Derek Lunsford Wins the Arnold Basic 2025
The 2025 Arnold Basic is now within the books, and this continues to be an thrilling time on the planet of bodybuilding the place the sector for flexing is probably as aggressive as ever. After a dramatic drop to 3rd place ultimately yr’s Mr. Olympia contest, Lunsford made a commanding return in Columbus, taking dwelling the business’s second greatest prize.
Now $500,000 richer, Lunsford beat Samson Dauda, his prime rival and the sixtieth Mr. Olympia on stage at The Arnold, probably offering him with the momentum required to win his third ‘O’ later this yr. Each males introduced their A-game over the weekend nonetheless, and it was a close-run race. Lunsford’s haul for the night time truly totaled $510,000 as a result of he was additionally awarded the Ed Corny prize for finest poser within the competitors, displaying how necessary it’s to not simply construct, but additionally current the very best package deal on stage.
“Look, I’ll be sincere with you,” stated Lunsford following the victory at his first ever Arnold Basic efficiency. “I’ve been wanting to do that present for a very long time. “First time I ever went to an enormous bodybuilding occasion like this, it was this, again in 2015.” That occasion proved to mild a fireplace within the man that may grow to be an icon of the bodybuilding business. “Quick ahead ten years later, 2025, being the Arnold Basic Open (and a former) Mr Olympia champion, oof boy that’s loopy to assume.”
2025 Arnold Basic Males’s Open Outcomes
- Derek Lunsford
- Samson Dauda
- Andrew Jacked
- Brandon Curry
- William Bonac
- Akim Williams
Elsewhere, Mike Sommerfield gained the Males’s Basic Physique prize and Ali Bilal took dwelling the Males’s Physique trophy, whereas Vania Auguste gained her first Arnold Bikini Worldwide. Within the Wheelchair Division, Rajesh John took the crown. With some dominant returns and thrilling new champions, the street to Olympia is now in full swing.
