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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

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: • 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.

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…

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)

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)

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.

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

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)

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 Men’s Bodybuilding 202lbs and Under Results Bikini Pro Results Women’s Bodybuilding Figure Pro Results

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.

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 #2: Phil vs. Kai – the Elevator

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. Face Off #1: Phil Heath Vs. Kai Greene

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)…

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….

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. Twitter Updates from the IFBB Tampa Pro

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 Press Conference Pics

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…

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, 2010 Subject: 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,…

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 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding Women’s Results 2010 NPC National Fitness Championships 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