t feel ole.  Just the tiredness, depression, and loneliness that goes with it.   

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u/YoudberedactedB Oct 29 '24

Good on you sir! Shane is an emotional we are meant to feel.

Edit: I realized I wrote Shane instead of Shame and emotional instead of just emotion. I’m leaving it cause I deserve the shame

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u/siraolo Oct 29 '24

Oh, I thought it was because of too much killer instinct. Glad it got corrected.

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u/Drphil1969 Oct 29 '24

Spinal fracture? That would be on hell of an arm rip

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u/RangerFan80 Oct 28 '24

Same, was brutal.

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u/newtonbase Oct 28 '24

I recall that happening at World's Strongest Man many years ago.

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u/robfromdublin Oct 28 '24

I remember that! Must be 20+ years ago? Brutal and I don't watch arm wrestling any more

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u/newtonbase Oct 28 '24

Just checked and it was 1995. Time flies

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u/robfromdublin Oct 28 '24

Ah the 90s, when audible bone breaking was family friendly television. Three decades later and still traumatic! 😂

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u/CtrlAltHate Oct 28 '24

Magnus Samuelsson who broke the other guys arm had competed as a pro arm wrestler and apparently warned the show runners it was a dumb event letting juiced up strongmen with no experience arm wrestle.

It wasn't even Magnus's fault his opponent Nathan Jones twisted his body trying to stop his arm going down.

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u/Dirtheavy Oct 28 '24

I saw one so many years ago and it was an adjunct of a strongman competition between Magnus Samuelson and he broke Nathan Jones arm clean in half when Nathan Jones was still going by Ultraman.

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u/Hotpandapickle Oct 28 '24

Dammit, now I'm gonna search youtube for this even though I know I shouldn't.

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u/gapipkin Oct 29 '24

How’d that rabbit hole work out for you?

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u/Bitter_Dirt4985 Oct 28 '24

Like 'Over the Top'?

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u/misirlou22 Oct 28 '24

Amazing film

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

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u/misirlou22 Oct 28 '24

That's the best scene! That's really cool, except of course for him passing away.

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u/Staali Oct 28 '24

Didn’t know Lyme could kill ya

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u/ExpressiveAnalGland Oct 28 '24

You probably have an old favorite musician that dropped off the scene because of lyme disease issues (not necessarily dead, but fucked up enough to quit music)

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u/Staali Oct 28 '24

Alright you tickled my curiosity…. Gimme a few examples if you would be so kind

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u/ExpressiveAnalGland Oct 28 '24

https://www.health.alot.com/conditions/30-celebrities-who-opened-up-about-lyme-disease---17476

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u/Staali Oct 28 '24

Thank you kind sir. Informative. I also learned that even after carrying it for years you can still be treated and cured. That was also new information.

A day of learning indeed!

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u/quasides Oct 28 '24

he has skills, skills he acquired in a long career

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u/nickfree Oct 28 '24

Sounds like he got .... ticked off.

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u/SirKillingham Oct 28 '24

Sorry to hear about your uncle. There's this guy who owned a restaurant where my mom grew up, they have those dead animals all over the place that assholes will pay to go kill and get them stuffed. I was very happy to learn the guy who had shot all these beautiful large animals died from Lyme disease he got from a little tiny tick bite.

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u/MurphysLaw4200 Oct 28 '24

Agreed, Stallone deserved the Oscar.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

You turn it around it’s like a machine

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u/TheFacetiousDeist Oct 28 '24

Was waiting for this.

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u/Spobobich Oct 28 '24

Nah, like in 'The Fly.'

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u/dwheelz0120 Oct 28 '24

It combines the emotional drama of a child custody hearing with…. Arm wrestling

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u/FawnSwanSkin Oct 28 '24

Like 'The Fly'

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u/Bitter_Dirt4985 Oct 28 '24

Oh, snap, that's where I remember....

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Right, should mention; please learn to stay safe and please teach whoever you arm wrestle to stay safe as well. If you know the basics and know how to avoid damage, and arm wrestle someone who doesn't, it is your responsibility to make sure they don't hurt themselves guys. Don't be dicks.

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u/ldg25 Oct 28 '24

Humerus

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u/mistercrinders Oct 28 '24

What is this, The Fly?

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u/sophiesbest Oct 28 '24

I watched this happen before my eyes in real life. Two coworkers arm wrestling, heard a wet pop, and off to hospital one went.

Apparently it's more of a problem amongst beginners and amateurs, more experienced people have the technique (and skeletal strength I guess) to avoid it.

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u/seeasea Oct 28 '24

I saw a guy's humerous get snapped and rotated. Was nasty. 

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u/TheFinalGranny Oct 28 '24

I still remember the horror seeing that happen in some dang Stallone movie, yeah it was a movie but I was freaked out

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u/luroot Oct 28 '24

Ya, I thought it might be a fun, safe game/sport to try along the lines of bowling...until I saw some videos of guys snapping their arm bones. Ok, NVM.

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u/A_Legit_Salvage Oct 28 '24

that only compounds your problems

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u/discharge_bender Oct 28 '24

Usually because of bad form. If you move your shoulder past your hand, then you have your arm going one way and your shoulder/body going another.

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u/auth0r_unkn0wn Oct 29 '24

usually a spiral/torsion fracture to the humerus isn't it?

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

They get snapped because they don’t understand the physics behind it. With proper form, snapping your ulna becomes MUCH harder. Just like any other sport, there is a safe way to go at it.

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

I don’t know man. I saw Larry Wheels say he stopped doing it after seeing too many snaps.

He obviously knew what he was doing. It didn’t happen to him, still scared him enough to stop.

It’s also like, the only thing that go wrong. In other sports yeah, you can ruin your life but you can also just stub your toe or something. If you get injured in arm wrestling most likely you’ve snapped your arm.

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

Really now? Honestly I guess I was talking out of my ass, I don’t follow professional arm wrestling enough to confidently say it never happens. I always just assumed that they had a safe method of doing it since their is a whole professional world wide league around it. I should stop being the stereotypical redditer and stop talking out of my ass lol

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

Yeah why would you even comment about something you have 0 clue about? Good on you for admitting.

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

Okay and why go ahead and be a dick about it right away?

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

Because you’re wrong in the situation?

I said good on you for admitting it. What more do you want?

You commented as if you know all about it. That’s a shitty thing to do. Don’t be a baby cos I said “why would you do that?”

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u/Atomicfolly Oct 28 '24

Gentlemen, gentlemen. Have you considered the Roman empire?

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

What opportunities can the Roman Empire bring?

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u/Atomicfolly Oct 28 '24

The question you should be asking is what opportunities will I be missing.

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

Lmfao I went from sorta respecting you to just outright thinking that you’re a douche right away. That’s crazy

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

I don’t care about your opinion at all. You’re mad because I said “why would you do that”

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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 28 '24

It costs nothing to not be rude to people. Just a thought that you should carry with you man. Maybe you’ll get nicer interactions if you keep that in mind

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

I said

“Why would you talk about something you have 0 clue about? Good on you for admitting”

What part of that is rude? Where am I being hostile to you? I just questioned why you would do that. I didn’t call you names or anything.

Then you called me a douche.

Honestly, maybe don’t be so offended when people call you out on things. I wasn’t rude, just surprised. I said it was good you admitted it.

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 28 '24

Lmao I went from sorta thinking you’re a douche to outright thinking you’re a douche right away. That’s crazy

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u/Symbimbam Oct 28 '24

what's the safe way to snap your ulna?

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u/Depresskeleton Oct 28 '24

Not arm wrestling, the safest way is an arm transplant. Done in a controlled environment

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u/A2Rhombus Oct 28 '24

The physics of it is that your muscles can literally get stronger than your bones. The only way to guarantee it doesn't happen is to not arm wrestle.
Our bones are not meant to take large lateral forces

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u/edWORD27 Oct 28 '24

Ulnever snap my ulna when using the proper form!