Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2018
Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2018 was held in California, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Ali Balighi.
- Year
- 2018
- Date
- Jul 15, 2018
- Location
- California, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 10
- Competitors
- 25
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Ali Balighi | Derek Johnson |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Bada Lekan | Tommy Ashley |
| Men's Physique - Class A | Adrian Betancourt | Jeremy Ward |
| Men's Physique - Class B | Bada Lekan | Derek Johnson |
| Men's Physique - Class C | Alan Garcia | Charles Liedl |
| Women's Physique | Susan Ramirez-Arellano | – |
| Women's Figure - Class A | Angel Tran | Korin Ekizian |
| Women's Figure - Class B | Theodora Ricks | Kendra Frost |
| Women's Figure - 35+ | Stephanie Fritts | – |
| Women's Figure - 40+ | Stephanie Fritts | – |
Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2018
Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2018 was held in California, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Ali Balighi.
Defending Figure A champion Amanda Skadsem, who won in 2017, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2018 contested 10 divisions across 25 athletes, 8 open and 2 age-restricted Masters. Ali Balighi took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 10 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 2
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ali Balighi First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Derek Johnson | United States |
| 3rd | Daniel Bork | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bada Lekan | United States |
| 2nd | Tommy Ashley | United States |
| 3rd | Ronnie Stuyvesant | United States |
| 4th | Hugo Zamora | United States |
| 5th | Ganzorig Enkhtuvshin | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Physique - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Adrian Betancourt | United States |
| 2nd | Jeremy Ward | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Physique - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bada Lekan | United States |
| 2nd | Derek Johnson | United States |
| 3rd | Ehan Ban | United States |
| 4th | Esteban Pena | United States |
| 5th | Hugo Zamora | United States |
| 6th | Lucky Weerasekera | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Physique - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Garcia First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Charles Liedl | United States |
| 3rd | Alexander Perez | United States |
| 4th | Dennis Stolyarov | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Susan Ramirez-Arellano First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Angel Tran First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Korin Ekizian | United States |
| 3rd | Stephanie Fritts | United States |
| 4th | Jorene Takenaka | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Theodora Ricks First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Kendra Frost | United States |
| 3rd | Sarah Walker | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Figure - 35+
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stephanie Fritts First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - 40+
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stephanie Fritts | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 25
- Divisions
- 10
- Size rank
- 7 of 9
The biggest field since 2016.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Megan Trimmer | Physique |
| 2014 | Christina Mace | Physique |
| 2012 | Susan Graham | Physique |
| 2011 | Victoria Dominguez | Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | Victoria Dominguez | Bodybuilding |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.