{"id":16498,"date":"2026-03-26T17:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16498"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:29:25","slug":"terrick-el-guindy-offers-martin-fitzwater-advice-for-2026-arnold-classic-uk-dennis-james-blames-cancel-culture-for-sponsors-dropping-him-after-arnold-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16498","title":{"rendered":"Terrick El Guindy Offers Martin Fitzwater Advice for 2026 Arnold Classic UK, Dennis James Blames Cancel Culture for Sponsors Dropping Him After Arnold Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The 2026 Arnold Classic UK is set for March 27-29 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Ahead of the event on March 26, judge Terrick El Guindy offered Martin Fitzwater advice before stepping onstage. In addition, bodybuilding veteran Dennis James discussed his sponsor fallout after the Arnold Classic in Ohio.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Fitzwater<\/a>\u2018s been on fire in the IFBB Pro League. At the 2025 Mr. Olympia<\/a>, he earned fifth place right behind Samson Dauda. They rematched at the Prague Pro<\/a>, where Fitzwater brought arguably his all-time best look. After securing gold, he carried that momentum into the Arnold Classic Ohio<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Fitzwater ultimately took fourth place. Meanwhile, his rival, Nick Walker<\/a>, placed second, and that didn\u2019t sit well for \u201cThe Martian.\u201d He refused to shake Walker\u2019s hand and celebrated his loss to Chinedu Andrew \u201cJacked\u201d Obiekea<\/a>. As a result of his bad sportsmanship, Fitzwater was dropped by all of his sponsors. With his next contest approaching, El Guindy and James gave their opinions on the shakeup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the Prime Time Muscle<\/em> podcast, El Guindy told Fitzwater that he has to understand and tolerate that he can\u2019t always bring his best to the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI let him know the internet is a fictional, deceptive world. People write stuff there that they don\u2019t mean. He is going to come back from this, but what I want from Martin is for him to understand that he\u2019s going to have a showing that\u2019s not his best, and he needs to be okay with it,\u201d shared<\/a> Terrick El Guindy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dennis James believes cancel culture led to Fitzwater being dropped by his sponsors. He stressed that the inability to earn income is \u2018probably the worst thing that can happen to a person.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hate cancel culture. Everybody makes mistakes. To take someone\u2019s livelihood away, basically, the chance to make money and pay your bills\u2026 for me, that\u2019s probably the worst thing that can happen to a person, which is definitely not helping. If you think someone has issues, mental problems, and you just cancel everything, what do you think you\u2019re going to do? What do you expect him to do? Oh, thanks for letting me go. What am I going to do now?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He added that sponsors could have waited longer before making the rash decision:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that was a little fast, even for the sponsors. They could have waited. We all know whatever happens on the internet will die down in two weeks. Nobody is going to speak about it no more, and you should have a talk with him before you drop a person.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

El Guindy and James aren\u2019t the only popular names in the sport to discuss the Fitzwater drama. Former seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath recently shared that he doesn\u2019t want to see Fitzwater\u2019s career destroyed<\/a>. To blow off some steam, Jacked offered to pay for him to go on a vacation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fitzwater has a huge opportunity in front of him. If he manages to win or push Jacked, he\u2019ll regain some much-needed momentum in the busy Men\u2019s Open division.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong>King Kamali Calls Martin Fitzwater a \u2018Hot Head Having Roid Rage\u2019 After 2026 Arnold Classic: \u2018He\u2019s Become Evil\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the full video from the OlympiaTV YouTube channel below:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n