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« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2006, 07:15:39 PM » |
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Melvin placed top 5 at the Olympia and after that said he was waiting to compete until the O. Would have been sic to have him in the lineup with dex, Phil and Victor.
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« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2006, 07:18:42 PM » |
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No Melvin, Troy, Mustafa, Dennis Wolf? Everyone in The Olympia should get an invite.
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« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2006, 07:35:37 PM » |
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Melvin placed top 5 at the Olympia and after that said he was waiting to compete until the O. Would have been sic to have him in the lineup with dex, Phil and Victor.
True. he could win it. But he made some insane strides with Nicholls last year. If he takes one whole year of nothing but O prep, he could be right up top. Of course we know they'll plant Jay/Ronnie either 1-2 or 2-1, jsut for the history books.... everyone else is battling for 3rd. |
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« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2006, 07:36:29 PM » |
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Im gonna put Phil Heath at 7th place. Too bad Melvin isnt in, but im glad Vince Taylor is in.
1. Vic
2. Dex
3. Gustavo
4. Ruhl
5. Freeman
Some people say you can look at the sponsor list and see who's signed with who, and get a good idea of who will place where. Crazy people, I tells ya. |
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« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2006, 07:39:05 PM » |
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No Melvin, Troy, Mustafa, Dennis Wolf? Everyone in The Olympia should get an invite.
Everyone? That would be 21 competitors. The worst thing you can have and I would love to hear Chick or another pros opinion is TOO deep of a lineup. Every year at the O we have these guys fall through the cracks and get overlooked tremendously. Johnnie Jackson in 05, Ronnie Rockel should have made Top 15 last year, you guys probably know a ton more oversights. Mainly because the Olympia gets too deep with talent that qualify. Troy Alves was eighth a few years back and look at him now. |
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« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2006, 08:55:51 PM » |
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No cormier, I was hoping he would've had time to recover from his injury and make a run at the arnold...too bad. Shawn was also speculating in the lastest MuscleMag that Ronnie might do the arnold, guess that is out as well.
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« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2006, 09:16:40 PM » |
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Some people say you can look at the sponsor list and see who's signed with who, and get a good idea of who will place where. Crazy people, I tells ya.
what does that have to do w/ my post? |
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« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2006, 09:40:57 PM » |
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what does that have to do w/ my post?
oh, you were ranking them by how you thought they'd place, right? |
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« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2006, 09:49:34 PM » |
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oh, you were ranking them by how you thought they'd place, right?
yeah, its what I think. Im not up to date on who is sponsored w/ who |
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« Reply #34 on: December 18, 2006, 10:56:25 PM » |
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No Melvin, Troy, Mustafa, Dennis Wolf? Everyone in The Olympia should get an invite.
I think they're choosing to skip the Arnold. There's good reason this show is second only to the Olympia....awesome line-up!!
some would say it passed the Olympia a while ago. |
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« Reply #35 on: December 18, 2006, 11:13:44 PM » |
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I am extremely proud and honoured to be a part of this incredible line up!!! This is a dream for me!!
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« Reply #36 on: December 19, 2006, 12:15:43 AM » |
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Rocco Jones and Sami Al-Haddad should be in a competition like this.
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« Reply #37 on: December 19, 2006, 12:22:47 AM » |
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http://www.body-building.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=97&st=160  Gustavo Badell Mark Dugdale Tony Freeman Marcus Haley Phillip Heath David Henry Dexter Jackson Johnnie Jackson Dennis James Victor Martinez Ronny Rockel Markus Ruehl Sergey ShelestovVince Taylor Branch Warren Luke Wood
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« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2006, 12:33:01 AM » |
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Looks like a really good line up... alot of top names and up and comers .... nice to see Vince Taylor in there.
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« Reply #39 on: December 19, 2006, 12:47:10 AM » |
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Melvin placed top 5 at the Olympia and after that said he was waiting to compete until the O. Would have been sic to have him in the lineup with dex, Phil and Victor.
Does Mel have an endorsement contract? That O 5th place prize money wont carry him past christmas  |
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« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2006, 01:09:39 AM » |
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I am extremely proud and honoured to be a part of this incredible line up!!! This is a dream for me!!
Where do you think/hope you can realistically place? |
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« Reply #41 on: December 19, 2006, 01:35:19 AM » |
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Sergey is a dark horse here. Could even win it imo. But Victor Martinez is the clear favourite obviously.
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« Reply #42 on: December 19, 2006, 01:41:32 AM » |
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nows that one kick ass lineup..i would say anybody could win this..victor most likely to win it..
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« Reply #43 on: December 19, 2006, 03:17:45 AM » |
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No wonder the Arnold classics second only to the big O. It is a complete Mr O line up with only a few names missing. The myth of the Phil will be tried and tested there. I pray he would prove himself worthy. I personally think this would be another opportunity for Dexter to seek revenge over Victor for his placing in the O. All said, am placing my card on victor to win the next Arnold..
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« Reply #44 on: December 19, 2006, 06:36:17 AM » |
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Does Mel have an endorsement contract? That O 5th place prize money wont carry him past christmas I'm sure VYOtech left him something nice in the stocking. While Phil has the undefeated record and is the next Mr O, Melvin should knock off jay and/or ronnie this year. IMO, they won't let that happen, so they can have a nice storybook finale between ronnie and jay. But damn, if he puts on 10 more pounds, with that thin waist, he's gonna be unstoppable. |
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« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2006, 06:47:58 AM » |
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That was the first time we've seen Melvin nail his conditioning in years. We finally saw what his legs looked like without one of the Great Lakes hovering over them. He was still behind Victor and Dexter. Vic is the man who can destroy them all IF he nails his conditioning, but it's still an IF with him.
At least we have something to discuss besides two morons claiming to kick each other's asses.
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« Reply #46 on: December 19, 2006, 07:02:04 AM » |
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Dunno why everyone's placing Branch so highly. He gets worse with every show and the Olympia showed that he's now on a downward spiral. His body's shot to pieces with drugs and he won't last much longer IMO.
Martinez to win, followed by Dexter and Heath.
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« Reply #47 on: December 19, 2006, 07:52:26 AM » |
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Melvin's arms shocked me more than anything else. Plus the fact he could play bumpercars all afternoon then still sneak in for a top 5 placing.
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« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2006, 07:55:27 AM » |
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Victor
Dexter
Ruhl
Branch
Vince Taylor
Dennis James
Heath got to be in there. |
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« Reply #49 on: December 19, 2006, 08:40:46 AM » |
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Hey Big Luke, I want to congratulate your for being invited to do the Arnold Classic. AWESOME dude!!!  By the way this is Wong "asiansensation" Hong  |
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