being short has its benifits and downfalls, a shorter bodybuilder will tent to fill out sooner, a taller one will probably look better down the road(freeman) when he has givin his physique time to properly fill out...
it is probably the thought process in their heads sayin, what is there left for me to to do? if I cant put on more muscle mass. seems everyone is trying to keep pace with ronnie, the thing with ronnie though is he has a shorter abdomin but very long limbs that can handel more lbm and still look impressive, gus has small everything, limbs and torso there is only so much his body can hold and still be able to hit poses correctly... I also think he recieved so much praise when he put on the 20lbs in a year, a few years back,it got to his head and thinks he has to keep pace with that...
i agree with on the smaller fellows, they would win more shows, be healthier, and look better in the 220-230's