The 2025 Dubai Pro took place on the weekend of June 20-22 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This event featured 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifying shows for the Men’s Open, 212, Classic Physique, and Men’s Physique divisions. Each champion would be eligible to represent their division at the Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 9-12, 2025.
The main event was the Men’s Open, which saw Behrooz Tabani emerge as champion for the second consecutive year
2025 Dubai Pro Results
The final standings for all four contests, which included over 100 athletes, are below:
Men’s Open
- Behrooz Tabani (Iran)
- William Bonac (Netherlands)
- Tonio Burton (USA)
- Nathan De Asha (UK)
- Mo Foda (Egypt)
- Rubiel Mosquera (Colombia)
- Alie Edward Kargbo (UAE)
- Adolf Burghardt (Germany)
- Dennis Friedrich (Germany)
- Ashraf Hassasnin (Egypt)
- Ismail Radwan (Egypt)
- Seyed Hassan Mousavi Nejad (Iran)
- Ibrahim Sobhy (UAE)
- Sayed Alrefaei (Kuwait)
212 Bodybuilding
- Nihat Kaya (Turkey)
- Angel Calderon Frias (Spain)
- Giuseppe Zagarella (Italy)
- Mahmoud Negm (UAE)
- Mahmoud Adel (UAE)
- Mohammed Salam (Egypt)
- Mesham Mahed (Iraq)
- Rado Angelov (Bulgaria)
- Mohamed Gomaa (Egypt)
- Roman Ukrainian (Ukraine)
- Mehdi Mostafaloo (Iran)
- Muzi Maluleke (South Africa)
- Obenrocksman Arrah (Cameroon)
- Orlando Perdomo Lopez (USA)
- Bdalhmyd Shban (Saudi Arabia)
Tied for 16th
- Richard Gayle (Jamaica)
- Felipe Massaroca (Brazil)
- Ramil Penaflor (Philippines)
- Artem Reva (Russia)
Classic Physique
- Michael Daboul (Syria)
- Luca Reger (Germany)
- Richard Nagy (Hungary)
- Khaled El Nahawy (Egypt)
- Ahmed Khalifah (Egypt)
- Alexander Westermeier (Germany)
- Krimo Ammari (Morocco)
- Mikhail Timoshin (Russia)
- Eric Lisboa (Brazil)
- Valeri Enchev (Bulgaria)
- Julio Simoes (Brazil)
- Mustafa Yildiz (Turkey)
- Ali Hasan (Iraq)
- Ethan Gohari (Australia)
- John Le (Canada)
Tied for 16th
- Almostafa Aljaafreh (Jordan)
- Vahid Badpei (Iran)
- Joe Davis (USA)
- Ramadan El Sherkawy (Egypt)
- Sunmeet Gill (India)
- Wassim Hassan (Syria)
- Paulo Henrique (Brazil)
- Azamat Karabashev (Russia)
- Lihsuan Liu (Taiwan)
- Miguel Malimo (Mozambique)
- Abdalla Mohamdi (Saudi Arabia)
- Reda Nacirdin (Morocco)
- Kent Nasarondo (Philippines)
- Bader Nuri (Saudi Arabia)
- Chanuk Ock (South Korea)
- Chaitanya Prabhu Puralachetty (India)
- Denis Rose (Spain)
- Mustafa Salman (Iraq)
- Kevin Stutz (Austria)
- Edgar Daniel Valencia Palafox (Mexico)
- Dmitrii Vorotyntsev (Russia)
- Daniel Oti (UAE)
- Ahmed Eldayed (UAE)
- Rashid Alhadrami (UAE)
- Abdulrahman Alnaim (Saudi Arabia)
Men’s Physique
- Miroslav Juricek (Czech Republic)
- Hossein Karimi (Iran)
- Saad Binhashim (Saudi Arabia)
- Mahmoud Elsabagh (UAE)
- Shuaib Abdullah (UAE)
- Hachemi Hemza (Algeria)
- Jeffrey Darko (Ghana)
- Patrick Asiedu (Australia)
- Hidayat Maharramli (Azerbaijan)
- Ahmed Shokry (Egypt)
- Mahmood Almaghrabi (Bahrain)
- Abdullah Al Sharafi (Oman)
- Qaisai Al Assi (Bahrain)
- Nishant Bansal (India)
- Abdullah Bu Halim (Saudi Arabia)
Tied for 16th
- Mishal Alhassan (Saudi Arabia)
- Andrea Amato (Italy)
- Adeyemi Awoyemi (Nigeria)
- Philippe Degila (France)
- Surojit Dey (India)
- Amit Eagre (India)
- Gowtham Gowthu (India)
- Ahmed Hamdy (Egypt)
- Rany Issa (Lebanon)
- Salah Eddine Lahrach (Morocco)
- Matheus Oliveira (Brazil)
- Elton Pinto Mota (Portugal)
- Vyacheslav Tarasevich (Belarus)
- Mahmood Al Azzawi (UAE)
- Mohammed Haidar (UAE)
- Majid Alessa (Saudi Arabia)
[Related: Cydney Gillon to Be Inducted Into International Sports Hall of Fame]
Men’s Open Winner — Behrooz Tabani
The top two for the Men’s Open contest were the same as for 2024. Tabani and runner-up William Bonac put on a show for the fans, but Tabani left with the victory and the $140,000 purse.
Tabani qualified for the 2025 Mr. Olympia, but it remains unknown if he can travel to the United States to compete. He has been unable to for the previous two Olympias.
212 Bodybuilding Winner — Nihat Kaya
Kaya ranked one spot behind Angel Calderon Frias in 2024 but swapped ranks this year. Thanks to his first pro win, Kaya is eligible for the 212 Olympia. If he competes in Las Vegas, 2025 will be his Olympia debut.
Classic Physique Winner — Michael Daboul
Daboul appeared to be better at this show than at the 2025 Arnold Classic Physique contest in March, where he placed fourth. He sights are now set on the Classic Physique Olympia, where he hopes to improve upon his seventh-place finish in 2024.
Men’s Physique Winner — Miroslav Juricek
This was Juricek’s first competition since ranking second at the 2024 Prague Pro. He held off runner-up Hossein Karimi and third-place finisher Saad Binhashim to score the victory and Men’s Physique Olympia qualification.
More Bodybuilding Content
- The Simple Movement Phil Heath Uses to Boost Mind-Muscle Connection
- Bikini Olympia Champion Lauralie Chapados’ First Full Week of Eating for 2025 Olympia Prep
- The Best Training Technique to Gain Strength + Build Muscle After 40
Featured Image: @behrouz_tabani on Instagram
