{"id":14857,"date":"2025-08-08T23:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T16:59:51","slug":"what-must-samson-dauda-do-to-win-the-2025-mr-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14857","title":{"rendered":"What Must Samson Dauda Do to Win the 2025 Mr. Olympia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dennis James was joined by regular panelist Milos Sarcev and guest Jose Raymond for Episode 244 of <em>The Menace Podcast<\/em>, and they made early predictions on who will lift the 2025 Mr Olympia trophy in Las Vegas. They also discussed what Samson Dauda must do to hold onto his crown.<\/p>\n<p>With bodybuilding\u2019s biggest show around 8 weeks away, the boys put where their money where their mouth is to predict the all-out winner on October 9-12. \u201cI just wanna get one name from both of you,\u201d asked The Menace. \u201cWho\u2019s gonna win the Olympia, 2025. No explanation, just give me a name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHadi (Choopan),\u201d predicted Raymond, needing little time to deliberate. Milos Sarcev agreed with his fellow guest. \u201cYeah, I would also go with Hadi,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cBecause I think he\u2019s bringing something special. Even though I\u2019m a Samson (Dauda) fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that the field is stacked. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/samson-dauda-is-the-new-2024-mr-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samson Dauda took home the trophy for the first time<\/a>, while Hadi Choopan was runner up, and Derek Lunsford came in third. Still, Lunsford must be considered back in contention after winning the 2025 Arnold. Then there\u2019s Nick Walker, who is perhaps in the best shape of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna go out on a limb here,\u201d said host Dennis James. \u201cI\u2019m gonna go with Derek (Lunsford),\u201d he teased. \u201cNo, I\u2019m gonna say, I believe that Samson is gonna nail the conditioning this time. \u201cI hope so,\u201d said Sarcev. \u201cI would love that,\u201d concurred Raymond.<\/p>\n<h2>What Must Samson Dauda do to Win the 2025 Mr Olympia?<\/h2>\n<p>Dennis James believes that conditioning is key for the Nigerian Lion to maintain his rule. \u201cMaybe not one hundred percent, but he\u2019s gonna be five percent better than he was, ever,\u201d explained The Menace. \u201cI think that, maybe this time, his skin won\u2019t dry out the oil, and he comes in with a little shine to it, to make it look a little better. So, that\u2019s what I see right now.\u201d Of course, this is just the start of what could be many predictions on The Menace Podcast as the road to the Olympia draws ever closer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mrolympia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets are available now for what will be 2025\u2019s biggest bodybuilding battle.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To watch the full episode where the boys also recapped the Tampa Pro, and previewed the Texas Pro, plus the usual breaking bodybuilding news, see below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TAMPA PRO RECAP, TEXAS PRO PREVIEW with MILOS &amp; JOSE!!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lr3AAC6ACM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/what-must-samson-dauda-do-to-win-the-2025-mr-olympia\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis James was joined by regular panelist Milos Sarcev and guest Jose Raymond for Episode 244 of The Menace Podcast, and they made early predictions on who will lift the 2025 Mr Olympia trophy in Las Vegas. They also discussed what Samson Dauda must do to hold onto his crown. With bodybuilding\u2019s biggest show around &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}