Will Samson or Derek Lunsford take the 2025 Arnold Classics Title?

Only a few weeks out from one in every of bodybuilding’s greatest annual exhibits, the company becoming a member of Dennis James on “The Menace Podcast” have solid their votes on who will place within the high 6 — and a transparent favourite is rising.

James, who has competed in an astonishing 11 Mr. Olympia contests was joined by Milos Sarcev, Chris Cormier, and British bodybuilder “The Large Dea” on Jan. 24, 2025 (Episode 216) as they coated a variety of bodybuilding’s newest developments. Prime of the listing was the panels evolving picks for who will stroll out of the Arnold Traditional 2025 with the winner’s trophy, and a cool half-a-million {dollars}.

Right here’s how the precise placings panned out final 12 months:

Arnold Traditional 2024 outcomes

• 1) Hadi Choopan
• 2) Samson Dauda
• 3) Rafael Brandao
• 4) Jonathan Delerosa
• 5) James Hollingshead
• 6) Akim Williams

And these had been the panel’s newest picks for this 12 months:

Chris Cormier’s Arnold Traditional 2025 picks

• 1) Derek Lunsford
• 2) Samson Dauda
• 3) Andrew Jacked
• 4) Shaun Clarida
• 5) Carlos Thomas Jr
• 6) Brandon Curry

Milos Sarcev’s Arnold Traditional 2025 picks

• 1) Samson Dauda
• 2) Andrew Jacked
• 3) Derek Lunsford
• 4) Shaun Clarida
• 5) Brandon Curry
• 6) William Bonac

Large Dea’s Arnold 2025 picks

• 1) Samson Dauda
• 2) Andrew Jacked
• 3) Derek Lunsford
• 4) Carlos Thomas Jr
• 5) Shaun Clarida
• 6) Brandon Curry

Dennis James Arnold 2025 picks

• 1) Samson Dauda
• 2) Andrew Jacked
• 3) Derek Lunsford
• 4) Brandon Curry
• 5) Shaun Clarida
• 6) Carlos Thomas Jr or William Bonac

With three out of the 4 votes putting him first on the Arnold 2025, Samson Dauda has unsurprisingly emerged because the clear favourite. “Samson is coming off the Olympia, I feel he’s on a job,” explains James of his selection. “I feel he’ll do what Mr Olympia is meant to do. Come again and win.”

The blokes additionally predicted large issues for Andrew Jacked after a disappointing Olympia look final 12 months, and a possible shock from Brandon Curry who’s trying large proper now, however James feared that there could also be “too many cooks” in Derek Lunsford camp as of late, so will probably be attention-grabbing to see which model of himself arrives in Columbus, Ohio.

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