The 2023 Musclecontest Ultimate Warriors Pro show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Anaheim, CA. Twenty-two Classic Physique competitors will face the judges and fans with hopes of winning and qualifying for the 2024 Olympia Weekend, the date and location of which has yet to be announced at the time of this article’s publication.
This is the fifth edition of the Ultimate Warriors Pro show, and the last time it featured Classic Physique was 2019. The roster for this contest is below, with names in alphabetical order:
2023 Musclecontest Ultimate Warriors Pro Roster
- Sali Bacovic (USA)
- Joshua L. Cohn (USA)
- Chung Hin Cheng (China)
- Chris Ferman (USA)
- Jeremy Fontanet (USA)
- Kirsten “Ken” Aron Garcia (USA)
- Alan Mariano Garcia (USA)
- Zanyar Ghaderpour (USA)
- Jamir Grady-Riley (USA)
- Jacob Graham (USA)
- Aaron Jeffery(USA)
- Aaron Jocson (USA)
- Narek Khachatryan (Canada)
- Filipe Marins (Brazil)
- Jahmaal Onoh (USA)
- Michael Palm (USA)
- Tyler Rose (USA)
- Will Sage (USA)
- William Sanchez (Curacao)
- Beau Santos (USA)
- George Thibault (USA)
- Elias Wilsey (USA)
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Joshua L. Cohn
Joshua Cohn will make his first pro appearance in two years at this contest. He last competed in 2021 at the Tournament of Champions Pro, where he finished in sixth place. He ranked 12th in this contest back in 2018. The seven-year pro seeks his first pro victory and Olympia qualification.
Chris Ferman
This is Chris Ferman’s IFBB Pro League debut. His last amateur contest was the 2021 NPC National Championships, where he ranked second in the Classic Physique Class D category. The top two finishers in each division of that show earned pro status.
This is a large roster, but many of the elite of the division are preparing for the 2023 Olympia in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5. This could be a great way to for Ferman to make his presence known in the pro ranks.
Zanyar Ghaderpour
Zanyar Ghaderpour is coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2023 Hurricane Pro — his first show of the calendar year. Ghaderpour wants his first pro win to secure his first Olympia qualification.
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