East vs West 27 | Budapest, Hungary | Oct. 24, 2026
Right arm, super heavyweight world title, best of 7
With Levan Saginashvili having relinquished the right-arm super heavyweight title, the belt sits vacant, and East vs West has filled the main event with the Russian long-lever toproller against the Polish presser.
Vitaly Laletin
Country: Russia | Age: 36 | Weight: 140 kg (309 lbs) | Height: 6’8″ (205 cm)
Last match: 4-0 win over Alizhan Muratov, left arm (EVW 25, Aug. 1, 2026)
Last right-arm match: 4-1 loss to Devon Larratt (EVW 23, April 18, 2026)
Style: Toproll / high-leverage hand control
- Left-arm super heavyweight world champion
- 4-0 over Larratt on the left arm (EVW 22)
- 4-2 over Jablonski on the left arm (KOTT 11)
- Forearm reportedly over 50 cm, with bicep and forearm girth near 48 cm
^ Climbs fingers over the knuckles and pronates through sustained back pressure - Explosive opening
^ Pinned Larratt in round one of their right-arm match
+/- Elite right arm that remains his second arm
Kamil Jablonski
Country: Poland | Age: 40 | Weight: 128 kg (282 lbs) | Height: 6’2″ (189 cm)
Last match: 4-2 win over Georgi Tsvetkov, right arm (EVW 25, Aug. 1, 2026)
Style: Press / side pressure
Risk management: Good
- 3-0 over Michael Todd on the right arm (EVW 22)
- 4-1 over Jerry Cadorette on the right arm (EVW 21)
- Fast press outside the strap
- Deep defensive toolkit
^ Switched from a flat press to an open-arm defense against Tsvetkov and won the match - Right arm is his primary weapon
+/- Lost 5-1 to Artyom Morozov on the right arm (KOTT 12)
+/- Gives up 12 kg and 16 cm to Laletin
Laletin vs. Jablonski breakdown: Two seconds decide the lane
The fight will be settled in the first two seconds of each round, because the only question that matters is who owns the lane between the strap and the pad before the hands bind.
If Laletin reaches height first, his finger containment peels the cup off Jablonski’s hand and the round ends before the press has anywhere to go, which is how the Russian handled the Pole’s pressing on the left arm. If Jablonski lands the press cleanly outside the strap and drives Laletin’s wrist past the point where the long forearm can recover, the lever advantage turns into a liability, because a longer arm has farther to travel back to center.
Larratt showed the template at EVW 23. Laletin opened with an explosive press and took the first round, and Larratt then answered with a press of his own to flash pin him and followed with a new technique in the last round that ended with Laletin committing a foul. That 4-1 result was the first evidence that the Russian’s right arm can be solved by a smart opponent who adjusts, and Jablonski is the most adaptive presser on the current roster.
The Batumi match against Tsvetkov proved that adaptability. Jablonski opened with a fast press, Tsvetkov stretched him away from the easy shoulder line with back pressure, and the Pole responded by moving into an open-arm defense, keeping his pronation alive, compromising the wrist of Tsvetkov and finding his way back to offense. A best-of-seven rewards that kind of problem solving, because every lost round gives the more flexible man information.
Laletin’s counter is size, and it is considerable. He is four years younger, 12 kg heavier and 16 cm taller, and his left-arm sweeps of Larratt and Muratov show how little time he gives opponents to adjust when his opening lands.
Laletin vs. Jablonski start time, where to watch
The event will start at 1:00 p.m. ET and the matches will stream on EVW Sports.
