Milos Sarcev, King Kamali, Dennis James Discuss Hadi Choopan vs Derek Lunsford and Samson Dauda’s Future
“If he would have showed up like this at the Olympia, he would be a two-time Mr. Olympia right now,” said Dennis James. I really, I’m not convinced that Derek can beat this version of a Hadi because I know Derek needs, he needs more quality here and I don’t know how long that’s going to take, a couple of more years.”
“Dennis, and quality from the front of the legs too,” adds King Kamali. “No [Derek can’t beat Hadi in the front shots]. Front double biceps, front lat spread, most muscular, and abs, that’s four shots right there.”
“With Samson right, look, Samson lost to a former Mr. Olympia, the most conditioned guy, known for condition that came at his all-time best. So, how bad is the, ‘Oh, we should be depressed and all that stuff.’ Samson was improved which Tyler Manion pointed out. He saw him first in Pittsburgh before and he told me in front of you Dennis that he thinks in Pittsburgh he was a little tighter and better. It’s possible that that was the case but not by much.”“When I left the room and I do have that video when I left the room two hours before, I would say he was better here in the room than in Pittsburgh. That’s what I was expecting. When he came out, it was not exactly that and then he stands next to a goddamn anatomy chart,” said Milos Sarcev. “Did anyone else out-condition Samson, maybe John Delarosa from the back that you could say.”
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“I think he got unconditioned by a few guys to be honest. I think he got out conditioned by Antoine, he definitely got out-conditioned on Saturday by Akim Williams, who looked crazy on Saturday. I think he got out-conditioned by Rafael Brandao, I think he got out-conditioned by a lot of guys,” explains Dennis James.
“My heart goes out to Milos because everybody on this planet is sitting on Milos’ shoulders and saying why isn’t he crsipy? And what I send messages to Milos, he’s like I know, I understand that’s what I need to do. Now, is Samson doing everything? I don’t know.Does Samson have issues with anxiety? I don’t know. Does Samson… I don’t know. All I’m saying is we are looking back seeing what is happening right now. If Samson was dryer one percent, two percent dryer, it would make all the difference in the world. That’s all I’m saying,” explains King Kamali.
“Why doesn’t he do a vacuum and the lat spread Milos?” asks Chris Cormier.“He tried, he didn’t like it because that’s Lee Haney’s front lat spread vacuumed, phenomenal,” said Sarcev. “He doesn’t like it.”
“Suffer [if Samson wants better condition]. Suffer is suffering. Diet down like you’ve never dieted before. Do more cardio and that’s it! Sacrifice some muscle. Look, he was never flat. He can lose, he doesn’t plan to put the muscle on and he puts the muscle on. So, of course, he should sacrifice a little bit of extra muscle and come more ripped,” explains Milos Sarcev.
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