Bornman sweeps Muratov 3-0 in East vs West 24 superheavyweight clash

Riekerd Bornman did more than win at East vs West 24. He ran through Alizhan Muratov 3-0 in a right-arm superheavyweight match in Little Rock, Arkansas, turning one of the card’s most credible pairings into a one-sided statement.

The official results board listed the bout as a 3-0 sweep, and that margin is what makes it resonate. Muratov entered with the kind of résumé that usually demands respect in this lane: 28 years old, 229 pounds, a 6-1 record, and prior East vs West assignments against Artyom Morozov and Ermes Gasparini. This was not a fringe opponent or a late-card mismatch. It was a tested international puller, and Bornman still made it look controlled from start to finish.

Bornman brought his own momentum into the match. Gold’s Arm lists the South African as 22 years old, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 269 pounds, with a 6-2 record and previous East vs West wins already on his page. He had beaten Lars Rørbakken 3-0 at East vs West 23 on April 18, 2026, and the Muratov result pushed that rise into a different category. Beating a respected opponent is one thing. Sweeping him is another.

That distinction matters in superheavyweight arm wrestling, where a clean scoreline against a proven name can change how quickly a puller moves into bigger rooms. Bornman’s win suggested he controlled the hand, dictated the setup, and never let Muratov settle into the kind of match that veteran superheavyweights usually force. In a division built on leverage, experience and brute strength, Bornman made the result feel decisive rather than competitive.

East vs West 24 had plenty of star power around it, including Michael Todd vs. Oleg Petrenko and Ermes Gasparini vs. Artyom Morozov, but Bornman’s sweep was the kind of result that can travel fastest afterward. It did not just add another line to a record. It widened the conversation around Bornman’s ceiling and pushed him closer to the more serious matchmaking tier that follows when a young heavyweight stops merely competing and starts dominating.