Mr. Olympia Morphs

[Beefcake]

Calling Yates a pregnant cow?

Jesus, harsh crowd. Yates might not have looked so hot in his last few years, but he was still a damn good bodybuilder.

+1

 

[Tonka]

Ye all those torn muscles. Maybe the judges thought he deserved it more?

 

[Rocky]

^ As nice an idea as that is I doubt (and hope) they wouldn't reward a contest on the merits of what hardship they went through over the quality of their physique - or the contest could look a whole lot different!

That said with the way the 'O' judges judge you never know!

 

[RoyceGracie]

^ As nice an idea as that is I doubt (and hope) they wouldn't reward a contest on the merits of what hardship they went through over the quality of their physique - or the contest could look a whole lot different!

That said with the way the 'O' judges judge you never know!

If that was the case then Flex Wheeler would have won after he recovered from breaking his neck in a near fatal car accident in 1994.

 

[Iceman1981]

Yeah, now when you say it I can see it. But dorian looks bigger, wasn't he 270-275lbs 1997?

Throughout yates career, anytime he went above 257 pounds he looked bad, real bad. For example: 1994, 1996 & 1997. All 3 of those years he was above 257 pounds. He just could not go above 257 without getting a bigger waist, lost conditioning, out of proportion, etc.

Yates barely won it in 96 and should have lost in 97. There is no way he would of won it in 98, NO WAY.