While jay did look better on saturday than he did friday,I think branch should've had it. He will be mr. olympia in the near future. As the commentators said, he has taking a very massive but blocky physique and really gotten the waisteline down to give a more aesthetic look to his physique. If you look at the abs and thigh pose he dominates there. Plenty of mass and thickness combined with separation and that waisteline is noticeably smaller than a few years ago.
I also think Hide should have placed much higher. For only weighing 215lbs he gives everyone up there a run for the money. Sometimes you can't help but think that certain athletes awarded placing based on other things than just how they look that day.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see Kai get knocked down a few notches because while he is a monster I don't feel he deserved to be called the next mr olympia by quite a few prognosticators(? sp?) He needs a few years to really refine what he has.
Congrats to jay, he is one of my favs but I had to call how I saw it.