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Title: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Iceman1981 on June 11, 2012, 11:33:48 PM
Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza was one of the original giant killers. There were many big names in this show such as Lee Lebrada, Vince Taylor, Phil Hill, Mike Christian, Samir Bannout, Albert Beckles and many more. The lighting at this show was great and helped display the deep separations in Momo's physique. In the end Momo placed third with Taylor second and Labrada winning the contest. I also would like to mention that Momo had one of the greatest backs in the history of bodybuilding and was one of only few men to beat Dorian Yates. Just a few years after this contest Momo passed away, but will always be remembered as one of the legends of bodybuilding. R.I.P.

More Pics Mohammed Benaziza 1989 Finnish Grand Prix (http://www.legendsofbodybuilding.com/2012/06/mohammed-momo-benaziza-1989-finnish.html)
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Post by: OTHstrong on June 11, 2012, 11:41:26 PM
Great pics, how the hell did he lose looking like that? insane
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Figo on June 11, 2012, 11:57:29 PM
He was actually shorter than labrada, but so wide! Unbelievable lean size on his frame

Labrada that year was amazing, many felt the olympia should've been his
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Grenache on June 12, 2012, 12:04:05 AM
Pics from this video:

A few days before he died:


Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Jaime on June 12, 2012, 01:22:29 AM
Momo was what Yates and Ronnie wanted to be. A mass monster with lines. He was thick but actually had the shape and structure to pull it off, shame he was a midget. RIP.
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Post by: bigjim on June 12, 2012, 01:24:44 AM
what killed him?
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: OTHstrong on June 12, 2012, 01:36:48 AM
what killed him?

Diuretics related after winning a pro show, very sad. Diuretics are no joke
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Post by: hipolito mejia on June 12, 2012, 05:46:35 AM
Momo was what Yates and Ronnie wanted to be. A mass monster with lines. He was thick but actually had the shape and structure to pull it off, shame he was a midget. RIP.

I keep hearing this (specially on this board) every day !

WHAT PART OF : Being a midget in BodyBuilding is not an issue you dont undertand??

Is not an issue at all!  how many pros legends you know under 5'9"?   and how many over 6 feet?

I honestly think is the other way around.

Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Radical Plato on June 12, 2012, 06:06:09 AM
Momo was what Yates and Ronnie wanted to be. A mass monster with lines. He was thick but actually had the shape and structure to pull it off, shame he was a midget. RIP.
I am sure Ronnie Coleman, 8 time Mr Olympia, winner of 26 IFBB Professional Contests, arguably the strongest and largest bodybuilder on the planet dreamed of being a midget who couldn't even crack the 200 pound barrier who is now dead due to extreme diuretic use.  Momo was good, but cant hold a candle to the One and only Ronnie Coleman!
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Post by: The Grim Lifter on June 12, 2012, 06:08:33 AM
Saw a vid of the guy in the FIBO 92. Was incredible, by that stage Yates had passed him but he was the only one who looked like they could have with Yates.
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: hipolito mejia on June 12, 2012, 07:04:59 AM
I am sure Ronnie Coleman, 8 time Mr Olympia, winner of 26 IFBB Professional Contests, arguably the strongest and largest bodybuilder on the planet dreamed of being a midget who couldn't even crack the 200 pound barrier who is now dead due to extreme diuretic use.  Momo was good, but cant hold a candle to the One and only Ronnie Coleman!

All of that happened after Momo's passing.

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Post by: Figo on June 12, 2012, 10:04:04 AM
Lbs to inches,

Momo pushed the envelope when he beat yates at noc (90 wasn't it?) Massive conditioned size on his small frame
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Post by: bike nut on June 12, 2012, 10:05:06 AM
At his peak, quite possibly the best short bodybuilder ever.
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Jaime on June 12, 2012, 10:55:54 AM
I keep hearing this (specially on this board) every day !

WHAT PART OF : Being a midget in BodyBuilding is not an issue you dont undertand??

Is not an issue at all!  how many pros legends you know under 5'9"?   and how many over 6 feet?

I honestly think is the other way around.




I was thinking more in a generalistic sense and also guys do get overlooked due to height. What bodypart did Yates have that was better than Momo? I can't think of any.
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Post by: Fortress on June 12, 2012, 11:50:10 AM
Should do well in upcoming contests.
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Post by: affeman on June 12, 2012, 12:13:55 PM
A physique to die for. Oh, wait.... :-\
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Post by: Dr Dutch on June 12, 2012, 12:16:57 PM
Anybody got recent pics from him?    oh wait.... :-\
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Post by: bike nut on June 12, 2012, 12:17:59 PM
Wasn't going to re-write Beethoven's 9th anyway....... ;D
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: disco_stu on June 12, 2012, 02:29:47 PM
He was actually shorter than labrada, but so wide! Unbelievable lean size on his frame

Labrada that year was amazing, many felt the olympia should've been his

yep, it shouldve been. and the next year also.
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Post by: Ronnie Rep on June 12, 2012, 03:25:30 PM
yep, it shouldve been. and the next year also.
MoMo was the one who motivated Dorian to bring his back up when he took 2nd to him in 89 NOC!
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Figo on June 12, 2012, 06:33:04 PM

I was thinking more in a generalistic sense and also guys do get overlooked due to height. What bodypart did Yates have that was better than Momo? I can't think of any.

Maybe calves ;D
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Post by: Dicki_Nurmom on June 12, 2012, 06:40:01 PM
all drugs
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: njflex on June 12, 2012, 07:16:19 PM
MoMo was the one who motivated Dorian to bring his back up when he took 2nd to him in 89 NOC!
damn straight,,,momo was 154 lbs when turned pro ,got big quick and really started to be a threat .yates as well grew and grew ,better cocktails and gh voila...
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Post by: delta9mda on June 12, 2012, 08:42:00 PM
MoMo was the one who motivated Dorian to bring his back up when he took 2nd to him in 89 NOC!
Yates was not in the 89 NOC
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Iceman1981 on June 12, 2012, 10:08:25 PM
MoMo was the one who motivated Dorian to bring his back up when he took 2nd to him in 89 NOC!

You mean 1990 NOC.
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Post by: SomeKindofMonster on June 12, 2012, 10:24:55 PM
Right before the contest he won and then died after, Porter Cotrell
felt Momo's arms and they were cold and clammy but he also said that
was the hardest muscle he had ever felt on anyone. No Homo on
Poter's part. Probably saw the condition he was in and wanted to
check out how hard a totally dried out, fatless muscle felt.

I do believe that Momo was the 1st pro bodybuilder to usher
in a genuine GH, roid gut. it was very obvious and it's too bad
he felt he had to get even bigger to get better. He had filled out
his frame nicely and would have been even more competitive with
a little less mass without the belly. (Referring to post 1989 - his gut
was fine there.
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: SomeKindofMonster on June 12, 2012, 10:29:21 PM
Pre gut and post gut
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Figo on June 13, 2012, 12:22:42 AM


I do believe that Momo was the 1st pro bodybuilder to usher
in a genuine GH, roid gut. it was very obvious and it's too bad
he felt he had to get even bigger to get better.

Unfortunately true, also belknap

Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Jaime on June 13, 2012, 06:18:40 AM
Maybe calves ;D


I admit wrongdoing.  :-[
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Sam on June 13, 2012, 06:38:22 AM
Right before the contest he won and then died after, Porter Cotrell
felt Momo's arms and they were cold and clammy but he also said that
was the hardest muscle he had ever felt on anyone. No Homo on
Poter's part. Probably saw the condition he was in and wanted to
check out how hard a totally dried out, fatless muscle felt.

I do believe that Momo was the 1st pro bodybuilder to usher
in a genuine GH, roid gut. it was very obvious and it's too bad
he felt he had to get even bigger to get better. He had filled out
his frame nicely and would have been even more competitive with
a little less mass without the belly. (Referring to post 1989 - his gut
was fine there.

Musclemag did an article after he died with Steve Brisbois and porter cottrell about the whole evening after the show and Momo's slow decline into death - fucking haunting it was
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: njflex on June 13, 2012, 06:44:29 AM
Musclemag did an article after he died with Steve Brisbois and porter cottrell about the whole evening after the show and Momo's slow decline into death - fucking haunting it was
brisbois who had good little build and shape never recovered and retired immediatley .
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Sam on June 13, 2012, 07:14:22 AM
brisbois who had good little build and shape never recovered and retired immediatley .

I think it really scared him - he said that 100% of Momo's liquid intake came from just a few Pureed apples a day
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Post by: Figo on June 13, 2012, 08:03:41 AM
I think it really scared him - he said that 100% of Momo's liquid intake came from just a few Pureed apples a day

I remember reading that article, but it was ages ago

If I'm not mistaken, he was buying a lot of bags of apples, and that was his sole caloric and fluid intake! Add diuretics in the mix...

It really shook up cottrell and especially brisbois that he called it a day. Milos, not so much, apparently...
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Post by: arce1988 on June 13, 2012, 03:22:27 PM
   rip
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Post by: njflex on June 13, 2012, 07:20:37 PM
I remember reading that article, but it was ages ago

If I'm not mistaken, he was buying a lot of bags of apples, and that was his sole caloric and fluid intake! Add diuretics in the mix...

It really shook up cottrell and especially brisbois that he called it a day. Milos, not so much, apparently...
the weider train was still rolling along strong then and no turning back,,,the mag's and some bbers said something needs to be done to stop this and not let momo's death mean nothing,,yeah ok it got worse .
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: bigmikecox on June 14, 2012, 08:19:22 AM
It will be 20 years this October that he has been dead
Title: Re: Mohammed "Momo" Benaziza - 1989 Finnish Grand Prix PICS!!!
Post by: Figo on June 14, 2012, 11:04:34 AM
the weider train was still rolling along strong then and no turning back,,,the mag's and some bbers said something needs to be done to stop this and not let momo's death mean nothing,,yeah ok it got worse .
matarazzo and dillet almost died too

Milos was present and saw momo dying yet many of his clients also got sick, and 1 died
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Post by: OTHstrong on June 16, 2012, 04:26:06 PM
It will be 20 years this October that he has been dead
Not bad considering he has been the only pro that has died with 24 hours of competing
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Post by: Dr Dutch on June 17, 2012, 11:24:14 AM
It will be 20 years this October that he has been dead
time flies...