I ran into Luiz in Golds Hollywood years ago after he retired, he was still big then but was making good money personal training, he told me he didnt see the point continuing as he could make more money personal training than he could competing and he didnt have to risk his health. Smart guy i agreed with him, he was never going to be a top 5 guy, great legs, funnily enough i thnk he qualified for the olympics as a swimmer for Brazil before he got into bodybuilding, more than likely thats when he started using steroids