Matt Mask vs Aymeric Pradines ｜ East vs West 23 Full Match

Big jump from Matt Mask right there. Matt Mask from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. I'm here to **** up the El Presidente from France. Yeah, my name is Aymeric Pradine from France. I am here to side the wild horse. The best message I'm going to be able to send with you is the one you're going to be taking home after you're done facing me across the table. My side is stronger, my arm is stronger. I will get him inside. I will pin him. Easy. What does he lose? I don't know. What does he ******* face in me? I want to say to him, Vive le Québec Libre. The French **** has teeth. Tabernacke. ------- colère. Sacre bleu, motherfuckers. Yeah, Matt, you have to learn some other words. You know, **** in French is putain. Je vais te niquer, mec. He never faced a ************ like me before, so I hope you're ******* ready because it's going to be a hell of a ride. Ladies and gentlemen, here we go! We move to our next match, and it is on the left arm in the men's 105 kilogram class. And someone just turned up the heat at East versus West 23. And we will welcome our first athlete now making his way to the arm wrestling table. Ladies and gentlemen, he hails from and is proudly representing Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Some men cannot be tamed. Welcome the Wild Horse, Matt Mass. Ladies and gentlemen, the Wild Horse, Matt Mass, waits at the arm wrestling table for the introduction of this man who has flown below the radar at East versus West. And tonight plans to announce himself and make a statement. He hails from and is representing the proud arm wrestling nation of France, where he is a multiple and reigning national champion and overall champion. Ladies and gentlemen, raise it up for America! Both of these guys coming out with a lot of support from their teams. Listen, we didn't hear a pop like that. Matt Mass is an absolute fan favorite. Got the full Canadian team with Devon Lorette behind him. Is that a little Irish flair that I heard there? It is, it is, it is. He said he's a little bit Irish or Scottish or something, I don't know. Aymeric Bradin's left-hand specialist versus guy that's on a roll. Top roll versus hook. Who do you got here? Ooh, it's gonna be hard not to get top roll by Matt Mass. Matt Mass is a superior top roller. His top roll is venomous. He hits it so hard and so efficiently. And with left hand, we have seen him actually hook and transition to a press and do a lot of things that he doesn't do with his right arm. In no way or shape, this is an easy match for any of these guys. I can't wait to see how they gonna square up right now. I think this is as calm as we're gonna see Matt Mass. You think so? At this point right here in time? Probably. No matter how this goes, this is gonna get intense. Listen, Matt talk a lot of French. Yeah, he doesn't mix words. Matt Mass, Aymeric Berdines. Let's see. Aymeric, will this go to the strap? If I'm a guessing man, I would think it will. Very high setup from Aymeric. A low hand top roll from Matt Mass. Neil Pickup. What will the commitment be of Matt Mass? Is he gonna come across and try to secure this without using the strap? 100%. He'll hit it so hard. Oh, they're both fading here. Fading outside. Both fading outside. Referees don't even know what to do. Aymeric with a little sneaky move. Not even don't move. I love the Aymeric. Both telegraphing where they're gonna go. Big time. I feel like Matt Mass made Aymeric Berdines very angry yesterday. Probably today. Probably right now. Aymeric already has a temper. Here we go. Do not blink, ladies and gentlemen. This one may light up. Push me. Push me. We got a little twitchiness going on here. We really do. Gotta be honest. I think Aymeric got away with one there. A little bit of a squeaky cup attempt. He bent that wrist a little bit. He did. You think it's a little fake, huh? He's fading outside. Let's see if Matt will... Aymeric can fight outside. Aymeric can fight outside very well but I don't think it would work against a specialist. But we will see right now. And again. Both men. Matt said something in French. I think it was, yeah. About like the goal. Just say it. Not the type they teach you in like second grade. Yes. It's seal, right? That's the word. It's the seal. I'm pretty sure. One foul for Matt Mask. Still round number one. Big jump from Matt Mask right there. Lots of finger pulling. It's a foul. And it's a win for Aymeric Perdins. Matt made a big, big jump right there on the goal. So while they were finger pulling, Matt raised his elbow and they called a number foul. Matt doesn't care about the 60 second rest. He's ready to go. I think he was really frustrated by the fact that he had the hand control there and sort of... Yeah, I think he felt that the referees were going to stop the match at that point when they were just finger pulling. But the match isn't over until the referees come in and say, no, stop or slip. A full slip. You wonder who has the confidence here, though, because Matt... First round, no arm wrestling. No. No arm wrestling. If it comes down to a finger pull like that again, Matt has the advantage. He's broken many a finger doing that. I see he has, including three of his own. That's right. Here we go. Aymeric Perdins of France. This guy really does fly below the radar, but he is an impressive left-hander. And as Ray alluded to a moment ago, he can pull any position. Super strong arm. My right, my right. Look at my hands. Do not blink, ladies and gentlemen. You push me, you push me. Go! Underway and nothing there. Finally. At least we get the strap. You got to stay ******* center, man. As expected. Too big shoulder, that way. We will tie these men together. Now, I've got to say the threat represented by both increases at this point. And it's whether Matt has enough to really gain that A-side. Because we know that Aymeric Perdins can dig in. He can drop underneath his opponent. And really does have great elbow durability and strength. He's not a man you can take lightly. And if you do take his wrist, it is far from over. At this point, what I'm witnessing, his back pressure is enough to negate Matt's top roll at this point. But obviously the strap is going to change that. Matt is so tall. His hand is almost kind of dumped down. Yes. But he's able to pronate with that thumb through the hand. Very efficient. The strap is definitely going to make that a little bit more difficult. We saw Aymeric Perdins versus Jonathan Breda in Florida. And what a match that was. Once again, we are into the referee's grip. Do not blink, ladies and gentlemen. Again, speaking French right there. We're going to lit the fuse on this match as always when the wild horse comes to the table. In come the hands. In come the hands on Matt. And on the way we go! Aymeric turns again. Lots of loud emotions right there. We've seen this before. Matt's got a little adrenaline flowing right now. Yes, he has. I feel both guys did. Listen, this was kind of bound to happen at some point. Now, interestingly, Matt Mask just took his microphone off there. I'm pretty sure that will have to be reapplied, but it was already all ready. I think we can hear him. He doesn't need a microphone at this point. Yeah, we can hear him in England. I would love to see that on a replay. Interesting reaction off the wind. And here we go. Look at that from Aymeric. Aymeric pins him to the side. A lot of pulling back and forth. Neither man backing down. They're holding their ground. There is a God, and he loves arm wrestling, John Brzenk. Here we go. Well, at this point, in my opinion, Neil, correct me if I'm wrong, I think Matt needs to try to secure the cup first before he topples. Do not go to the straps. Yeah, he sold a great deal into the match with the back pressure there. Dumped that shoulder, and it was a really bad move because when you do that, you give away so much. I'm interested with the referees. Are they looking? Because there might be some disciplinary action for the shuffling there. I hope not. Bill Collins, Victor Carroll is trying to keep order on the table. Round number three. Here we go. We'll have to watch the replay. I don't know who initiated, but it escalated real quick. Yes. Well, it kind of happened like the build-up was there. We saw it yesterday. Such a shame that Matt gave away that pin with the fouls earlier. Okay, hold still. It's a match that you want to go seven rounds. Yes. Hold still. Yes. If any matches need to be seven rounds, this one needs to be. He just can't quite secure it. Ameripedine's looking actually really, really strong. Lots of back pressure. Very solid hand. Very strong cup. Very strong arm. You know, it's not something we didn't know. His hand is dumping under the large size of Matt's hand, but Matt just can't quite clamp down on it. Merrick is a very well-rounded arm wrestler, but his arm strength, elbow strength and conditioning, durability is what he's earned his reputation. For those who know, you know, and this guy has been busted open many, many times by very powerful athletes and always, when the brakes go on, there's a little nod of the head. No moving from here. Just how strong this man is. Let's see if Matt can roll out from this round three. This is the moment of truth. Go! And Matt gets sucked into a hole. And what is the call from referees? Looks like a pin. La France. La France! I can't hear La France! And Merrick Pardins takes the win. Is that booing? Am I hearing booing? Not many French fans in here? I think a lot of Matt Mass fans in here. We're going to go to the stage for post-match interview from Neil Pickup and Merrick Pardins. 3-0 versus Matt Mass. Very unfortunate that Rom number won. I would say Merrick was a stronger armwrestler with a stronger arm today. Definitely well prepared. Ladies and gentlemen, I am here with a very excited and very, very impressive Merrick Pardins of France. Merrick, we were in the press conference yesterday and we spoke about the fact that you were pulling one of the most engaging, endearing and popular men on the card and that you've flown under the radar for quite a while. People may not know the threat that you represent and tonight you definitely will have been noticed. How do you feel, brother? I feel really great and I hope now people will put France in the map of armwrestling. France is here. Now, Merrick, those of us who know you know you're a fiery individual. We saw Matt come out tonight and he raises the tempo in here. Do you feel like you were trying to match his energy? Yeah, I feel the energy. It's very special. First time for me like this. The crowd is incredible. Armwrestling grows very fast and I'm really happy for this. I'm really honoured to be here and to enjoy the show also. Now, Merrick, you've had a number of impressive performances. Your victory against Breida. Tonight, a very solid performance against a very dangerous Matt Mask who himself has had some impressive wins. You look at the landscape in the 105kg and there's so many powerful athletes. Who's next? I don't know. I killed all the US guys. I killed one Canadian guy. At least one more, but there's no more in 105kg, Devon. So, I don't know for the future. I will talk with Robert or Dexter for this. In terms of weight class, you look really solid at this weight. Is 105kg your aspiration? Do you see yourself pulling here? Could we see you drop weight or even increase weight? No, 105kg, I think it's my good category. Ladies and gentlemen, you saw him tonight and I'm sure everybody will recognise him tonight. And you saw the result. Aymeric was very dominant in this match. They both came out with fire in their eyes. Matt just couldn't secure any kind of control without the strap and Armik was able to secure the wrist-to-wrist and show that he had the superior side pressure, the superior arm strength. Congratulations to Aymeric Pardins. Matt Mask is always going to come back and we're going to enjoy more of Wild Horse later. WILD HORSE