Dex looked great.
Dex was a 2nd tier bodybuilder when going up against the 90's giants in their prime, like Levrone, Ray, Dillet, Wheeler, Sonbaty, Coleman, Cormier, Priest, Yates, etc, where he'd get an 8th or 9th place at best (same goes for Cutler). When they all burned out/and or retired, lesser guys like Dexter Jackson, Jay Gutler, Gunter Schlierkamp, Dennis James, King Kamali, Mike Matarazzo, Milos Sarcev, Darrem Charles, Victor Martinez, Melvin Anthony, Branch Warren, Gustavo Badell, Toney Freeman, etc, started to place higher. Those guys (Dexter included) stood NO chance against the best of the 90's. FACT.