2013 WNBF Worlds Write-up

I had a chance to complete my write up of the 2013 WNBF Worlds - it is posted in the Gallery.

5th time - Not a Charm!

The WNBF Worlds was held on November 9, 2013 at Worcester State University. I walked away from the contest with my 5th LW World title, but lost a very close (1 point) decision to the MW winner, Shevon Cunningham for the overall title. A total of 33 pro men showed up to vie for the World title, and the lightweight class was probably the most competitive of all. Each of the top 5 in the LW class had either won a pro show or won their class at a pro show, something no other class could claim. I managed to get unanimous first-place votes in the class for the second straight year, which to me was very impressive since two very good WNBF pro show winners (Levi Burge and Francisco Montealegre) were standing right beside me during most of prejudging. Shevon, the overall winner, was fantastic – dense muscle all over, with a great structure – and in the best shape I’ve ever seen him in. It was a hard fought battle during the overall, but he managed to beat me when I felt I was at my best and get 4 votes to my 3. Congrats Shevon!

Again I was very pleased with the improvements I made to my physique over the past year. A big thanks to Mike Zourdos, whose programming helped me to keep more muscle than I’ve ever had onstage. I will try to get a full write-up on the event soon.

Here is a picture of the 4 class winners battling it out in the overall:

Abraham Tchabe (HW), Shevon Cunningham (MW and Overall), Brian Whitacre (LW), Mark Oakes (BW)

Also a shot from  my routine during the night show:

And a pretty good video of most of the overall mandatories and posedown: