With the big day just under two weeks away, we’re caught up in the excitement already. How it’s gonna go is anybody’s guess. But that isn’t going to stop us from trying. So, for the first time ever, we are introducing our Olympia Madness Tournament on Flexonline.com.
WHAT IT IS: A single elimination tournament, where we seed the top 16 competitors. Winners advance based on an online voting system.
MATCHUPS: Four rounds: A play-in round, the 1st round, the quaterfinals, semifinals and finals.
VOTING: By round. Pick your winner, cast your vote.
HOW WE SEEDED: It wasn’t easy. First off, we seeded our top 16 competitors based on recent performance and Olympia performances. Our seven (7) unseeded competitors were thrown into a Battle Royal, so to speak. The seven unseeded competitors were:
And while we’d like to give everyone an equal opportunity through online voting, there just isn’t enough time. So, early advancers in the Battle Royal were:
Stubbs Wilmore Haidar Yamagishi
Those four advanced to play the four bottom seeds from the top 16 in our Play in Round, which begins today.
OLYMPIA MADNESS Seeds 1Dexter Jackson defending champ 2Phil Heath 3rd last year, on the rise 3 Jay Cutler last year’s runner up, two-time champ 4Kai Greene Arnold Classic winner, but an Olympia rookie 5Dennis Wolf under the radar but two straight top-five finishes 6Victor Martinez could be higher but hasn’t put it all together recently 7Branch Warren thick and conditioned, 3rd at the Arnold 8Toney Freeman great shape, but conditioning always a question mark 9Melvin Anthony falls a few spots after disappointing showing in Atlantic City 10Silvio Samuel will have trouble matching size with the top guys here 11Dennis James two wins this summer, on the rise 12 Moe Elmoussawi if he’s conditioned, could climb in the rankings 13Ronny Rockel great front the front when he’s on, but only so-so from the back 14Gustavo Badell coming off a win, but not the same bodybuilder as he was in 2008 15Markus Ruhl big but funky 16Troy Alves aesthetically pleasing, but lacks leg size and conditioning to match up with the top 10
So there you have it. We’re sure there are a lot of you who disagree with our seeds but hey, it’s competition. In the end, there can only be one winner. If you want to play nice, play intramurals.
PLAY-IN-ROUND
Click button to choose match up winner then scroll down to cast your vote. Click competitor’s image to view their profile (seeds in parenthesis)
