“Keone Wasn’t As Sharp”: Jay Cutler Explains How The Current 212 Mr. Olympia Champ Beat Shaun Clarida Despite Not Looking His Best

The prestigious Olympia 2023 championship concluded proudly with Keone Pearson as the winner of the 212 division. He made it to the top by defeating the reigning two-time Olympia champion, Shaun Clarida. Though Clarida seems to be more muscular than Keone, he failed to win his coveted Olympia title 3 times. Both these legends never fall out of favor with the audience. 

People are still crazy about both these bodybuilding icons irrespective of whether one embraced victory and another learned a lesson through failure. Jay Cutler, who has always known the value of being diligent made him clinch the Olympia title 4 times, recently shared his opinions on these accomplished bodybuilding figures. In another discussion on Cutler Cast with an IFBB Pro bodybuilding coach, Cutler talked about how Keone registered triumph over Clarida despite being not as aesthetical as Shaun Clarida.

Jay Cutler shared his opinions on the recent historic win in Olympia 

In a recent video uploaded by Cutler Cast, two well-known figures from the bodybuilding realm along with the host of the show, Matt, took the fans’ excitement to the next level with their opinions. It was indeed an incredible moment when Keone was crowned on the most esteemed stage in the world. He proved his aesthetics and passion to his fans. According to Mr. 4X Olympia, Keon does not appear as best as Shaun Clarida and despite this fact, he marked a remarkable win in the competition. 

Giving more importance to conditioning than physique, Cutler said, “ I think we can both all agree that Keon wasn’t as sharp but I think he had enough to and with the I mean it’s crazy proportions right.” Agreeing with Cutler’s opinion, Milo Sarceve, the bodybuilder said, “that’s why I was hoping that uh that would be the case in open and uh Samsung can overtake on the shape.”

Later on during the conversation,

“tell me why Clarita lost what was he lacking that he didn’t have last year that or was Keon not improved.” Cutler encouraged Sarcev to shed light on why Clarita failed to win Olympia. In responding to the question, The coach said, “ he had everything it was just if Keon can bring it and Kon brought it enough uh Vaper visible in front elex front dou bisp front lot spread uh was so dominating.” 

Despite the fact Keone does not look as good as Clarida, he has everything required to dethrone the opponent to clinch the esteemed Olympia title. Even the legends of great physique had to admit his sheer excellence in conditioning and weight lifting that made him the Olympia winner. Now, the assumptions have no meaning as the 2023 Olympia winner came true to the expectations of his fans by grabbing the sought-after title.

Keone Pearson’s remarkable victory in Olympia 2023

Just like every bodybuilder, Keone had also a dream to win the Olympia and he soon accomplished his dream by defeating 2-time Olympia winner, Shaun Clarida. He made his home proud and took the prestigious title with him. With years of hard work and determination, he made his way right to the Olympia stage where he registered his victory over the existing victorious bodybuilding man.

During the struggling day, he secured 14th place in the 2021 Mr. Olympia and 6th place in the 2022 Mr. Olympia. But who knew it was not a failure but the beginning of a star with unmatched talent and conditioning? Olympia 212 division winner fostered his physique and competed at Mr. Olympia 2023, hoping to dethrone Shaun Clarida. In one of his interviews post-victory, he said, “It was a really great feeling to bring that conditioning. I really feel like I’m being consistent now. The goal is to be 5% better for this show and just keep that going. ”  These are the amazing words of the Olympia winner that took fans’ excitement to the next level. 

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Keone Pearson clinched the Olympia title by dethroning, Calrida, who had won the competition 2 times. According to legend, Jay Cutler, Keone’s win is more like a victory of conditioning than physique. What’s your take on it? Let us know below.

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