As I mentioned here weeks ago - anyone who had seen him in person knew without a doubt he is a pro in the making. I wouldn't be on here hyping him if I didn't see and believe it myself. Those are some awesome shots of Phil and you can see his conditioning. Like someone else mentioned, he stayed silent and those are the ones you need to watch out for. Anyone who met Phil at this show knows he is a humble, gracious competitor. He's got a great future ahead of him. He's currently in Cali doing a photoshoot. Word is he's going to be dunking a basketball in one of the shoots. Yeah - imagine that body dunking!

If anyone is in Colorado, Phil is guest posing at the Colorado State show in Downtown Denver. Mark Dugdale and 2003 Jr Nationals winner, Dillion Armburst are also guest posing. Should be a great show along with 3 great guest posers.

Look for Phillip in Vegas and I will have more updates later this week.

As far as Mo goes, he's young and has potentional. Backstage and on stage he appeared to be nervous and lack confidence. It takes a helluva lot of work to get on that stage, so props to himf or going through with it. He's a work in progess and if he keeps his head on straight can get there in time.

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Out of the top 10 and no routine for the evening show.

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Phil took the entire show. He lived up to the hype and then some. He turned the heads of many, many people. He will be a pro in due time and has the physique to do some damage on the pro level.

Look out USAs - Phil is bringing it and looking to leave a pro.

I had a good chat with Melvin Anthony and he had a lot of grea points on Phil taking his time and I completely agree.

Mo was way off but he's young and if he keeps his head in it, he'll could do something down the road.

Peace

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A couple of the super heavies...

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A couple pics of mo...

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Looks like Phil will live up to the hype generated here last week. He is definitely "on". He was first call out in the Heavies and owned the class. The Superheavies had some big boys but as usual at this show the conditioning wasn't there. I didn't catch the lighter classes. Mo has a great back but didn't have enough color or oil on. He appeared nervous and was a little smooth. Give this kid some time and he could do something but it will be another 3-4 years before he is there.

The figure had large numbers in each class and the top 3 places could go a number of ways without much arguement.

A few pics...

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