LATTE Built owner Derek Cutting won the overall Open Bodybuilding competition of the 2021 Dee Clayton Classic Bodybuilding & Fitness Championship at Saipan World Resort on Saturday. The event also marked Dee Clayton Classic’s 10th anniversary,
The 2015 DC Classic overall champion, Cutting garnered the highest score on Saturday with Stanley Iakopo placing second and Lorenzo Sanchez, third.
Cutting also received the middleweight competition award.
Iakopo won the best abs award and brought home the light-middleweight trophy while Sanchez took the bantamweight award.
In an interview after the competition, Cutting said bodybuilding is his passion and the sport of his choice.
Cutting, who competed on Guam in 2018, has a “pretty good” system when preparing for a bodybuilding event. He signed up just last week for the DC Classic when he heard it was also celebrating its 10th year.
Dee Clayton, the organizer of the bodybuilding and fitness competition, said it has been hard because of what the CNMI has been going through with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nevertheless, she said, “this is something I’d like to promote because it is all about fitness and health so it’s good for the community.”
She noted that many of the contestants “trained for a long time while waiting for the latest Covid-19 directives.”
In organizing the event this year, Clayton added, they made sure that everybody was safe and were following the safety protocols.
As for the contestants, she said “they were excited, and they were really looking forward to the competition because they trained hard. This is something not only for themselves but for the community. The contestants are also promoting fitness and health.”
Tomorrow: the female winners.
2021 Dee Clayton Classic Bodybuilding overall winner Derek Cutting is congratulated by best abs and light-middleweight champion Stanley Iakopo at the conclusion of the event at Saipan World Resort on Saturday.
From left, Lorenzo Sanchez, Stanley Iakopo and Derek Cutting pose during the 2021 Dee Clayton Classic Bodybuilding competition in the Taga Hall of Saipan World Resort on Saturday.
