February 15th, 2008

Some of the top bodybuilders in the world took stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the weigh-in for the Ironman Pro on Friday. Defending champion Toney Freeman, 2006 champion Gustavo Badell, Phil Heath and Silvio Samuel were just some of the 32 competitors on hand.

Freeman, the defending champ, appears to have regained the form he displayed in early 2007 and should be in contention once again. Freeman is the heaviest competitor in the contest at 290 pounds.

Heath’s weigh-in weight of 240 pounds was evidence of the improvement the 28-year-old has made in the last year. A year ago, Heath stepped onstage at the prejudging for the Arnold Classic weighing between 216-218 pounds.

Below is a list of the competitors and the weight at which they weighed in at the expo.

For a gallery of the weigh-in click here

Check back later for video interviews with some of the competitors, including Freeman, Badell and Samuel.

Eddie Abbew 273 pounds
Khalid Almohsinawi 203 pounds
Troy Alves 222 pounds
Gustavo Badell 255 pounds
Paul Baker 270 pounds
Ray Arde 220 pounds
Troy Brown 241 pounds
Jimmy Canyon 200 pounds
Rodney Davis 256 pounds
Omar Deckard 260 pounds
Alfonso Del Rio 276 pounds
Moe Elmoussawi 239 pounds
Toney Freeman 290 pounds
DeShaun Grimez 240 pounds
Will Harris N/A
Phil Heath 240 pounds
David Henry 203 pounds
Neset Icli 258 pounds
Johnnie Jackson 236 pounds
Rusty Jeffers 240 pounds
Kenny Jones 175 pounds
King Kamali 263 pounds
Vincent Liu 210 pounds
Desmond Miller 260 pounds
Jojo Nitiforo 240 pounds
Sergey Ogorodnikov 278 pounds
Gian Enrico Pica 250 pounds
Silvio Samuel 222 pounds
Armin Scholz 279 pounds
Nathan Wonsley 225 pounds
Mehmet Yildrim 248 pounds