There’s really no other way to prove your strength and perseverance than in a good ol’ batter of thumb wars, y’all. Pinning down someone else’s thumb with your own thumb? TBH, that sounds hard! Some thumbs are of different shapes, sizes, and only have certain capabilities (maybe one can ~bend further~ or even ~twist~), which makes this competition a really, well, intense one. Charli XCX and Nasty Cherry decided to take up the challenge to see who has the winning thumb.

Before they enter the ring (yep, Cosmo had an official thumb fighting ring prepared), they had to choose their fighting capes that were provided by Marcela Roberts, also known as The Meticulous Whim on Instagram and Etsy. They had various colored sharpies laid out to create lil faces on their plumpest fingers, a variety of capes, and even wigs so that their thumbs were fashionably ready for the big battle.

Chloe and Georgia kicked off the games and Georgia came in ready to win, trying to force down Chloe’s funkily dressed thumb as soon as she could. But Chloe pulled out some sneaky tactics where it looked like she was about to get pulled down though it was actually a way to try and swoop over Georgia’s gold-caped thumb. And that got her to win! WE LOVE THE DEDICATION TO THE STRATEGY!

The other half of Nasty Cherry, Gabi and Debbie, go at it aaand it didn’t last very long. The energy was very high, but Debbie’s thumb pounded Gabi’s to the ground in a matter seconds. To be fair, Gabi did put up a fight but then got overwhelmed by Gabi’s thumb intensity and took the L.

And the semifinals started with Charli XCX going against the first champ, Chloe, which quickly ended with Chloe crushing Charli XCX’s thumb. Then Charli XCX went up against other winner, Gabi, where she also took a loss. We still love your thumb though, Charli.

Ah, and all there was left was two phat phalanges. Woof. Are you sweating too?! Peep the video above for the end results, I won’t spoil everything!!!