212 Bodybuilding, Classic Physique, and Men’s Physique divisions were featured at the 2023 Dubai Pro in Dubai, UAE, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Over 80 IFBB Pro League athletes competed in this show, including new pros who had just earned their pro cards in the amateur shows earlier in the weekend.
In the end, the champions were Mazin Salim Al Rahbi (212), Terrence Ruffin (Classic Physique), and Adeyemi Awoyemi (Men’s Physique). All three winners are now qualified to compete in the 2023 Olympia Weekend on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. The final placings for the Dubai Pro are below.
212 Bodybuilding
- Mazin Salim Al Rahbi (Oman)
- Kingsley Oben Arrah (Cameron)
- Mohamed Embaby (Egypt)
- Weil Ali (Egypt)
- Mohamed Saleh (Egypt)
- Muhammet Kurutas (Turkey)
- Ismail Ahmed Mohamed Radwan (UAE)
- Mohamed Ramzy (Egypt)
- Radoslav Angelov (Bulgaria)
- Siwei Yang (China)
- Julian Lee Ramdhari (South Africa)
- Masoom Butt (United Kingdom)
- Zhen Hua Song (China)
- Hiroya Matsouka (Japan)
Classic Physique
- Terrence Ruffin (USA)
- Fabio Junio Ramos Vale (Brazil)
- Wesley Vissers (Netherlands)
- Chen Kang (China)
- Jose Maria Mete Bueriberi (Spain)
- Abou Konate (United Kingdom)
- Patrik Herczik (Czech Republic)
- Khaled El Nahawy (Saudi Arabia)
- Miguel Malimo (Mozambique)
- Valeri Enchev (Bulgaria)
- Ahmed Hameed Aleidani (UAE)
- Valentin Petrov (Bulgaria)
- Dylan Dawson (South Africa)
- Aravind Ravikumar (India)
- Denis Romanov (Russia)
Tied for 16th
- Hassan Mahdi Alabdrabalreda (Saudi Arabia)
- Ibrahim Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
- Abdulaziz Al-Murshedi (Kuwait)
- Subiel Nisar (India)
- Artem Puchkov (Russia)
- Sajed Niknam (UAE)
- Mehdi Gharedaghi (Iran)
- Anwar Hossein (Bangladesh)
- Ramdan Elsharkawy (UAE)
Men’s Physique
- Adeyemi Awoyemi (United Kingdom)
- Abisai Pietersz (The Netherlands)
- Youseff Hassan (Egypt)
- Sidy Pouye (Spain)
- Emile Walker (England)
- Carlos Asiedu Ocran (China)
- Imran Khan (India)
- Mahmood Al-Maghrabi (Bahrain)
- Hossein Karimi (USA)
- Jiang Kun Zhi (China)
- Kamal Aitirhmour (Morocco)
- Hachemi Hemza (Algeria)
- Omar Boresli (Kuwait)
- Philippe Degila (France)
- Dawid Wachelka (Poland)
Tied for 16th
- Aslan Abdullayev (Kazakhstan)
- Murat Akkose (Turkey)
- Qaisar Alasi (Bahrain)
- Mishal Alhassan (Saudi Arabia)
- Soud Alkhamees (Kuwait)
- Mohammad Almutawah (Kuwait)
- Sanad Yousef Alsanad (Kuwait)
- Harvey A. Devanadera (Philippines)
- Mahmoud Elsabagh (Egypt)
- Karim Esmat (Kuwait)
- Xiao Long Hong (China)
- Mahmoud Ibrahim (Egypt)
- Ali Jafar (Kuwait)
- Tyrone Jagger (South Africa)
- Mimoh Yuvraj Kamble (India)
- Ozcan Kirant (Turkey)
- Cetin Koroglu (Turkey)
- Ilya Kvashnin (Russia)
- Hashem Mohammed (Saudi Arabia)
- Osam Al Mujalli (Saudi Arabia)
- Ash Mullen (New Zealand)
- Azad Mohammed Rasheed Omar (Iraq)
- Kahlia Ramzi (Algeria)
- Mohammad Javad Sadeghi (Iran)
- Shogo Sato (Japan)
- Alessio Sbizzera (Italy)
- Ahmed Shokry Soliman (Egypt)
- Furkan Tunc (Turkey)
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212 Bodybuilding Winner — Mazin Salim Al Rahbi
Mazin Salim Al Rahbi took the win and Olympia 212 Showdown qualification with all first-place votes from the judges. He will make his Olympia debut in Orlando should he compete. Kingsley Oben Arrah earned his pro card the day before this contest and finished in second place overall.
Classic Physique Winner — Terrence Ruffin
Terrence Ruffin was the favorite going into this show and stood true to those expectations. He took his fifth career win in his 2023 season debut, and he will now return to the Classic Physique Olympia stage, where he has finished as high as second twice. 2023 Europa Pro winner Wesley Vissers was another top contender for this show, but he finished in third place behind runner-up Fabio Junio Ramos Vale.
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Men’s Physique Winner — Adeyemi Awoyemi
The Men’s Physique lineup featured 49 competitors. Adeyemi Awoyemi was deemed the best, scoring the win as well as the 2023 Men’s Physique Olympia qualification. This was his third show of the 2023 season. He finished no lower than fifth in his previous two shows. Abisai Pietersz and Youseff Hassa took second and third, respectively.
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