What a charade, he was soft af.. Lats from the front, arms and chest looked horrible perhaps from the SEOs. ...
Instagram goes nuts with this outcome, no one had him first.
I reserve my judgement for when I see some proper unfiltered high-resolution photos, but usually, if a guy looks, let's say.... smooth, in the stream, while the others don't -- he usually also is.
From the front
Hadi simply eviscerated
Derek, and while certainly not on par with Derek, I think this is the best overall backside we have seen from Hadi.
Also, in my inexperienced eyes i had Andrew second behind Hadi and third Derek or Samson.
I am not sure if I would do so otherwise, but I would not put
Andrew in 2nd, just because of the his terrible posing. You need a physique worthy of being a Mr. O to get away with that and still place that high.
If he works on that, and puts on another 7+lbs, with an improved back (especially traps), he will be a certain contender for the title. Just look at the arm/shoulder separation.
Have not seen much from
Martin, but what I have seen looked tremendous, could probably have beaten Derek IMO. Hope he gets a bit more coverage over the next few days.
Nick, not sure what to say. Feel bad for the guy, but this show exposed his structure so bad - not sure what to say. Those quads will never look good, his back is just structurally not pretty to look at, and the waist is so blocky, even his insane shoulder width can't hide that.
Brandon looked like held up pretty well, I didn't expect him to be this good. Working with Justin Harris seems to still pay out.
I haven't seen much from him, but I think
Good Vito could have been placed a couple of spots higher.
I have barely seen any coverage of
Behrooz, but he seemed to have missed his peak, sadly.
Would have liked to see a bit more of
Sasan, I assume he also could have been placed a spot or two higher.
I feel bad for
Akim, not sure what happened. Have not seen any footage or photos of him yet.
Not sure what to say about
Rubiel - does he even diet?
Ramon apparently deservedly won, but I must also admit that
Mike rubs me a bit the wrong way. Ramon's physique is just pretty and clean. I still would like to see him gunning for a Top10 spot in the open class, haha.