Is he going to be in the O this year? This is strictly my opinion, but he needs to put on more mass if he wants to place higher in the O. He weighs in at close to 180 at 5'6 which is small compared to the big boys at the O. He does have good symetry and his conditioning is spot on however.
If he went down to the 202 class he would make alot lot less money and who would want to lose 14 pounds of hard earned muscle to get less.I know many have said it would be wise for him to move to the 202. I'm not so sure of that. If he loses any fullness or muscle he won't look big in any class. That said, he just needs to keep doing what he is doing because he just beat Troy Alves and Melvin Anthony. Not too shabby.
I wouldn't consider 216 lbs anywhere near 180 lbs.
Is it just me or has this guy made some vast improvements since being caught up with being deported. Also is he still working with milos?
Seems like he has improved alot within the last year or so.