William Bonac Wins 30th Arnold Classic

William “The Conqueror” Bonac, a Ghana native now living in the Netherlands, dominated all three rounds of judging in cruising to his first major professional victory. It was the fourth career win for Bonac, who was third at the 2017 Mr. Olympia.

Bonac won the 30th Anniversary Arnold Classic in his first professional appearance on the famed Arnold Classic stage.

Five-time Arnold Classic champion Dexter Jackson of Jacksonville, Fla., the winningest bodybuilder in history with 28 career wins, finished second and defending champion Cedric McMillan of Heath Springs, South Carolina was third.

Bonac received congratulations from Arnold Schwarzenegger, a check for $130,000, a Tony Nowak Official Champions Jacket and the champion’s trophy from Catherine Colle of Midway Labs USA and Eric Hillman of Optimum Nutrition.

Third Place: Cedric McMillan Fourth Place: Roelly Winklaar Fifth Place: Steve Kuclo

[SOURCE: BODYBUILDING.COM]

Phil Heath wins his 7th consecutive Mr Olympia!

Love him or hate him, the king stays on top. Phil Heath has won the 2017 Mr. Olympia making this his 7th consecutive Mr. Olympia contest. Heath is now tied with bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger for second most Mr O victories. While many question Heath's gut and feel he was not in his best shape the judges felt that he did just enough to edge out Big Ramy. The question now becomes can he catch Ronnie Coleman and Lee Haney who both won eight consecutive Mr. O victories and maybe eventually pass them or will Big Ramy finally live up to the hype and beat him next year.

But that's a story for next year.

Congrats to Phil Heath the 2017 Mr. Olympia winner!

Olympia 2017 Men’s Bodybuilding Results

1. Phil Heath

2. Big Ramy

3. William Bonac

4. Dexter Jackson

5. Shawn Rhoden

6. Roelly Winklaar

7. Nathan De Asha

8. Brandon Curry

9. Josh Lenartowicz

10. Cedric McMillan

Cedric McMillan wins 2017 Arnold Classic

Fan favorite Cedric McMillan finally turned potential into reality and won the 2017 Arnold Classic open bodybuilding championship. After his victory he invited the other competitors on stage and gave arguably the best victory speech ever in bodybuilding. Check out that speech below.

Candace Lewis Carter 2017 Arnold Classic Women's Figure International Winner

Congrats to Candace Lewis Carter for winning the 2017 Arnold Classic Women's Figure International competition. She beat out the former Olympia champion Latorya Watts who finished third behind Cydney Gillon. After so many 2nd and 3rd place finishes in other shows it's great to see Candace finally breakthrough and turn potential into reality. Check out an interview with the champ below:

Dexter Jackson wins 2016 Arnold Classic Europe

Dexter Jackson didn't let a third place finish in the 2016 Mr. Olympia bring him down. The 47 year old bodybuilding legend went on to Spain and claimed first place in the Arnold Classic Europe which was held in Barcelona.

The victory gives Jackson his 9th Arnold Classic victory and a record setting 27th victory in a pro show. That's right no other pro bodybuilder has won more shows, not Arnold, not Haney, not Coleman, not Yates, not anybody. Congratulations to Dexter "The Blade" Jackson.

The top five finishers were:

1. Dexter Jackson

2. Big Ramy

3. William Bonac

4. Shawn Rhoden

5. Roelly Winklaar

Awards Ceremony

Video: Phil Heath wins 6th consecutive Mr. Olympia

Sorry Phil Heath haters but the champ is still here!

Phil Heath fended off a group of great challengers to claim his sixth consecutive Mr. Olympia contest. In my opinion Heath came in in better shape than both 2014 and 2015, and maybe his best shape ever. The champ needed to be dialed in as competitors such as Shawn Rhoden and Dexter Jackson came in fully ready to challenge the champ.

Heath is now tied with Dorian Yates after winning his sixth Sandow.

Here are the top five finishers

5th William Bonac

4th Mamdouh Elssbiay (Big Ramy)

3rd Dexter Jackson

2nd Shawn Rhoden

1st Phil Heath - 2016 6X Mr. Olympia

Kai Greene wins 2016 Arnold Classic

After a drama filled 2015 Kai Greene came out on top at the 2016 Arnold Classic. Congrats to the champ!

Kai Greene of Brooklyn, New York edged Cedric McMillan of Heath Springs, S.C., to win his third Arnold Classic, the marquee event of the 2016 Arnold Sports Festival.

Greene, who also won the Arnold Classic in 2009 and 2010, joins five-time winner Dexter Jackson, four-time champ Flex Wheeler and three-time winner Jay Cutler as the only men with more than two Arnold Classic trophies.

Greene received congratulations from Arnold Schwarzenegger, a check for $130,000, a Tony Nowak Official Champions Jacket and the champion’s trophy from Eric Hillman of Europa Sports Products and Eric Torgeson of EAS.

The top six were:

1st Kai Greene - 2016 Arnold Classic Champion

2nd Cedric McMillan

3rd Josh Lenartowicz

4th Justin Compton

5th Branch Warren

6th Juan Morel

Olympia promoter releases statement denying that Kai Greene was banned

Mr. Olympia promoter Robin Chang has released a statement on Kai Green's announcement that he will not be competing in the 20105 Mr. Olympia. Read that statement below:

“Kai has had his Olympia contract since April but refused to sign it for reasons known only to Kai. This is the same contract Kai has signed for the past 6 years. Nothing has changed but the dates. If he was banned from competing, why would we send him the contract? I’ve even heard he said he was banned from the expo! Are you kidding me?

“The decision has always been Kai’s. If he REALLY wanted to compete, all he had to do was sign the contract and send it back to us, like he has done the past 6 years. The last time I spoke to Kai was with his manager about a month ago when they inquired about a booth at the Olympia. No indication that he wasn’t going to compete. I haven’t spoken to them since.”

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