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With the lackluster FIBO Pro now in the books, bodybuilding fans look to the next big<\/em> show on the pro circuit, this weekend\u2019s 2026 Arnold Classic Brazil. And guess what? From the looks of the lineup, it seems that Blessing Awodibu might be going to the 2026 Olympia!! This is huge news, especially now that Sasan Heirati is qualified. Sas won the FIBO Pro last week against half a dozen pro bodybuilders no one ever heard of and it seems Blessing may get a W in similar fashion.<\/p>\n The Arnold Brazil\u2019s lineup consists of seven top Brazilian pro\u2019s. They are David Adriano Justino Da Silva, Trindade Alexandre, Wellington Baptista, Andre Cariao, Davi Flex Jr, Alan Ramiro Bonadiman, Leandro Sencini Peres, and of course Jose William Junior. Who\u2019s Jose William Junior? Your guess is as good as mine. Then of course there\u2019s legendary South African bodybuilder Sibusiso Kotelo. I\u2019m saying he\u2019s legendary, but is he? No offense, but I\u2019m not familiar with Sibusiso. I\u2019m sure he gets mobbed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, but I don\u2019t know him from a hole in the wall. Of the ten competitors on the pro bodybuilding lineup, the only name that I recognize is Blessing Awodibu and no offense to him, but he\u2019s never placed in the either the Olympia or Arnold Classic (USA) Top 6 that I\u2019m aware of. He did win the NY Pro and the Indiana Pro back in 2022, but according to a Google search, those are his best wins. And those are good wins to have, but he\u2019s the only guy out of the dozen with those type of credentials. I did searches on several of the other guys and even Google\/AI didn\u2019t recognize them. I\u2019m not kidding.<\/p>\n Is this really the best the Arnold Classic came up with for its Brazilian offshoot? It\u2019s not only sad, but it begs the question of whether or not we have too many pro shows. Brazil is a hotbed of bodybuilding and fitness, but what fan is going to want to pay top dollar to see Blessing wipe the floor with ten or eleven scrubs? Even if these guys gave 120%, are any of them going to be able to hold a candle to a former New York Pro champion?<\/p>\n The pecking order is Olympia, Arnold USA, and NY Pro. These guys might be newly minted pro\u2019s that are essentially cannon fodder. When I first saw the lineup, a part of me thought the contest was made for Blessing to get an easy win. That or maybe that none of the top guys want to compete there. The reality of the matter is that Top 6 Olympians aren\u2019t looking for an easy win. They have a reputation to uphold and if they go to the Olympia, they want to ride some kind of a wave. Qualifying by winning a show like this or the FIBO Pro doesn\u2019t get you any respect. Maybe you\u2019ll respect them, but i know I won\u2019t. And to those who say it doesn\u2019t matter how you get to the Super Bowl of Bodybuilding as long as you get there, I say, I couldn\u2019t disagree more!! I even chuckled at NIck Miller\u2019s video title \u201cCan Blessing Win the Arnold Brazil?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n