Jay Cutler, Miloš Šarčev Paint Samson Dauda as a Prime 2023 Mr. Olympia Contender

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Dauda’s Arnold Traditional triumph has lifted him into the higher echelons of the game.

Written by Robert Zeglinski Final up to date on March 8, 2023

Samson “The Nigerian Lion” Dauda’s win within the 2023 Arnold Classic (AC) in all probability wasn’t surprising per se. He simply wasn’t the athlete some expected to stand on top of the podium. Now, the brand new title notch in Dauda’s belt is rightfully drawing the eye of outstanding bodybuilding commentators and analysts. The general message is obvious: Dauda’s AC victory has put him on the map.

On Mar. 7, 2023, famed bodybuilding coach Miloš Šarčev appeared on the Cutler Forged with Mr. Olympia icon Jay Cutler. The pair recapped the occasions of the AC which occurred simply days earlier, and, naturally, they mentioned Dauda’s standout efficiency. Šarčev and Cutler would ultimately conclude that Dauda must be thought-about one of many high contenders for the 2023 Mr. Olympia title in early November.

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Šarčev and Cutler might have chosen their phrases fastidiously. They might’ve treaded frivolously across the potential Dauda presents. As an alternative, they gave the first-time AC winner a ringing Olympia endorsement. (Notice: Dauda finished in sixth place on the 2022 iteration of the competition.)

Why? They view Dauda as a well-rounded, elite competitor who can topple anybody, together with reigning Olympia champion Hadi Choopan and runner-up Derek Lunsford.

He’s [Dauda] the most effective mixture of the whole lot,” Šarčev stated. “Can he beat Hadi [Choopan] and Derek [Lunsford]? Sure. Would his conditioning and size beat them on the [2023] Olympia? We’d need to see them lined up subsequent to one another.“

Cutler would echo this sentiment from Šarčev, explaining that he thinks Dauda is beginning to piece collectively find out how to put together for an elite efficiency on stage. The four-time Mr. Olympia (2006-2007, 2009-2010) associated it to his personal profession expertise and put it plainly.

Dauda simply has to refine small particulars shifting ahead.

“I believe now you’ve figured the formulation and it’s simply working to get the pores and skin a bit of thinner as you progress,” Cutler stated. “It’s simply routine now … you’re in that ‘click on’ interval and there’s a sure click on interval that folks undergo. I skilled this in my late 20s … I really feel that his [Dauda] peak is a bit of delayed due to the expertise and also you’ve seen this loopy development over the past yr. However now, it’s simply refinement of the pores and skin thinning down a bit of bit higher. Nothing else. Every thing will enhance. It’s all about simply routine and training.”

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After profitable the 2023 AC, Dauda would write in an Instagram publish that “it’s a dream come true.” There’s no telling what types of feelings would run by way of the competitor have been he to win his first Olympia title in the identical yr. Although, if Cutler and Šarčev are appropriate of their analysis, a second greater dream could be fulfilled for Dauda on November 3-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL.