Samson Dauda, the 2024 Mr. Olympia winner, has shared a new progress video from a gym in Essex, England. Fans are already predicting he will reclaim bodybuilding's top prize.
Dauda dropped to fourth place in 2025 after judges said he leaned out too much and lost size. He admitted the miscalculation: “We underestimated how long it would take to fill out.”
Now, the Nigerian Lion appears to have packed on serious muscle while maintaining a clean, aesthetic look. Fellow IFBB Pro Yinka Majolagbe called his development “from another planet.”
The 2026 Olympia runs September 24-27 in Las Vegas.