IFSA USA president Jim Davis announced today that the Maximum Human Performance (MHP) Strongman Championships is set to take place at the GNC Show of Strength on November 7 - 9 in Atlanta.

Davis said it promises to be the biggest strongman show in the US this year, and will host a field of ten top competitors: Americans Steve Kirit, Phil Pfister, Mark Philippi, Jesse Marunde and Don Pope will be joined by Hugo Girard, Zydrunas Savickas and Svend Karlsen.  Magnus Samuelsson and Mariusz Pudzianowski have been invited, but haven't yet confirmed that they will compete.  Davis said that the competitors will have all their expenses paid and will receive a $2,000 appearance fee in addition to competing for $15,000 in prize money. For full details, check the official IFSA USA website.