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Grape Ape

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #25 on: March 30, 2026, 07:08:01 AM »
Quote from: Rambone on March 30, 2026, 06:41:48 AM
One of my favorite athletes along with Skip La Cour, Jeff Willett and Mike O’Hearn

pffft....can't hold a candle to Jean Paul Guillaume and Mike Ashley.
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #26 on: March 30, 2026, 11:01:22 AM »
Quote from: Stephano on March 29, 2026, 06:20:17 PM
He reportedly competed at just ~200 pounds.  At, what, 8% bodyfat? 

He looked good, excellent arm and torso genetics/muscle insertions, but he seriously wasn't very big or very lean.


I think he was pretty damn big & lean, although I suppose that it is relative.  Compared to IFBB pros?  I guess not.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one  :)
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #27 on: March 30, 2026, 01:03:59 PM »
Quote from: Grape Ape on March 30, 2026, 07:08:01 AM
pffft....can't hold a candle to Jean Paul Guillaume and Mike Ashley.

You forgot Gustavo Badell! (PIP)
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2026, 01:38:41 PM »
Now he can make some real money as a pro.
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #29 on: March 30, 2026, 07:10:45 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on March 30, 2026, 06:41:48 AM
One of my favorite athletes along with Skip La Cour, Jeff Willett and Mike O’Hearn

Please explain how Mike O'Hearn (and John Hansen) lost the 1995 ABA Natural Universe to this smaller guy:

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2026, 08:26:12 PM »
Quote from: wes on March 29, 2026, 02:17:30 PM
Back when we posted on ironage.us,John used to send me X-Mas cards a few years in a row.....a really nice gesture IMO.

I'm sure it was merely a ploy to get into your slacks. 
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2026, 12:17:44 AM »
Quote from: AbrahamG on March 30, 2026, 08:26:12 PM
I'm sure it was merely a ploy to get into your slacks. 
LOL  ;D
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Rambone

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2026, 05:06:52 AM »
Quote from: MCWAY on March 30, 2026, 07:10:45 PM
Please explain how Mike O'Hearn (and John Hansen) lost the 1995 ABA Natural Universe to this smaller guy:



Smaller guy was on gear
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IroNat

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2026, 05:49:25 AM »
Quote from: Rambone on March 31, 2026, 05:06:52 AM
Smaller guy was All of them were on gear
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2026, 08:56:30 AM »
*gasp*

*clutches pearls*
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IroNat

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #35 on: March 31, 2026, 01:37:14 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on March 31, 2026, 08:56:30 AM
*gasp*

*clutches pearls*

It's time you faced reality, Bone.
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #36 on: March 31, 2026, 02:03:15 PM »
Quote from: IroNat on March 31, 2026, 01:37:14 PM
It's time you faced reality, Bone.

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MCWAY

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #37 on: March 31, 2026, 08:24:21 PM »
Quote from: ProudVirgin69 on March 30, 2026, 11:01:22 AM


I think he was pretty damn big & lean, although I suppose that it is relative.  Compared to IFBB pros?  I guess not.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one  :)

From what he has stated, Hansen competed in the low 200s (205 or so). But, when he did his guest posing (around 215), he looks way better.

Here he is winning the Natural America's Cup in 2004.

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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #38 on: March 31, 2026, 11:22:40 PM »
Quote from: MCWAY on March 30, 2026, 07:10:45 PM
Please explain how Mike O'Hearn (and John Hansen) lost the 1995 ABA Natural Universe to this smaller guy:



My god that video was hard to watch, cringey haha
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #39 on: April 01, 2026, 06:27:36 AM »
Quote from: MCWAY on March 30, 2026, 07:10:45 PM
Please explain how Mike O'Hearn (and John Hansen) lost the 1995 ABA Natural Universe to this smaller guy:


2nd guy is narrower than Phil Heath.
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Re: Natural Mr. Universe gets IFBB pro card......nearly 30 YEARS LATER!!
« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2026, 09:30:18 PM »
Quote from: Bevo on March 31, 2026, 11:22:40 PM
My god that video was hard to watch, cringey haha

What was cringy about it? I'd say it's just sad that this contest was held in a blasted conference room. This is supposed to be a world championship, the allegedly best non-steroid using bodybuilder on the planet.

How many people are there who aren't friends nor relatives of the competitors?

I'd argue that one of the reasons shows like these lag in popularity is decisions like letting this super-short guy beat guys like Hansen or O'Hearn. And he only gets $1000, I think (based on that's what Hanson got for winning this show the following year in 1996).
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