Arm wrestling betting: East vs West bouts

Arm wrestling is a one-on-one strength sport: two pullers grip hands across a table, elbows planted, and a round ends when one hand is pinned to the pad. A bout always produces a winner, so there is no draw to price. On the pre-match line every bout is listed on its own, with the arm it is pulled on and a price for each athlete.

East vs West: the series behind the line

The arm wrestling line is built mainly around the East vs West super-match cards. The series was founded by Engin Terzi and held its first event in Istanbul on 12 June 2021; the 2021 and 2022 events stayed in Turkey, and later cards were staged in Tbilisi as well as in two American cities, Orlando and Arlington. Each event is a pay-per-view evening built bout by bout, with no bracket and no table.

Both arms are contested, and weight classes run from under 80 kg up to super-heavyweight, with an open category for women. Results from the series show how wide the gaps can be: at EvW 12 Georgia's Levan Saginashvili swept Devon Larratt four rounds to nil, and at EvW 16 Ermes Gasparini of Italy, who had won the very first card, took Michael Todd 3-0.

How a card appears on the line

In October the line carried twelve bouts from East vs West 27, all on 24 October and all labelled "Right arm", scheduled between 18:15 and 21:10. Each listing shows two names and two prices, 1 and 2.

Opening a bout shows one market, Win (2Way), with W1 and W2: the whole bet is who wins the match. Prices of 1.85 on both sides price two pullers as equals; 7 against 1.07 leaves no doubt about the favourite.

Pre-match or live

Bouts are priced before the evening starts, and the same sport has its own live section for cards in progress. The full list of sports with pre-match markets is on the main line page.

Betting on arm wrestling

Each bout carries its own price, and a registered account is needed before the first bet.