Cbum picks the results of the Arnold Classic! Who will win the open and who will win the Classic Physique?

Although his category is Classic Physique, Chris Bumstead is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding bodybuilding personalities of today. This charismatic pro has already won his category at Mr. Olympia five times without any fear, he is a successful businessman and since he is about to become a father for the first time, it is clear that speculations about his departure are abounding, which he does not deny. And since he will definitely not be a competitor at the upcoming Arnold Classic, he can afford to make an impartial assessment of the results of the competition.

In a recent interview on YouTube, Cbum therefore went into predictions related to the results of the open category, where of course many big names are competing, such as Hadi Choopan, who even did a joint back workout with Chris a few days ago. However, he will have his path crossed by Samson Dauda, who has worked on his weak areas and expects the win to be his.

Nevertheless, Chris trusts Hadi a bit more, as he has ranked the best competitors as follows:

1. Hadi Choopan
2. Samson Dauda
3. James Hollingshead
4. Akim Williams

Other names were then dropped, such as the much-discussed Antoine Vaillant. Cbum said that although he really likes his character, he doesn't think he will make the top 5.

Next came the Classic Physique category, which Chris was clearly quite excited about, saying it was pretty damn packed and that everyone was doing it today. He named the following competitors as the top three:

1. Ramon Rocha Queiroz
2. Urs Kalecinski
3. Terrence Ruffin (at the time of publishing this interview, it was not yet clear that Terrence would not be joining the competition, which he later confirmed himself)

While in the case of the open category it probably won't surprise anyone that Cbum tipped his teammate Hadi to win, in the classics it's quite interesting because Ramon is his old rival, with whom they have a friendly relationship but are still main competitors. Despite the competitive mood, the two athletes have also trained together and maintain a good relationship.

We will be able to see for ourselves how accurate Cbum's tips were from 29 February to 3 March, when the Arnold Classic will take place in the American state of Ohio, specifically in the city of Columbus. And since this is one of the imaginary highlights of the bodybuilding season, we will of course be there to bring you all the important results in separate reports.