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Matthias Schlitte is a professional arm wrestler, and has a rare genetic defect, which made his right forearm bone 33% larger than his left. There is no photoshop in this picture.
Meet 27-year-old German Matthias Schlitte.
His nickname is "Hellboy" but a lot of people like to think he's the real Popeye thanks to his unit of a right arm. And he's kind of a big deal.
Matthias has a rare genetic defect, which made his right forearm bone 33% larger than his left.
At the age of 16, he decided to try out arm wrestling after his mother saw a flyer at a petrol station calling for entrants and told him to go.
He turned up to the event, held in a bar, and at first he wasn't taken seriously because of his slight 65kg frame and the fact he was, you know, just a skinny 16-year-old kid.
But fairly soon it became it obvious that Matthias had a gift, and started beating everyone.
Since then, Matthias has gone on to win 14 international championships.
You should cut back some, Quagmire
And can now be found making money from brilliant adverts like this one.
Good work, Matthias.
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
World Armwrestling Federation doesn't fuck around either - doping is a flat 2 year suspension and they DGAF what apologies you make.
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
Just a fun fact. Not really relevant. I dug "Pulling John" though (documentary about greatest armwrestler to live so far)
OPDelivery
Or just a lot of http://media.giphy.com/media/Owjz8xZ6akD9S/giphy.gif
NotAnUberUsername
Best gif of the day +1
prehistoricmarmalade
what on earth
ExPFCWintergreen
Has science gone too far?
SgtCookie111
Mad science is when you realise you've gone to far, but decide to carry on anyway, just to see what happens.
Butane9000
Plot Twist: He's left handed
CodependantHumpDeBumps
Charger anyone?
grishnakah
"that must be tha fella who masturbates all day long." *Ellis face*
znicehonix
I didn't sign up for this shit.
lucasi27
Looks like the guy from "Lady in the Water."
itwasadarkandstormynight
Tman9321
CHARGER!!!
Virtuoso
Looked for this because it my first thought :D
thegeeksshallinherittheearth
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111120758/3140606-4770362267-Homer.jpg
Paleo16
Yeees I was looking for this one
gingermooney
That's the first thing I thought about this post
MorbidToast
1.2.3 BANANA!
DaveyJones69
simpsons did it
rodkimblestuntman
If I saw him in the street, I would just think he jerked off constantly.
shinymetalassassin
Never skip left arm day.
whiteknightfellinmud
*right arm
JonSnow069
Aka masterbation?
titanfries
Yes, master bath on.
OdysseusLost
Everyone was thinking it, but you posted it. +1
CynicalFish
I dunno, he reminds me of a crab, it's kinda cool looking IMO :o
ilurknolonger
Muffyns
never skip right arm day
ItHertz
CollaborativeStorytelling
Most arm exercises don't actually do all that much for arm wrestling since the angles are different... I'll let myself out.
smc1987
Sounds like someone doesn't use the arm wrestling machine when they go to the gym.
Mistruths
Yeah iirc the majority of the muscles used in arm wrestling are actually in your shoulder/back.
halfanangrybadger
It's hell on your rotator cuffs.
HurryUpIgotNutstoBustButtsTOfuckNDslutsToFuckinUppercut
At first i thought this was an elaborate PS
r2linad2
Fer serious.
UndeadPrinceRicard
thats his right arm dummy
whiteknightfellinmud
Thank you
UndeadPrinceRicard
<3
MarcTheRN
DunderMifflinSabre
HAHA, you don't understand......
OktoberSunset
Are you really allowed to lean way over like that? I can't believe that pro sport has more lax rules than you'd have down the pub.
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
Actually the rules are that you HAVE to be "less than a fist's distance from your hands at start".
Protean2648
That doesn't sound very possible at all. Your wrist is less than half a fist away from your hand!
OPDelivery
When referring to the competition, can we say he's repeatedly "beat it" into submission?
ineverfinishanyofmy
SETTLE IT THE USUAL WAY!
SomeRandomBiologist
THE USUAL WAY!!!
Eightcharactersormore
This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the first picture!
sarmik
was expecting this be top comment, really upset it's not.
ineverfinishanyofmy
Oh well...
hiniku
SETTLE IT THE USUAL WAY!
SlutAtNight
Looks like Quagmire did after discovering internet porn.
ilurknolonger
MsLilo
Giggity.
Prostatus
this is exactly what came to mind hahah!
virtuacor
knew it would be here.
TheRicM
That is obligatory
barrackobarner
TheRicM
Nice.
ilurknolonger
Noyce!
RenegadeTQ
I laughed so damn hard the first time I saw this episode xD
Lassannn
This wonderful guy should've tried arm wrestling: http://imgur.com/GSBAnWT
opulous
#5 looks like he's using his whole body to take that arm down, but that's not allowed right.. ?
Protean2648
Also I don't understand why bigger bones is such an advantage. I thought the pull for arm wrestling started at the pecs and front delts.
ArcAngL
I always thought they had to stay pretty much upright. Not laying down and using a different kind of leverage like this guy does.
DarthShrader
...or Imgur science experiements, not judging.
tarataqa
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln694khJag1qcyndeo1_400.gif
Bombideer
But can he best @Alan, the founder of Imgur?
KingMudkipIII
@Alan plz
StapleFunk
When I turn the hat around its like a switch
boobisboobbackwards
"Matthias had a gift, and started beating everyone." oh god i feel SO immature but i can't stop laughing
StaringintotheSun
Anyone else notice the golfball in dudes neck?
TacticalPizza
Maybe he is the protector http://imgur.com/PT7v21B
necromagiks
thank you! went to the comments for this! so sad this is so far down.
TacticalPizza
It made it to the front page and not a single person referenced it. I was surpised
saint080
Yes! Lady in the Water so randomly awesome.
VonJaeger
As cool as this is, there's no way I wouldn't try and build up that left arm to a similar size if I was that guy.
grovberg
I'm sure that's never occurred to him.
MrBigMcLargeHuge
You could definitely improve its size a good amount but I really doubt you could get even half right arm.
Flyndaran
Can't as every part is larger including bones. One of the reasons he wins so much is due to being a low weight class. Bulking wouldn't help.
thetypoman
Giggity
DaHolca
he seems unbalanced.
WhatIveDean
pls nerf
UnattendedOctopus
can i upvote you like a 1000 times? please, please.
thatpooplife
What does nerf mean
poochyena
Its when people want something figuratively turned into a nerf gun.
WhatIveDean
If something in a game is to *overpowered* and there's an update that makes it worse, you're nerfing it.
barrackobarner
Shads
commenting for later
sazsha
Thank you god I wasn't the only one who thought it.
MisterBriightsiide
Your username, Iunderstoodthatreference.gif
Danze1984
Fucking knew it!
fantasticmrfoxed
Giggity giggity GIGGITY GOOOO
GoGurty
Yes!!!!!
counslor
And there it is! +1 for the magnificence of this comment.
AIistairHennessey
You win!
miraculousDefroster
epic
drewcrosby
Gold.
MooseFoxx
Giggidy
nickdillinger
There it is!
DoingItWrongSince1980
Some pros have called him a cheater. Arm wrestling is classed by weight. He has the arm of a 300lbs man but fights in the 150lbs class.
PunchyFromCleveland
Yeah, ok, but can't we just let him have this?
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
Can they REALLY complain after John Brzenk (~210lbs now but was ~155lb 20 years ago) dominated them all (heavyweights included) for 20 years
TheHappyCanadian
both my arms look like this guys right, but to be fair I'm 300 LBS and a strongman
instantbeetle
So do it by weight class of the weight of the arm.
Durzaka
My thoughts exactly. doesnt seem fair at all.
tempestfoxthree
Change the regulations so it classifies by arm weight then? Seems pretty simple to me.
AgamemnonsMemes
it does kinda seem unfair
Freshtodeaf
The one gif they have of him compete ing he actually loses te next 2 rounds.
Rovex
Its not cheating really, they could do it as well if they wanted.
hippocampus
you cannot build up that much muscle in only one place without gaining overall weight usually.
edissick
This post reminded me so much about the Stanhope bit on sports and genetics.
ArdentSlacker
Trying to find that bit.
SuicideByAccountant
then they need to go off mass or diameter of flexed muscle. (try and make sure nobody cheats then btw)
Dominian
Oh this is the Pistorius leg-debate all over again. Can't wait who the armwrestler shoots tho.
mingotheflamingo
so you're saying he should cut off his legs and become unstoppable? Except for stairs, of course
Xeynid
Wasn't/isn't there some wrestler who doesn't have legs/all of his legs, so his insanely more muscular?
Xeynid
He'r*
Girlie1337
It looks like he was using his body weight to win in that gif. I thought that was against the rules?
hangemhigh13
Nope. You also use your feet, back and positioning of elbows, wrist-bending etc. It's mostly technique.
intooblv
Arm aside, #5 really looks like he's just locking his arm and putting all his body weight into it. Am I mistaken? Is that allowed?
ThereAreOtherWorldsThanThese
That was my thought as well.
hangemhigh13
Yes. In professional arm-wrestling you also use your feet and you mostly play with your back. Arm strength is necessary but not crucial.
DenverPostironic
There have been a lot of recent controversies lately over "Genetically gifted athletes." I think that it's fair, that they should compete.
PunchyFromCleveland
I agree because aren't most amazing athletes genetically gifted in some way?
yogurtandstuff
Right? Isnt being genetically gifted decent part of what makes anyone an athlete? Everyone has genes, believe it or not. Crazy, I know.
PyroBeast
Sounds unfair to me
DoingItWrongSince1980
Arm wrestlers compete against same body weight, so it kinda is unfair. But hard to hate someone making the most of a "disability".
importvita
Yeah, I mean I honestly find it pretty cool he's taken something that would make him 'abnormal' and turned it into a gift.
RunsWithShortShorts
I saw a kid with only one leg wrestle. Thought he'd get whooped, I was wrong. So much more muscle everywhere else.
Zurkive
My cousin wrestles and he has a prosthetic leg. It seems to be an advantage rather than a disadvantage.
WhataboutBobWiley
They also have guys missing limbs in these contests(weight class). He isn't benefiting by having a weak left arm either.
6pace
Then it needs to be classed better or these fucking guys need to not make a living off of arm wrestling. No job security, too many mutants.
asianjimhalpert
Thank you Dr. Watson
ScaredOfCupcakes
Too many mutants
r4c7
Pro doesn't mean you necessarily make a living off of it. Pros in a lot of niche categories usually have real jobs.
TheMightyLegs
Hope summers.
Winterfox
No more mutants
TheMightyLegs
Hope summers, all the mutants.
MasterEmp
Send in the sentinels...
Treblaine
WindrunnerTheMovie
You wouldn't want guns in y your school, so why let mutants?
Treblaine
You're the reason I was afraid to go to school as a child.
WindrunnerTheMovie
You're a weapon!
sirbaconsmittywerbenjagermanjenson
>too many mutants.
DoingItWrongSince1980
Reminds me of Konishiki Yasokichi, the Hawaiian sumo wrestler. Kicked out for being too big and too not Japanese http://imgur.com/r5hanZs
revcleo
Where does it says that? He is 6ft 0.5inches, and japanese-samoan from Hawaii but it seems he wasn't kicked out. He retired.
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
lol "too not Japanese"
DoingItWrongSince1980
To everyone correcting me, my source is a Maxim article I read in '99? and barely remember. But he did get a lot of hate for being foreign.
DoingItWrongSince1980
"We don't want any foreign yokozuna!" reads the headline of an article in Bungeishunju, a leading Japanese magazine.
DoingItWrongSince1980
"Sumo is a Japanese national treasure. A grand champion must have a special poise or dignity that is difficult even for Japanese, but ...
DoingItWrongSince1980
...impossible for a foreigner to achieve." - Kojima, who sits on the panel of sumo judges that determines yokozuna promotions
baronridiculous
He was not kicked out, he was ōzeki for six years, then he retired. He was almost yokozuna.
zackfair808
Konishiki is a legend here. He's right up there with Akebono. I don't recall him getting kicked out though.
BillyHoWCR
I am thinking you have no clue why he actually quit?
sn4k3rjaker
I am thinking (hoping?) His username might explain this a little...
BingleyBingleyBeep
I think that wasn't a question.
ItsOkayItsOfficial
I think it's just to show you how he talks? With a little inflection at the end? Now maybe you raise your voice a little when you read this?
BingleyBingleyBeep
I get that. I'm fighting a losing battle and there's the sense that we should allow these changes to form, for reasons like this.
SnookerSylph
With an upward inflection like this? Where everything is a question? And stewies voice goes higher?
gone271
He wasn't kicked out you racist motherfucker
Treblaine
Less cheating, more literally following the rules. What stops everyone else doing the same thing other than lack of talent/dedication?
jesmonster
The lack of a genetic deformity that causes one arm to be super huge? Maybe that?
Treblaine
That is his natural talent. It is unfair to exclude anyone for their natural physical advantage. Why discriminate by genes?
Treblaine
People with genetics to be super tall aren't excluded from basketball, nor any other competition, why here?
IbukiOnTheScene
If basketball was played in "height classes" like other sports have weight classes, then it would be unfair to let someone in a shorter
Treblaine
FYI: it's very good to separate by weight class otherwise there's no subjectivity of how much of a genetic advantage is "too much".
Treblaine
Nor are boxers with genetically longer arms excluded. Weight class is weight class.
IbukiOnTheScene
(2) height class who had a genetic condition that let him expand his body at will to become 8 feet tall. And that would not be a "talent"
Treblaine
Your natural physical attributes ARE your talents.
GingerTheBeard
the biology, his bones are literally bigger than theirs in his arm.
Treblaine
Which is his natural talent, excluding him for being naturally better would make the competition a sham.
GingerTheBeard
oh no don't get me wrong, he has every right to be there. just maybe not in that weight category. his arm is part of his weight after all.
Treblaine
But his weight... puts him in that category. You measure his WHOLE weight and he IS in that category.
loafroaster
Did you miss the bit about him having a genetic defect?
OktoberSunset
And Usain Bolt has a genetic defect that makes him a fast son of a bitch, that's how sports work.
yogurtandstuff
*that is how genetics works
Treblaine
"talent". It's not a defect here if it's beneficial. Excluding people for their genes... uhh... that may end badly.
aggressiveperfector
You missed the point. You are saying that anyone can achieve that arm in his weight class, and they can't without his condition.
Treblaine
No that is NOT what competitions are about. It's not a fucking lottery where "anyone can win" it's that the BEST man should win.
jesmonster
It also isn't a talent or hard work.
yogurtandstuff
Michael Phelps is a master swimmer in part because he has MASSIVE paddle hands/feet (genes) and part because he works hard.
Treblaine
How do you know he hasn't done any training. If it's not individual talent, why can't you do it?
skellious
That's not his fault.
theh8ed
That is irrelevant. I don't agree or disagree, but whether or not it is his fault his arm is like that is irrelevant.
skellious
not really. some people are naturally better at sports than others, I don't see how this is any different.
theh8ed
It is either against the rules and deemed unfair or its not. The fact that he either choose or did not choose this is, in fact, irrelevant.
skellious
yes and it is not unfair. that is the point
coldrabbits
"arm wrestling"
agumonkey
Olympic class fapper
dakonsept
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
bossoverton
So that's what the kids are calling it these days.
Abominor
"Genetic defect."
6pace
more like penis wrestling.
TheHappyCanadian
his dick must look like a 3 month-old toothpaste tube
UncleB0b
http://imgur.com/Fw2GQlR
Outlawnightmare
Why do you not have more upvotes
UncleB0b
I was at -2 at some point haha
HoobitTheHobbit
"Snake tackling"
Waddafaq
he's wrestling something
gimmemycrayons
I always thought it was cheating when you lean with your body weight to pin your opponent.
Killertomato84
it is cheating. everything he does is illegal in serious competition. He's 100% sideshow attraction.