With the IFBB Men’s Pro season now complete, the 2009 season starts a litle earlier than normal.  For the IFBB Ironman Pro contest has been moved up next year. Instead of being two weeks before the 2009 Arnold, it is now 6 weeks before, on Saturday, January 24th, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  That means that in order to compete in this contest, you need to start dieting now.

It also means that with the top FIVE at this contest qualifying for the 2009 Olympia, we are going to have a pretty diverse and interesting contest as to who will compete. For many of the seasoned veterans have to decide whether to peak here and also at the Arnold, or just forgo the Ironman, and assume they have an invitation for the Arnold.

Never is a better time for someone who thinks they deserve to compete at the 2009 Olympia to do his best, and snag a top five placing here.  The Ironman is one of my favorite contests of the year, as we never know who is going to be in shape and who will surprise us for the new season. This year is the 20th anniversary of the contest, and Lonnie Teper will once again be hosting the show.

Also, the Fit Expo, the largest expo in California devoted to the sports nutrition industry will be there on the same weekend. So make sure you know the date, and we will see you there.

Dexter Jackson will be going to Timosoara, Romania to compete in the 2008 Romanian Pro Grand Prix, which will be held on October 11th. The top three at this event will qualify for the Olympia.

Here is the competitor list so far…

1.  Khalid Almohsinawi, Netherlands
2.  Hanni Glanville, United Kingdom
3.  Dexter Jackson, USA
4.  Martin Kjellstsrom, Sweden
5.  Cesar Mendible, Venezuela
6.  Migger Milazzo, Germany
7.  Manfred Petautschig, Austria
8.  Ronny Rockel, Germany
9.  Armin Scholz, Germany
10.  Sergey Shelestov, Russia
11.  Tommi Thorvildsen, Norway
12.  Ricky Welling, United Kingdom

Thanks to Bodybuilding.com, we will have another free webcast for all you unable to make it to Dallas .Bodybuilding.com announced an agreement with the Europa Pro Super Show to provide a free live webcast of the IFBB Pro Pre-judging and Finals Championship portion of the event.

Estimated time for the webcast is as follows…

All Divisions Prejudging: Friday August 15, 2008, 5:30pm
All Divisions Finals: Saturday August 16th, 2008, 1:45pm

Event locaiton will be the

Dallas Convention Center
Downtown Dallas
650 South Griffin Street (Hall F)
Dallas, Texas  75202   

For more information on the show and how to get tickets and visit the expo, check out below

http://www.supershowexpo.com/

Here are the competitors that are due to compete at the two pro contests (regular and 202 and Under) on August 9th.

1. Fouad ABIAD, Canada
2. Khalid ALMOHSINAWI, Netherlands
3. Jorge ALVES, France
4. Pablo AREVALO, Peru
5. Paul BAKER, Jamaica
6. Marcus BECHT, Germany
7. Lyndon BELGRAVE, Barbados
8. Omar BORRELLI, Argentina
9. Elvis BROWN, England
10. Raul CARRASCO, Spain
11. Marcos CHACON, Spain*
12. Darrem CHARLES, Trinidad
13. Fedel CLARKE, Canada
14. Clarence DEVIS, Belgium
15. Guy DUCASSE, USA
16. Mark DUGDALE, USA*
17. Tarek ELSETOUHI, Germany
18. Anthony FINOCCHIARO, USA
19. Vonne FRANCIS, Grenada**
20. Toney FREEMAN, USA
21. James HAMPTON, USA
22. David HENRY, USA
23. Jaroslav HORVATH, Slovakia***
24. Roland HUFF, USA
25. Richard JACKSON, USA
26. Dennis JAMES, Germany*
27. Ken JONES, USA
28. Michal KINDRED, Czech Republic***
29. James LEWIS, England***
30. Vincent LIU, Canada***
31. Jeffrey LONG, USA
32. Daron LYTLE, USA
33. Yildirim MEHMET, France*
34. Evgeny MISHIN, Russia
35. Istavan NEMETH, Hungary
36. Jerry NICHOLLS, Barbados
37. Bola OJEX, Nigeria
38. Gian Enrico PICA, Italy
39. Carlos Majid RABIEI, Canada
40. Frederic SAUVAGE, France
41. Roc SHABAZZ, USA
42. Clifton TORRES, USA**
43. Mike VALENTINO, USA**
44. Bob WEATHERILL, Canada
45. Nathan WONSLEY, USA***

*Men’s Open
**Men’s 202
***Men’s Open and Men’s 202
[as stated on their competitor contracts]

Here is the 2008 IFBB Europa Pro current competitor list. The men’s list is for two contests – the regular show, and the 202 pounds and under contest.

MEN

1. Fouad ABIAD, Canada
2. Ahmad AHMAD, Sweden
3. Khalid ALMOHSINAWI, Netherlands
4. Jose ALVES-JORGE, France
5. Flavio BACCIANINI, Italy
6. Marcus BECHT, Germany
7. Lyndon BELGRAVE, Barbados
8. Lionel BROWN, USA
9. Troy BROWN, Canada
10. Brian CHAMBERLAIN, USA
11. Darrem CHARLES, Trinidad
12. Fedel CLARKE, Canada
13. Rodney DAVIS, USA
14. Omar DECKARD, USA
15. Clarence De VIS, France
16. Guy DUCASSE, USA
17. Mark DUGDALE, USA
18. Tarek ELSETOUHI, Germany
19. Erik FANKHOUSER, USA
20. George FARAH, USA
21. Derik FARNSWORTH, USA
22. Anthony FINOCCHIARI, USA
23. Toney FREEMAN, USA
24. Andy HAMAN, USA
25. Will HARRIS, USA
26. Milton HOLLOWAY, USA
27. Jaroslav HORVATH, Slovakia
28. Roland HUFF, USA
29. Johnnie JACKSON, USA
30. Randy JACKSON, USA
31. Richard JACKSON, USA
32. Dennis JAMES, Germany
33. Ken JONES, USA
34. Michal KINDRED, Czech Republic
35. James LEWIS, England
36. Vincent LIU, Canada
37. Yildirim MEHMET, France
38. Cesar MENDIBLE BAPTISTA, Venezuela
39. Evgeny MISHIN, Russia
40. Istavan NEMETH, Hungary
41. Jerry NICHOLLS, Barbados
42. Gian Enrico PICA, Italy
43. Carlos Majid RABIEI, Canada
44. Frederic SAUVAGE, France
45. Heinz SENIOR, Venezuela
46. Roc SHABAZZ, USA
47. Joel STUBBS, Bahamas
48. Tommi THORVILDSEN, Norway
49. Clifton TORRES, USA
50. Michael VALENTINO, USA
51. Bob WEATHERILL, Canada

WOMEN

1. Irene ANDERSEN, Sweden
2. Carri BALDWIN, USA
3. Nicole BALL, Canada
4. Debbie BRAMWELL, USA
5. Myriam BUSTAMANTE, Mexico
6. Melanie DeROSA, Bermuda
7. Zoraida FIGUERO RIVERA, Puerto Rico
8. Aurelia GROZAJOVA, Slovakia
9. Mary Ellen JERUMBO, USA
10. Klaudia LARSON, Sweden
11. Jana LINKE-SIPPL, Austria
12. Benincia LOPEZ, USA
13. Jena MACKEY, Bahamas
14. Tonia MOORE, USA
15. Claudia PARTENZA, Italy
16. Kim PEREZ, USA
17. Annie RIVIECCIO, USA
18. Jennifer SEDIA, USA
19. Sherry SMITH, USA

 FITNESS

1. Maggie BLANCHARD, USA
2. Myriam CAPES, Canada
3. Jennifer CASSETY, USA
4. Nicole DUNCAN, USA
5. Bethany GAINEY, USA
6. Tracey GREENWOOD, USA
7. Susan GROSHEK, USA
8. Lori KIMES, USA
9. Lizbeth MARQUEZ, Venezuela
10. Michele MAYBERRY, USA
11. Shannon METERAUD, USA
12. Leslie Rae NEWTON, USA
13. Traci REDDING, USA
14. Erin RILEY, USA
15. Kristina ROJAS, USA
16. Nicole ROLLOLAZO, USA
17. Brenda SANTIAGO, Puerto Rico
18. Sandra WICKHAM, Canada
19. Stacy WIG, USA

FIGURE

1. Jelena ABOU, USA
2. Elisha ARCHIBOLD, USA
3. Jane AWAD, Canada
4. Natalie BENSON, USA
5. Tivisay BRICENO, USA
6. Jeni BRISCOE, Canada
7. Thais CABRICES-WERNER, Venezuela
8. Becky CLAWSON, USA
9. Meriza DeGUZMAN, USA
10. Aprille DeSHIELD, Bermuda
11. Andrea DUMON, USA
12. Bernadette GALVAN, USA
13. Marie GIBBON, USA
14. Teresa GILLIAN, USA
15. Donna Louise JONES, Australia
16. Jessica LYONS, USA
17. Amy Lee MARTIN, USA
18. Patricia MELLO, Brazil
19. Tanya MERRYMAN, USA
20. Petra MERTL, Czech Republic
21. Karen MULLARKEY-BARRINGER, USA
22. Hazal NELSON, USA
23. Susanne NIEDERHAUSER, Austria
24. Melissa PEARO, USA
25. Amy PETERS, USA
26. Marcy PORTER, USA
27. Rosa Maria ROMERO, Australia
28. Jill ST. LAURENT, Canada
29. Kate SHELBY, USA
30. Mascha TIEKEN, Netherlands
31. Stephanie TULIN-TOGRUL, USA
32. Rosalind VANTERPOOL, Barbados
33. Sandie WARD, USA
34. Elizabeth WHITE-LAMM

The 2008 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships will be held on July 25-26, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be held at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the Campus of UNLV, at 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154. This is the tentative list, as there is always more competitors by contest date, as well as some weight changes perhaps..

Men’s Bodybuilding

Getbig’s Super Heavyweights Competitor List

1. Sean Allan
2. Grigori Atoyan
3. Robert Burneika
4. Mark Byers
5. Zinjun Croon
6. Franco Dattilo
7. Kirk DeFrancesco
8. Eric Domer
9. Ryan Fasano
10. Kenny Gipson
11. Alex Jacobsen
12. Drew Jemmott
13. Todd Jewell
14. Allen Mallad
15. Malcolm Marshall
16. Kenny Milne
17. Kalani Nelson
18. Korbie Nitiforo
19. Sherwin Pagtakhan
20. Eric Posejpal
21. Aaron Rhea
22. Eric Sanders
23. Ron Stevens
24. James Swanson
25. Eboni Wilson

Getbig’s Heavyweights Competitor List

1. Mark Alvisi
2. Lee Banks
3. Erich Blancaflor
4. Mark Christensen
5. Brian Copeland
6. Brandon Curry
7. Parenthesis-PD Devers
8. Darin Dudash
9. David Fenty
10. Les Galloway
11. Chulsey Graham
12. Gary Harden
13. Harry Johnson
14. Doug Lang
15. Michael Liberatore
16. Jeff Long
17. Ricardo Ocampo
18. Vladimir Sizor
19. Kevin Sperling
20. Adam Young

Getbig’s Light-Heavyweights Competitor List

1. William Ayoubi
2. Elton Bates
3. Curtis Bryant
4. Peter Ciccone
5. Nathan Detracy
6. Tamar El-Guindy
7. Rene Endara
8. Joshua Fred
9. Garrett Hawkins
10. Allen Hicks
11. Shawn Mack
12. Omar Monroig
13. Jimmy Nguyen
14. Gregory Peeples
15. John Peshia
16. Carlos Pinto
17. Craig Pratt
18. Branden Ray
19. Legislador Rich
20. Randall Rogers
21. Troy Tate

Getbig’s Middleweights Competitor List

1. Jerry Aguilar
2. Tim Anderson
3. Arleigh Bumanglag
4. Kam Gallman
5. Jesse Lopez
6. George Maiorano
7. Rob-Roy Pyfer
8. Todd Scott
9. Richard Sosias
10. George Thibault
11. Scott Turner
12. Ali Washington
13. Jacob Wilson

Getbig’s Welterweights Competitor List

1. Paul Aigbirior
2. Michael Bautista
3. Bret Bradshaw
4. Victor DelCampo
5. Shavis Higa
6. Steve Karnya
7. Brent Kutlesa
8. Richie Medina
9. Joe Pearson

Getbig’s Lightweights Competitor List

1. Rick Brewer
2. Cory Deese
3. Jabar Miles
4. Malkuist Sigge
5. Tim Ward

Getbig’s Bantamweights Competitor List

1. Franklin Bugner
2. Marty Burger
3. Scott Foster
4. Noel Frias
5. Paul Howe
6. Wayne Hugar
7. Scott Hutchinson
8. John Jr. Ligsay
9. Hernan Rodriguez
10. James Shumpert
11. Alan Watari

For figure and female bodybuilding competitor lists, please go to:

2008 NPC Competitor Lists

From Dubai, my friends who run Physique Magazine have informed me that there will be an IFBB Dubai Grand Prix show come October of this year. Although I have not seen anything official, here is a preview of the poster and the beginnings of a great contest.

Yes, there will be another IFBB Men’s Pro Contest along with the IFBB Houston Pro. For competitors 202lbs and under, this show will go on, despite not being on some of the contest schedules. The top three will be able to compete in the special Mr. Olympia 202 and Under contest. Total contest prize money is $3,000, but competitors can compete in both shows. As in the past 202lbs and under shows, these shows are designated to showcase the smaller bodybuilder, who often gets overlooked when the big guys are on stage.

Vyotech and Muscletech present the 2008 GNC Series 2008 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championship, which will be held on May 24, 2008 at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, located at 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230.

Prejuding begins at 11am, Finals will be at 6:30pm. 

With this show, the NPC California State Bodybuilding and Figure Championships will be held.

Here is the current California IFBB Pro Figure List as of May 5th.1. Huong Arcinas, USA
2. Darlina Brown, USA
3. Stacy Clary, USA
4. Meriza DeGuzman, USA
5. Andrea Dumon, USA
6. Maria del Figueroa Consuelo Rojas, Mexico
7. Heather Mae French, USA
8. April Fortier, USA
9. Celese Gonzalez Leandro, Spain
10. Nancy Georges, USA
11. Heather Green, USA
12. Yamanaka Kiyoko, Japan
13. Anna Larsson, Sweden
14. Michele Mayberry, USA
15. Petra Mertl, USA
16. Leslie Morris, USA
17. Hazal Nelson, USA
18. Kirsten Nicewarmer, USA
19. Nicole Pitcher-Scott, UK
20. Felicia Romero, USA
21. Zhanna Rotar, USA
22. Tammy Strome, Canada
23. Masae Tagami, Japan
24. Kristi Tauti, USA
25. Angela Terlesky, USA
26. Waleska Valle, USA

On Saturday, May 10th, at the Tribecca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, New York, the 2008 IFBB New York Bodybuilding Contest will be held, along with the Shawn Ray IFBB Men’s 202 and Under Contest. For those of you in the New York and surrounding areas, here is your chance to check out some of the best IFBB Men and Women competitors make it to the stage to qualify for the 2008 Olympia. Here is more information on the contests.

The top five men on the main contest qualify for the Mr. Olympia. The Tribecca Performing Arts Center is located at 199 Chambers Street, New York. The athletes meeting is Saturday at 10am. For more information, you can go to www.bevfrancis.com.

Here is the list of competitors, in alphabetical order.

Men

1. Jason Arntz, USA (202)
2. Elvis Brown, United Kingdom
3. Jimmy Canyon, USA (202)
4. Gianluca Catapano, Italy
5. Brian Chamberlain, USA
6. Alfonso Del Rio, Spain
7. Charles Dixon, USA
8. Guy Ducasse, USA
9. Tarek Elsetouhi, Germany
10. Oleg Emelyanov, Russia
11. Abiu Feliz, USA
12. Kai Greene, USA
13. David Henry II, USA
14. Roland Huff, USA (202)
15. Neset Icli, Netherlands
16. Leo Ingram, USA
17. Tricky Jackson, USA (202)
18. Ken Jones, USA
19. Louis Joseph, Canada
20. Emro Karaduzovic, USA
21. Martin Kjellstrom, Sweden
22. Daron Lytle, USA (202)
23. Don Long, USA
24. Evgeny Mishin, USA
25. Sergey Ogorodnikov, Russia
26. Bola Ojex, Nigeria (202)
27. Ronny Rockel, Germany
28. Roc Shabazz, USA
29. Joel Stubbs, Bahamas
30. Henderson Thorne, Canada
31. Zoran Vejic, Serbia
32. Ben White, USA
33. Nathan Wonsley, USA

Women

1. Fabi Antoine, Belgium
2. Mercedes Bazemore, USA
3. Debbie Bramwell, USA
4. Sarah Bridges, USA
5. Kim Buck, USA
6. Maria Calo, USA
7. Giusy Caputo, Italy
8. Tina Chandler, USA
9. Angela Debatin, USA
10. Heather Foster, USA
11. Aurelia Grozajova, Slovakia
12. Rosemary Jennings, USA
13. Debi Laszewski, USA
14. Cathy LeFrancois, USA
15. Elizabeth Gomez Meza, Mexico
16. Colette Nelson, USA
17. Jeannie Paparone, USA
18. Annie Rivieccio, USA
19. Saskia Salemink, Netherlands
20. Antoinette Thompson, USA
21. Dena Westerfield, USA

On Memorial Day Weekend, one of the largest California NPC shows is once again coming to town, in Culver City, which is located about 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Also, the IFBB California Pro Figure Competition will be held on the same day in the same location, bringing some of the biggest figure pros back to California. It should be a great day. See you there. 

For more information, please go to:

2008 NPC / IFBB California Pro Info