Topic: Nigerian Born BodyBuilder (Samson Dauda) Won Mr. Olympia In USA. - page 3. (Read 704 times)

It's up to his competition though, Ronnie has dominated the scene and no one came close to him except Coleman who defeated him if I'm not mistaken. Same with 3d Phil Heath, he remains on top because he was a total freak, his body and his form and muscle are totally different as if it is carved and it shows not only symmetry but a 3d form.

So Hadi Choopan must improved if he wanted to take away the title from Dauda next year, or even Derek Lunsford the 2023 winner. Of course, Dauda will have to up the bar as well. Let's see next year, competition are very tight and when you are on top, everyone is going after you. But in any case, congrats to the first Nigeria born winner of Mr. Olympia.

It's only Lee Haney  (1984-1991) and
Ronnie Coleman (1998-2005) who has managed to hold that position for eight years straight, while the other just held it for 6 years below and since Phil Heath (2011-2017) hold it for 7 years, every other winner has just hold that position for only a year and I guess Dauda might just hold it for a year too but we hope to see what happens by next competition. Congratulations to him anyways.

I think you are imagining too much at this point, because marriage is a subjective individual thing and for that, anyone can decide to marry or not, and considering this guy profession, marriage will be the last thing on the list of his desires right now, and if he possible consider marriage the. His partner will have to agree with the conditions a d fine a away around the whole thing.

He is not the biggest body build in the world, and reason he is making the news is because of his winning recently which is highly commendable since several of the past building buildings competition never make this level of news.

It is better to call him a Nigerian-born British bodybuilder. Nigerians would have had more champions like Samson Dauda in different sports if they had a culture of harnessing the country's talent. I will assume that Samson migrated to the UK, which is why he had the opportunity to access the right training staff and facilities. He is a Nigerian nurtured by the British.  The same thing would be said about Anthony Joshua and Isreal Adesanya. Congratulations to the champion, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and Africa. 

It was really a big win for him. Like you said, the competitors were equally big in muscles and size but Dauda Samson is really big with very massive muscles. I was thinking the pictures were photoshopped not until I went to watch the video on YouTube, men it is really a big show of muscled men there.

He came out as the Olympia with $600,000 and the next behind him with $250,000. This is really big money. He has his wife as a big factor behind his success in training and encouragement.

I think Dauda Samson appears to me as someone who is humble despite his size. From his interview in YouTube, he said "he came all the way from Nigeria to Uk and he said lots of people doubted him but he is here now as the Olympia"

I think the lesson from his story is that we should not lose faith in ourselves because he said he made it against all odds.

Exactly I agreed with some of the comments so far and another question came to me again, will this guy marry and live with his wife and family members? Mostly, the time of intimacy how will the woman feel? Will she be afraid or it will be like a normal combat? When seen the physique of the man. Frankly speaking I have not seen a Nigeria with this physique.


If the year 2023 winner took home with $750,000 then that should be the highest winning in the game of bodybuilding and not this year's competition but the people are saying this year's competition has the highest price in the history of bodybuilding.

All this includes dedication and sacrifice just imagine such body type with muscles everywhere failed to win? I don’t know how he competed but definitely other opponents look similar if not body type same strength and coming outstanding needs to be appreciated. The prize is worth the stress, I’m always a fan of such sports activity I guess I’m just seeing this now because I stopped watching for sometime now.

Yes there are few of bodybuilder category being seen utmost most competition. Congrats to Nigeria for winning this, truly an achievement. Seeing the photo, you could imagine how much effort he did to be able to win a competition. His body is literally build up, and I wonder how much power he can do with those muscles. Even a tough guy would be scared out of his physique.

Congratulations to him, winning such a price would have definitely cost him a whole lot of hard work and it looks like it's the first time a Nigerian born is winning such on the world platform as I have not heard of any in the history of the body building competition since I came to the knowledge of it. The price too is a very much deserving one for the kind of work and energy been put into such competition to achieve the results that has earned him such, congrats again to him.

The competition is very old. Although I’m not a fan of body builders, I’m very familiar with the Mr Olympia competition, previous record holders like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronnie Coleman were the very first people and probably the only names I know in Body Building. Arnold Schwarzenegger was a seven time Mr Olympia champion before transitioning to Hollywood, his physique earned him action roles in movies like Terminator franchise e.t.c. There is also a dark side to body building, I don’t fancy the sport because of the high risk of injury to the body. Ronnie is in a wheelchair because of the squats he did when he was in his prime. Anyway, congratulations to Samuel Dauda for bringing the award home to Nigeria.

In my opinion, the Mr Olympia title won by Samson Dauda is a matter of pride and honor for him and the Nigerian country, because this is the first of Nigerian descent to win this prestigious competition held in the US, What's more, he can compete and beat famous bodybuilders like Hadi and Derek. I don't think it's easy to reach this pinnacle of victory, considering that the two bodybuilding opponents in the competition were the best athletes of all time by winning various competitions held, Dauda set a new record in the world of bodybuilding.

Regarding the prize of US$ 600.000 I think it is big for the Mr Olympia competition, considering that the 2023 prize with a total of US$ 750.000 is only a difference of US$ 150.000, the winner only takes a prize of US$ 400.000, Meanwhile, for the Mr Olympia competition this time, Samson Dauda himself won the prize with a value of US$ 600.000. For me, that is an extraordinary prize, especially when exchanged for Nigerian currency.

I have also watched the athletes shows in the TV but I have never find it interesting fun to follow up the activity.

But though if I paraventurely come across one of its shows in the TV, I am always contemplating on how these athletes body builders could gather such passels of muscles.

When I watched the program news where this Dauda was announced the 2024 Olympia winner, I was of no doubt that he could merit the trophy. He was indeed a a well deserved of the winning following the prize. Congratulations to him.

It’s nice to see how ripped the winner for this year Mr. Olympia. The competition of the current tournament is pretty tough since no one can manage to defend the title after the legacy of Phil Heath ended.

Seeing the prize pool seems low considering how tough the preparation of this sports just to come up with that kind of body build. I can’t imagine the dedication put in to it on both diet and training just to get ripped.

I hope they will find more sponsors to boos t the prize even to a million since this is the most prestigious event for body building category.

Congratulations to Samson Dauda for this victorious outing and to every one Nigerians out there. It is a thing of joy to see that  Nigerians are really doing fine in sports. I actually doubted this news when I first saw it on twitter, I actually thought it was a post of mistaken nationality and ignored to further do a research on it because I was very sure Nigerians do not really fancy competition of such nature but after seeing this, my doubt were  cleared and to be frank it is worth celebrating because it is not an easy task clinching that prize.

He must have had a long time building up and bracing for the competition. This would serve as inspiration to other young sportsmen who think as a result of their background or origin, can not be able to make it out there to clinching trophies but with dedication and consistency, they could make their way to the top of the game and possibly winning trophies if they are consistent are focused.

Agreed this is not the first time that Mr Olympia was conducted. Infact Arnold Schwarzenegger was the winner of this competition in a row from 1970 to 1975. Due to social media this body building competition is getting more coverage than it used to get earlier. This who are into body building will be aware of it.

Others might consider this as a sports per se, but still you need to work really hard to sculpt your body to win the Mr. Olympia. Same here I haven't follow the sports that much, so it's very interesting to see that a Nigerian born athlete has won.

And yes, it takes a lot of commitment as I have said and dedication because you really have to grind day in and day out and your nutrition is spot on, you know how much protein you need to take in order to built this kind of body. And probably his genes too has played big in the role of making his body stand out from the rest of the competition.

Although I did not watch the championship, I was happy when I saw news of it first from the WhatsApp status of a friend and online that Samson Dauda won 2024 Mr. Olympia contest and he is a Nigerian. A lot of bad things have been said about Nigerians but this is one positive thing that people should highlight.

It shows that if someone is committed, he can achieve any goal that has been set especially in this case of body building where you have to engage in constant resistance exercise just to build, control and develop the muscles and you have to take a particular diet or nutrition. Over time, body building has been dominated by people of other races but he has created history to his race. Kudos to him.

body building have been a thing for ages and I've watched a lot of thier show off and competition though it's definitely not my kind of thing because of the body structure that's almost like that of a monster. The after effect of taking body building as a full time career when you've approached old age is another issue because for most of the athlete, they spend the later age of thier life in pains and suffering. It usually get at me when we have a lot of international athletes doing so well in different sports in the international stage representing other countries while we sit back and try to affiliate them to our nation after they've attained the glory. He didn't even represent Nigeria in the first place in the body building contest. The glory all goes to the UK while we just rant on socal media that he's a Nigerian breed.

This is definitely not the first Mr. Olympia competition to be held, I've been hearing about it from when I was very young. It's just that the sports wasn't popular in the past, it was only people that had interest in the game that we're aware of it. I knew about it very early because I had bodybuilder seniors who reads their fitness magazines. Thanks to social media, the popularity is increasing and this year's competition has somehow stood out and more people are now aware of the sport. I think that it's an interesting sport, watching people who have gone through pains to bring out curves in their body that most people ordinarily don't know that they exists. Congratulations to a fellow Nigeria, for winning this year's competition.

Wow, it was amazing to see Nigerian athletes making history at this international event! Gymnastics is one sport that doesn't get the attention it deserves. Especially in Nigeria, seeing Samson Dauda win Mr Olympia and take home the $600,000 prize money. It is truly an encouragement. It truly shows the dedication and discipline that goes into building a body like his. I have seen others competing in their local competitions, but nothing as close as Mr. Olympia. It is not just commitment to make such muscles, but you have to conserve them too. It is a completely different ball game. Hopefully, Nigerians will be motivated to take up sports and represent us at the world level by Samson's winning moments.


Yes, bodybuilding competitions have been around for a while, but Samson Dauda's victory certainly stands out. Because of how rare it is for Nigerians to have a chance to excel in this sport. I understand what you mean that sometimes athletes look the same. It's hard to notice the small details unless you're really well versed in the technicalities of bodybuilding, but each competitor's physique is actually judged on things like symmetry, muscle definition, presentation. etc. So even small differences can be good for the referee.

Speaking of the anime, I would say it is rather interesting. I never heard of an anime dealing with bodybuilding except man with natural huge muscles and fighting. However, it shouldn't be quite a surprise, because nowadays, everyone talks about some level of fitness culture. It's always great when media promotes niche sports like bodybuilding. Perhaps more people might develop an interest in following these competitions through this end.