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Abdominals / Triceps / Forearms are arguable.
Chest simply isn't up for debate. Ronnie's chest exceeds Dorian's by miles.
For one, Ronnie's pectorals are larger and more muscular. Secondly, they are more striated than Dorian's. Couple that with greater density, muscle layering, muscle maturity, and overall superior shape (greater development on the outside, on top of the clavicle, and on the sternum). Not to mention Dorian has a weird sternocostal deficiency, some sort of abberation where he can't build muscle on the lower portion of the sternum. It looks awful.
As far as forearms go, Ronnie's are larger on the apex. Dorian's are thicker near the wrist though. I doubt the judges would penalize Ronnie because his forearms have a bit of a taper. I'm not saying Ronnie's forearms are better, but to imply that Dorian's are so much better that the judges would take note and actually factor them into a major portion of the assessment is a mistake. Minor bodypart as is, doesn't compensate for Dorian's numerous flaws.
I refuse to concede triceps. Ronnie's are larger and feature stacked striations.
ND complains the lateral head is thin, but it actually has a larger diameter than Dorian's.
Simply a different shape ... and suckmymuscle / ND love to obsess over it.
Ronnie's triceps are also more balanced. Dorian's lateral head OVERPOWERS his underdeveloped long head. Ronnie's long head is in perfect balance with the lateral head. That really says something, when Ronnie's weak-head is larger and more striated than Dorian's strong-head. Not to mention Dorian's triceps are asymmetrical when viewed from behind. Lastly, from an overhead perspective, Yates' long head lacks development and simply doesn't have comparable beef as opposed to Ronnie. Ronnie has better triceps.
Abdominals are up for debate. Ronnie's, once again, are larger with deeper crevices.
Dorian has better conditioning and more shred on the intercostal / serratus portions.
Yet Dorian also has overdeveloped obliques which detract from his V-taper.
Dorian loses obliques (too big, distraction) but wins intercostal / serratus (comparable size, but Dorian has better shred and detail). The rectus abdominis itself is inconclusive.
Neither has a significant advantage. Both struggle with distension. Ronnie has a wide linea alba but the judges have never penalized him for it in the past. On the other hand, Dorian's abdominals don't have the symmetry that Ronnie's exhibit. Tough call, but to imply that Dorian's abs would win the assessment like an athlete such as Haidar's would, that is just wrong. Dorian may receive the nod, but it is such a minor advantage it would prove insignificant in the grand scheme of the judging.
So I'll be nice and give you abdominals / forearms / calves / lowerback.
Still a pathetic list. Forearms - calves are the two most trivial bodyparts, unless you are on the beach or something. The IFBB panel does not take them into account as they would the large bodyparts like quadriceps, chest, etc.
As you can see, Dorian's advantages are ever so slight. His abdominals and forearms, for instance, aren't significantly better than Ronnie's. On the other hand, Ronnie's advantages (chest, biceps, delts, quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, upperback) would clearly overwhelm Dorian. Dorian wouldn't have the genetics to bring his problem areas up to par with Ronnie's.
