Rondel & Johnny Kaufman: 83 kg Perk, biggest upset, who changed a legacy, most vulnerable Champ...
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Why did Perk deliberately scratch his bench attempt at Worlds?
Fellas, we got the band back together. We got the band back together by hot demand. I just got to get some quick housekeeping out the way. Matt Gary hit me up. as i was about to record this so matt gary had said on the on the show that um the french and matisse ducre of france had scratched their bench attempts and he thought that was poor sportsmanship and he called him out on it and matisse ducre and and well i don't know if matisse himself but a bunch of people had been sending d matt dm's in the last few days just letting him know he actually did not uh scratch the last two bench attempts um it was actually decision at the scoring table due to euro sport um that uh so Apparently, like Eurosport has abbreviated breaks and et cetera, right?
So anyways, if people who didn't hear, essentially we got into, it was a good conversation for us, but Perk openly had said in the 74s, Fenn broke the world record bench press in his second attempt. And for the third attempt, Perk scratched his third attempt bench and he could have left in a placeholder to allow Fenn an extra 60 seconds or so and then have more time because the turnaround was crazy at IPF World's primetime. Ron Tell will tell you. He's one of the fellas who was like, holy shit.
What was it? What was it-ish? In terms of time.
Like what? Between like lifts?
Taking your first and your second. Specifically on call it bench. What? Eight minutes? Nine minutes?
Nah. It was less. Like I would say maybe six. Just because obviously they take a full minute and then the sports and unloading team is...
Elite so how much like in terms of the portion is quick six minutes is significant So yeah, and they they didn't take the full 60 seconds They fucking flew to like load especially on bench. They could they could load it quick because it's right there by them and Nobody's taking their full 60 seconds. There's rock and roll you get out there you rock and roll So it was a quick turnaround and then in between bench and squat super quick so Anyways, all that to say, Perk actually said, straight up, I scratched on purpose to hurt the chance as a fan to hit that world record bench so that I could take a swing at it at Sheffield. Hey, I ain't mad at that myself. Matisse Ducre had two scratches, and people were like, what the hell?
Matisse was injured on bench, so he fell back. He would be in primetime, earn primetime. The guy's like a primetime lifter. He's legit potential top five. and but matt gary was like my man if you're finishing in 27th place why are you doing that that's poor sportsmanship in that case and the french and then we're just letting him know actually he he he didn't scratch um he wasn't allowed to put in an attempt and blah blah blah it wasn't up to him so to speak so um matt gary's gonna do an apology to you my man matisse uh personally and i'll repost it but anyone who's listening just want to let him know lay off matisse he didn't do it It wasn't him, but good conversation. We could kick this conversations off.
How do you guys feel about this? Scratching your attempt to foil adversaries. If you're far, is, is there a place, is there a place in time when, look at if you're coming to 15th, what are you doing? Or if you're like far back, let the big boys go for world records. You're impacting guys going for big lifts or women going for big lifts. And the crowd is just going to get pissed off you. If you're like in the flight and you're way the hell back, you're don't do it because we want to see a guy like rondell who might be struggling with this turnaround let us see rondella top end form what are you doing you're not going to get in the podium or nothing that's where matt gary's come from by the way he thought that was the case so he's like what are you doing like let let the big boy swing um that's why matt was saying that wasn't the case but for perk perk is obviously in the forefront and perk
He scratched so my man couldn't get that bench press record. And Perk is like, this is what Perk said. Look, you broke the bench press world record on your second attempt.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did Perk deliberately scratch his bench attempt at Worlds?
0:01–15:10
2
When is it appropriate for a lifter to scratch an attempt and when isn’t it?
15:10–29:39
3
Who was the breakthrough star of the 2026 IPF Worlds?
29:39–42:29
4
What was the biggest upset win at the 2026 Worlds?
42:29–56:58
5
Which lifter redefined their legacy with a win at Worlds?
56:58–1:08:06
6
What rematches from Worlds do fans most want to see again?
1:08:06–1:23:31
7
Who is the favorite between Agatha and Cranon for the 83 kg class at Sheffield?
1:23:31–1:38:35
8
Which current world champion is the most vulnerable heading into Sheffield?
1:38:35–1:55:48
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