Branch Warren 2nd place

[Cookie monster]

Branch displayed the best conditioning on stage and coupled it with dense, spectacular size. Jay obviously had the sandow in his hand the minute he walked out friday night for pre-judging. He was flawless. I felt Branch made enough improvements to push past dexter, due to Dexter not presenting the wow factor he should have brought. Yes he's conditioned and yes he is complete, but Branch came out strong from the start and HELD it the entire show. And for the whole torn tricep comment? His arms look MORE improved since the incident so it worked in his favor. Phil Heath was overly confident and fucked himself over friday night for pre-judging. He came in solid for the finals but it wasn't enough to catch up to the likes of Kai or Branch. Kai's placing of 4th was well-deserved and will most likely bump up in 2010. Branch will only hold the 2nd place standing this year, while next year he will probably fall to kai or phil. I believe Dexter had his glory in 2008 and now it's time for the new breed to take the podium. As for Jay, CONGRATS! and keep going strong. No doubt its gonna be a dog-fight next year.

 

[kn609]

Branch displayed the best conditioning on stage and coupled it with dense, spectacular size. Jay obviously had the sandow in his hand the minute he walked out friday night for pre-judging. He was flawless. I felt Branch made enough improvements to push past dexter, due to Dexter not presenting the wow factor he should have brought. Yes he's conditioned and yes he is complete, but Branch came out strong from the start and HELD it the entire show. And for the whole torn tricep comment? His arms look MORE improved since the incident so it worked in his favor. Phil Heath was overly confident and fucked himself over friday night for pre-judging. He came in solid for the finals but it wasn't enough to catch up to the likes of Kai or Branch. Kai's placing of 4th was well-deserved and will most likely bump up in 2010. Branch will only hold the 2nd place standing this year, while next year he will probably fall to kai or phil. I believe Dexter had his glory in 2008 and now it's time for the new breed to take the podium. As for Jay, CONGRATS! and keep going strong. No doubt its gonna be a dog-fight next year.

Overly confident? The guy had a stomach virus hours before prejudging for christ sake. Let's see how your body handles bacteria when you're at a dangerous level of body fat. Phil knew that day he was not going to place where he could have.

 

[Pickle]

what i learned from the mr olympia 2009. having tourettes and no back is grounds for a gift pay cheque.

"fuck yeah, shit, bra, shit my dumbell rows quarter reps did the shit." *throws a weight across the room.*

 

[tkD]

Branch's gay moustache must have won the judges heart

 

[Cookie monster]

Overly confident? The guy had a stomach virus hours before prejudging for christ sake. Let's see how your body handles bacteria when you're at a dangerous level of body fat. Phil knew that day he was not going to place where he could have.

Exactly. I understand he came down with a stomach virus and had serious trouble holding his physique in place, but to have people shit on the placings of the guys in the top 5 is ridiculous. If you come down with something like Phil did, another guys gonna slip past you in the scorecards. Phil looked incredible at the finals, but when I stated overly confident, I was speaking about his sure-fire attitude of being either 2nd or winning the Sandow. Its not his fault for what happened at prejudging but you can't take away the unbelievable showing of Branch and Jay.

 

[Pickle]

id never thought id be most upset about a placing not involving jay. jay won as dominately as ronnie won in 03. he looked a year ahead of everyone else. but branch as second is as outrageous as jays win in 07 or arnolds in 80

 

[Beau]

LOL at you fools hating on Branch...he didn't judge the show. What do you want him to do say no to second place?

 

[sexnews]

Nothing against Branch personally......but just think about it........if Cutler was off, would Branch have been our new Mr Olympia???????

 

[Beau]

nutty...oh well grats to him he must be on cloud 9 right now

 

[joligr]

Yea, now we have two Fridges dominating the sport.

Fucking Muscletech and politics. Branch second...? all my respect but from the back not higher than 6th

 

[tkD]

...but just think about it........if Cutler was off, would Branch have been our new Mr Olympia???????

Nope, in this case Dex would've won again.

 

[Rageking]

im...speachless

 

[dilatedmuscle]

Massive shock. its what the judges went for. This may be a good thing because now theres gonna be a hype battle of branch vs dexter (i think dexter can beat him)

 

[dilatedmuscle]

Nope, in this case Dex would've won again.

I agree. they just wanted to spice things up. I bet one of the judges was thinking " fuck it, ill place branch a head of dexter. he looks badass but the rest of the judges prolly think dexter looks better so ill give it to branch for the fuck of it" and little did he know that everyone else thought the same thing and dexter fell to 3rd

 

[Flex]

I agree. they just wanted to spice things up. I bet one of the judges was thinking " fuck it, ill place branch a head of dexter. he looks badass but the rest of the judges prolly think dexter looks better so ill give it to branch for the fuck of it" and little did he know that everyone else thought the same thing and dexter fell to 3rd

lol, nice theory, but I highly doubt it.

:iorofl:

 

[darkevilmaster]

back to mass monsters lets hope dexter comes in at 260 nxt year

 

[joligr]

how can someone get 2nd with no back and arms?

and an upper body with no detail and separation especially from the back, no mention about his aesthetic midsection...

 

[mrq4400]

not a big fan of this "back" ....

this' a bit better.

or how about this?

 

[sexnews]

I agree. they just wanted to spice things up. I bet one of the judges was thinking " fuck it, ill place branch a head of dexter. he looks badass but the rest of the judges prolly think dexter looks better so ill give it to branch for the fuck of it" and little did he know that everyone else thought the same thing and dexter fell to 3rd

 

[Anabolicus]

His upperbody has hardly any separation only bunch of veins.