Buddy, Arnold wasn't close to bigger than everyone else that night. He was as light as he had been since what....'69? Mentzer was shorter, about a mile thicker, with cross striations on his triceps and legs 2x the size of Arnold's. Arnold wasn't as proportional as Zane, Dickerson, or Mentzer. He wasn't as big as half the lineup, and he was probably only on par with their conditioning. All this combined with the fact that he was Arnold and the judging panel was made up not only of his friends, but former roommates, and role models=biased judging.
HAHAHAHA. You know NOTHING of Arnold's competition weight. Arnold came in at 250 pounds for the 1969 Mr. Olympia, with NO cuts and he lost as a result of that. The following year he trimmed down to 230 pounds onstage. The following year he ballooned back up to 250 pounds and then down to 235-240 pounds until the 1975 Mr. Olympia where he weighed 225 pounds. Fast forward to 1980, he was 210 pounds the night of the competition. SO YEAH, he was actually 40 pounds lighter than his 1969 competition weight.
