Monthly Archives: July 2010
NPC USA – Men’s Prejudging
Lots of great competitors last night at the 2010 NPC USA’s, of which many backstage pictures will be on bodybuilding.com. Here are a few of the top men bodybuilding competitors having fun backstage.
Who is going to win? Pete or Al? Hmmm…
Jonathan Delarosa, Vladimir Sizov, Fred Smalls
Keith Williams, Jason Huh, Brian Yersky
NPC USA Notice to class winners
News Release regarding this weekend’s NPC USA contest in Las Vegas.
The Following Athlete’s Are Required To Participate In The NPC NEWS Photo Shoot With J.M. Manion On Sunday, August 1st, at The Embassy Suites Hotel From 9 a.m. To 12 Noon:
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• MEN’S OVERALL WINNER
• WOMEN’S OVERALL WINNER
• THE 6 FIGURE HEIGHT CLASS WINNERS
• THE 6 BIKINI HEIGHT CLASS WINNERS
Only The 4 Overall Winners Are To Bring Their Overall Trophies. The Men’s & Women’s Overall Winners Are To Bring Their Posing Suit & Posing Oil.
The 6 Bikini & 6 Figure Height Class Winners Are To Bring Their 2-Piece Competition Suits Along With Any Other 2-Piece Bikini’s.
All Competitors Please Plan Accordingly With Your Travel Plans.
NPC USA Men’s Competitor Lists
Here is the tentative NPC USA competitor list for the 2010 NPC USA’s, for men’s bodybuilding, thanks to promoter Jon Lindsay. It looks like it is going to be a great contest. For competitor lists on Figure and Bikini competitor lists, click on the links after the men’s list.
Bantamweight
Jonathon Bareng
Magellan Damaso
John Fama
Ron Hackaspker
Paul Howe
Albert Lalonde
John Ligsay
Jimmy Nguyen
Kimo Sevillo
James Shumpert
Henry Urango
Lightweight
Fernando Abaco
Roland Allen
Santiago Aragon
Marc Bennett
Tony Boone
Tony Botelho
John Caruso
Dickens Fenelon
Delfin Ignacio
Rob Kailany
Nhon Ly
Cody Mack
Drew Malate
Leonardo Pacheco
Art Shahazarian
Carlo Villesenda
Alan Watari
Welterweight
Jacob Auzenne
Bret Bradshaw
Joe Bustamante
Craig Jones
Steve Karnya
Joshua Katz
Morris Pruett
Pete Rayner
Bryan Renshaw
Daniel Rocha
Jesse Sabater
Luis Santa
Tim Ward
Brandon Williams
Duane Williams
Middleweight
Thomas Arnone
Kelly Bautista
Brandon Burrows
Sylvester Cain
Carlito Camat
Matt Christianer
Michael Cotton
Brien Dawson
Guillermo Escalante
James Gipson
Danny Hester
Andry Israel
Jason Joseph
Edgar Petrosian
Vincent Que
Andrew Rasmussen
Jose Rivera
Neko Roberson
Julius Rumingan
Stoil Stoilov
Ronald Torres
Scott Turner
Malachi Walker
Light-Heavyweight
Al Auguste
Mike Best
William Blair
Frank Castillega
Pete Ciccone
Brad Davis
Joshua Fred
Yano Garcia
Michael Gritti
Vince Gumataotao
Vincent “VJ” Hils
Tom Jimenez
Daniel Koyama
John Lopez
Matthew Lowden
Landley Mannery
Edwin Menor
Raymond McLeod
An Nguyen
C. Kevin Ofurum
John Peshia
Chris Przybyla
Justin Rayner
Tim Rice
Michael Sausedo
Mark Smith
Mark Teti
Manuel Torres
Bryan Vander Ploeg
Kyle Witherspoon
Heavyweight
Joshua Bergeron
Kenyatta Booth
Matt Burzacott
Juan Calderon
Brian Copeland
Zinjun Croon
Jason David
Jonathan Delarosa
PD Devers
Shaun Devoy
John Duginski
Mark Erpelding
Ruben Escobar
Les Galloway
Chulsey Graham
Will Hamilton
Sean Harris
Ransford Jackson
Johnathan Johnson
Chase Jones
Chad Martin
Kali Muscle
Frank Nezdoba
Bryan Pazdzierz
Casey Richards
Vladimir Sizov
Fred Smalls
Kaden Vu
Josh Wade
Mike Yablon
Super-Heavyweight
Sean Allan
Joe Barker
Zebulon Beatty
Robert Burneika
Daniel Decker
Ryan Foxx
Craig Golias
Dusty Hanshaw
Jason Huh
Stephen Kuclo
Chad LaCount
Gabriel Latifi
DeCarlo Lewis
Johnny McCarver
Gabe Moen
Blair Mone
Kalani Nelson
Korbie Nitiforo
Mario Possemato
Rudy Richards
Rowdy Rusconi
Ronald Sargeant
Keith Williams
Brian Yersky
Here are the links to the NPC USA Figure and Bikini competitor lists, on our sister site, Hardbody.com
NPC USA Bikini Competitor Lists
NPC USA Bound: P.D. Devers and Jesse Sabater
On the stage at the NPC Los Angeles Championships, two more NPC USA competitors came out and showed that they will be ready for the best and biggest NPC contest in the Western USA. Here is Jesse Sabater and P.D. Devers, who both will do some damage at the NPC USA’s. See you there!
(Jesse Sabater’s NPC USA preview)
(P.D. Devers NPC USA preview)
NPC USA Bound: Pete Ciccone
At the 2010 NPC Los Angeles Championships, we caught up with Pete Ciccone, who just may take first place in his class at the NPC USA’s. Pete looks great, and here is a preview.
(Pete with Meriza and Kaye)
(Pete on stage at the NPC Los Angeles with a preview)
NPC USA – record breaking competitors to compete
This is the NPC contest that all strive to compete in – the big daddy in the Western United States – where the best come to compete, and where 18 IFBB Pro cards will be earned by the end of Saturday night. Over 500 competitors are gathering in Las Vegas on July 23-24th, and we are excited to be there to check it out, as we will be putting up contest pictures on bodybuilding.com.
Here is the information on the NPC USA, and where to get tickets, and the schedule. For more information, go to Musclecontest.com.
Jerome Ferguson wins the 2010 NPC Master’s Nationals!
What a month Jerome Ferguson has been having – probably the most memorable month of his life. In the beginning of the month, Jerome got married to the beautiful Marnie Holley, and at the end of the month (ok, one week before), Jerome finally got what he always wanted – that elusive IFBB Pro card!
Jerome, on July 24th, competed at the 2010 NPC Master’s National Men’s Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia, and won the Super Heavyweight Class and Overall, beating out 97 other competitors. Congratulations!
To see the complete contest results of the NPC Master’s National Men’s Bodybuilding, click below:
Results of the NPC Master’s National Men’s Bodybuilding
NPC Los Angeles – Men’s Bodybuilding
The NPC Los Angeles Championships always has some great competitors, and this year was no different. The winners of the Men’s Open class included Toto Djong, Art Shahnazarian, Akeshi Toyonaga, Danny Hester, Justin Rayner, Mohsen Ghorannevis and Reginald Brantley. Here are a few pics from the contest.
(Comparisons)
(Justin Rayner)
(Mohsen Ghorannevis)
2010 IFBB Battle of Champions Results
What an incredible contest. Lonnie Teper predicted that Ed Nunn would rule the day in Hartford, and he did, winning the Men’s Open Class over Troy Alves and Ben White. In the Mens 202lbs and Under, Jose Raymond beat an incredible looking David Henry. Also, congratulations to Dianna Dahlgreen and Candice Keene for winning in pro bikini and pro figure.
Here are the scorecard results of the five IFBB contests held in Hartford, Connecticut on July 24th.
Men’s Bodybuilding Open Results
NPC/IFBB contests coming up – July 23rd weekend
This upcoming weekend is going to be an incredible weekend with some great contests all various states. The 2010 IFBB/NPC Europa Battle of Champions is going to be held in Hartford, Connecticut, and will feature 5 IFBB contests and an NPC show (IFBB competitor lists were listed a few days ago on Getbig Headlines). Ed & Betty Pariso always put on a great competition, complete with an expo.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 2010 NPC Teen, Collegiate and Masters National Championships (bodybuilding, figure and fitness) is going to be a huge contest, with over 430 competitors to date. This is where the best of the best in teens, collegiate and masters compete for top honors. Gary Udit is the promoter and does a tremendous job.
And in the Los Angeles area, the 2010 NPC Los Angeles Championships are being held in Culver City, with some incredible competitors. This is the contest in which we see a preview to the NPC USA, which is going to be held a week later in Las Vegas. Promoter Jon Lindsay is the man behind the action at both of these shows. Here is a flyer for the NPC Los Angeles. See you there.
Face Off #2 – Phil vs. Kai with the Elevator
Round Two of the battle between Phil and Kai as they tour the Weider offices in Woodland Hills, for who will get the Olympia Cover. Here is the link.
Face Off #1 – Phil Heath vs. Kai Greene
Always enjoy the hype for the Olympia with Flex Magazine, as they started the new series of Phil Heath vs Kai Greene in a face off on how will get the cover of the 2010 Olympia issue. Here is the first segment on the battle between the two powerhouses of bodybuilding. Pretty interesting.
2010 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions competitor lists
The IFBB Tampa Pro show brought quite a few surprises in terms of competitors and placings, but on the heels of Tampa, comes another 5 IFBB Pro Contests. Here is the tentative pro lineup (not final lists) for the 2010 Europa Battle of Champions, set for July 23-24, in Hartford, Connecticut.
2010 Europa Battle of Champions Mens Open
1 – Serdar Aktolga (Turkey)
2 – Troy Alves (USA)
3 – Damaso Chacon (Venezuela)
4 – Darrem Charles (Trinidad)
5 – Oscar Dexter (Tahiti)
6 – Oleg Emelyanov (USA)
7 – Erik Fankhouser (USA)
8 – George Farah (USA)
9 – Leo Ingram Jr. (USA)
10 – Johnnie Jackson (USA)
11 – Emro Karaduzovic (Montenegro)
12 – Michael Kefalianos (Australia)
13 – Michael Liberatore (USA)
14 – Jeff Long (USA)
15 – Alexandre Nataf (France)
16 – Ed Nunn (USA)
17 – Ben White (USA)
2010 Europa Battle of Champions Mens 202lb and under
1 – Feliz Abiu (USA)
2 – Anthony Finocchiaro (USA)
3 – Wendell Floyd (USA)
4 – David Henry (USA)
5 – Tim Martin (USA)
6 – Luc Molines (France)
7 – Frederic Sauvage (France)
2010 Europa Battle of Champions Women’s Bodybuilding
1 – Lisette Acevedo (USA)
2 – Irene Anderson (Sweden)
3 – Helen Bouchard (Canada)
4 – Brigita Brezovac (Slovenia)
5 – Sarah Bridges (United Kingdom)
6 – Maria Calo (USA)
7 – Tazzie Columb (USA)
8 – Cassandra Floyd (USA)
9 – Skadi Seifert-Frei (Germany)
10 – Elizabeth Gomez (Mexico)
11 – Aurelia Grozajova (Slovakia)
12 – Mary Ellen Jerumbo (USA)
13 – Cathy LeFrancois (Canada)
14 – Wendy McCready (United Kingdom)
15 – Elizabeth Meza (Mexico)
16 – Tammy Patnode (USA)
17 – Rita Rae (USA)
18 – Daniela Sell (Switzerland)
2010 Europa Battle of Champions Figure
1 – Tivisay Briceno (USA)
2 – Rachel Cammon (USA)
3 – Melody Clere (USA)
4 – Jennifer DeJoya (USA)
5 – Ginette Delhaes (Canada)
6 – LaVonda Ezell (USA)
7 – Mia Finnegan (USA)
8 – Aleisha Hart (Canada)
9 – Caroline Hernandez (USA)
10 – Jennifer Hernandez (USA)
11 – Candice Keene (USA)
12 – Julie Ann Kulla (USA)
13 – Michele Mayberry (USA)
14 – Petra Mertl (Czech)
15 – Jennifer Migliacci (USA)
16 – Hazal Nelson (USA)
17 – Vicki Nixon (USA)
18 – Kristin Nunn (USA)
19 – Marcy Porter (USA)
20 – Katherynne Ramirez (USA)
21 – Mikaila Soto (USA)
22 – Laura Sutter (USA)
23 – Gina Trochiana (USA)
24 – Terri Turner (USA)
2010 Europa Battle of Champions Bikini
1 – Dianna Dahlgreen (USA)
2 – Kelly Gonzalez (USA)
3 – Janet Harding (USA)
4 – Kat Holmes (USA)
5 – Jessica Jessie (USA)
6 – Tabitha Klausen-Leandri (USA)
7 – Davana Medina (USA)
8 – Natalie Waples (Canada)
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Results
What an incredible contest as Ben White defied all expectations and wins the contest over Troy Alves! Congratulations!
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding results
1 – Ben White
2 – Troy Alves
3 – Johnnie Jackson
4 – Edward Nunn
5 – Michael Kefalianos
6 – Brandon Curry
7 – Francisco ‘Paco’ Bautista
8 – Michael Liberatore
10 – Darrem Charles
11 – Alexandre Nataf
12 – Constantinos Demetriou
13 – Omar Deckard
14 – Manuel Romero
15 – Jo Jo Nitiforo
16 – Serdar Aktolga
16 – Mark Antonek
16 – Damaso Chacon
16 – Oleg Emelyanov
16 – Vonne Francis
16 – Manuel Lomeli Mex
16 – Heinz Senior
16 – Greg Ulysses
DNF – Hidetada Yamagishi
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding 202lb results
1 – Jose Raymond
2 – Steve Namat
3 – Tricky Jackson
4 – Nathaniel Wonsley
5 – Luc Molines
6 – Clarence Devis
7 – Feliz Abiu
8 – Frederic Sauvage
9 – Angel Manuel Rangel Vargas
10 – Noar Ziv
11 – Daryl Stafford
2010 Tampa Pro Bikini results
1. Nicole Nagrani
2. Jaime Baird
3. Vanessa Campbell
4. Diana Fields
5. Kat Holmes
6. Dinah Al Sabah
7. Nathalie Mur
8. Natalie Waples
9. Janet Harding
10. Jessica Clay
2010 Tampa Pro Women’s Bodybuilding results
1. Brigita Brezovac
2. Tina Chandler
3. Cathy LeFrancois
4. Helen Bouchard
5. Nicole Ball
6. Dayana Cadeau
7. Debbie Bramwell
8. Antoinette Thompson
9. Lisette Acevedo
10. Emery Miller
11. Nancy Lewis
12. Jennifer Sedia
13. Skadi Frei-Seifert
14. Candice Carr-Archer
15. Beni Lopez
16. Jena Mackey
17. Wendy McCready
18. Andrea Ferreira Carvalho
18. Aurelia Grozajova
18. Beverly DiRenzo
18. Carmen Knights
18. Daniela Sell
18. Irene Andersen
18. Mary Ellen Jerumbo
18. Mercedes Bazemore
18. Myriam Bustamante
18. Tracy Mason
18. Yusmary Villalobos
Scorecard Results are located at:
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Updates
Updates are live and up to date on the Twitter Account regarding what is going on at the IFBB Tampa Pro contest. We have put together a special twitter page just for any up to the minute updates. Click below to check it out.
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Press Conference Pics
Thanks to Isaac Hinds, here are some press conference pictures of the IFBB PBW Tampa, on Friday evening. Favorite Hidetada and Cathy LeFrancois look great, as well as a multitude of other competitors in an ‘Olympia’ style press conference, in which Bob Chicherillo and Dan Solomon hosted. Here are the pics
2010 IFBB Tampa Pro Competitor List
The 2010 IFBB Tampa Pro contests are coming up this weekend, and here are the tentative competitor lists for the four IFBB pro contests that will be held. It looks to be quite an interesting lineup. They are:
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding competitor list
1. Serdar Aktolga (Turkey)
2. Troy Alves (USA)
3. Mark Antonek (USA)
4. Francisco Bautista (Spain)
5. Damaso Chacon (Venezuela)
6. Darrem Charles (USA)
7. Brandon Curry (USA)
8. Omar Deckard (USA)
9. Constantinos Demetriou (Australia)
10. Oleg Emelyanov (Russia)
11. Vonne Francis (Grenada)
12. Johnnie Jackson (USA)
13. Michael Kefalianos (Australia)
14. Michael Liberatore (USA)
15. Manuel Lomeli (Mexico)
16. Alexandre Nataf (France)
17. Jojo Nitforo (USA)
18. Edward Nunn (USA)
19. Manuel Romero (Venezuela)
20. Heinz Senior (Venezuela)
21. Ben White (USA)
22. Hideatada Yamagishi (Japan)
2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding 202lb competitor list
1. Abiu Feliz (USA)
2. Clarence DeVis (Belgium)
3. Tricky Jackson (USA)
4. Luc Molines (France)
5. Steve Namat (Hungary)
6. Angel Manuel Rangel Vargas (Mexico)
7. Jose Raymond (USA)
8. Frederic Sauvage (France)
9. Daryl Stafford (USA)
10. Nathan Wonsley (USA)
2010 Tampa Pro Bikini competitor list
1. Dina Al-Sabah (Kuwait)
2. Jamie Baird (USA)
3. Vanessa Campbell (USA)
4. Jessica Clay (USA)
5. Diana Fields (USA)
6. Janet Harding (USA)
7. Kat Holmes (USA)
8. Nathalie Mur (France)
9. Nicole Nigrani (USA)
10. Natalie Waples (Canada)
2010 Tampa Pro Women’s Bodybuilding competitor list
1. Lisette Acevedo (USA)
2. Irene Andersen (Sweden)
3. Nicole Ball (Canada)
4. Mercedes Bazemore (USA)
5. Helen Bouchard (Canada)
6. Debbie Bramwell (USA)
7. Brigita Brezovac (Slovenia)
8. Myriam Bustamante (Mexico)
9. Dayana Cadeau (USA)
10. Candice Carr-Archer (Trinidad)
11. Andrea Ferreira Carvalho (Brazil)
12. Tina Chandler (USA)
13. Beverly DiRenzo (USA)
14. Skadi Seifert-Frei (Germany)
15. Aurelia Grozajova (Slovakia)
16. Mary Ellen Jerumbo (USA)
17. Carmen Knights (United Kingdom)
18. Cathy LeFrancois (Canada)
19. Nancy Lewis (USA)
20. Beni Lopez (USA)
21. Jenna Mackey (Bahamas)
22. Tracy Mason (USA)
23. Wendy McCready (United Kingdom)
24. Emery Miller (USA)
25. Jennifer Sedia (USA)
26. Daniela Sell (Switzerland)
27. Antoinette Thompson (USA)
28. Gusmary Villalbos (Aruba)
Complete Lists are located on the IFBB Pro Web Site
IFBB Eliminates 1-piece swimsuit in Pro Figure
The following memo was given to all IFBB Pro Figure competitors today, and it involved the elimination of the one piece swimsuit round. Effective today, only the two piece swimsuit will be presented. Here is the memo from the IFBB Professional League.
From: IFBB Professional League
To: ALL IFBB FIGURE COMPETITORS
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010Subject: IMMEDIATE ELIMINATION OF 1-PIECE SWIMSUIT ROUND IN PRO FIGURE
At the IFBB New York City Pro Figure on Friday July 9th, several members of the IFBB Professional League Pro Committee were on hand, including Chairman Jim Manion. A meeting was called that included a quorum to discuss the immediate elimination of the 1-Piece Swimsuit Round in the IFBB Pro Figure. This will take effect starting with the 2010 IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships on July 17th. This was originally proposed to take effect at the 2010 IFBB Houston Pro Figure as stated on Advisory Notice from Tuesday, June 15th. All IFBB Pro Figure competitions from this date forward will only consist of one (1) round, the 2-Piece Swimsuit. This includes the 2010 Figure Olympia.
The first contest to be effected by this rule will be the Europa Battle of Champions Contest in Hartford, Connecticut on July 23-24th.
2010 NPC Team Universe Results
Here are the links to the complete results from the 2010 NPC Team Universe competitions, and the 2010 NPC National Fitness Championships. Congratulations to everyone who earned the right to turn pro here.
They are
2010 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding Men’s Results
2010 NPC Team Universe Bikini Results
2010 NPC Team Universe Figure Results
2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Results
Congratulations to Cheryl Brown for winning the IFBB New York Pro Figure, and for Dana Fallacara and Terri Turner also for placing second and third, respectively. Here are the complete results.
1. Cheryl Brown
2. Dana Fallacara
3. Terri Turner
4. Josie Zamora
5. Gennifer Strobo
6. Gina Trochino
7. Meriza DeGuzman
8. Ann Titone
9. Marcy Porter
10. Candice John
11. Jelena Abbou
12. Tivisay Briceno
13. Chelsey Morgenstern
14. Jennifer Migliacci
15. Holly Beck
16. Michelle Mayberry
17. Jeni Briscoe
17. Christina Casoni
17. Nicole Coleman
17. Caroline Hernandez
17. Jennifer Hernandez
17. Juliana Malacarne
17. Angela Mraz
17. Marie Newman
17. Vicki Nixon
17. Katherynne Ramirez
17. Tammy Strome
17. Kimmy Trowbridge
17. Rosalind Vanterpool
17. Stacy Wig
17. Magdalena Wilk
17. Jennifer Woodruff