Ronnie had superior separations and striations from head to toe. Who are you to say one - especially something completely subjective as 'hardness' - is more important than the other?
Superior separations ? some not all Dorian's back his whole back just crushes Ronnie's , Dorian's midsection as a whole his much sharper , and the means in which you come to your conclusion are faulty ( see the quotes of Yates looks light years ahead of the way he looks in photos and video ) and hardness isn't subjective , either you have fat & water in your muscles or you don't , and I've already stated that striations are genetic and are NOT always an indication of a state of being completely bone dry and rock hard
Dorian's conditioning is legendary as a whole the 1990s the guys all had amazing conditioning , hence why guys like Flex , Long have kidney problems , why guys like Dillett and other froze onstage why the IFBB had to litteraly start diuretics testing . Why did Ronnie lose the 2006 Mr Olympia? not because of any triceps or lat problem just could match him in size now ( pound for pound ) Jay's back was improved and Jay was better conditioned
Conditioning will win a contest , see Ronnie 1998 over Flex , see Yates 1997 , when all things are pretty much equal it will come down to conditioning
quote Flex magazine Jan 1999
When Ronnie is 100% , Flex has to be 100% to prevail. On October 10 , 1998 , Flex wasn't and Ronnie was.
1998 Flex's conditioning wasn't 100% and thats why he lost
Flex Wheeler
It's true I didn't quite duplicate my condition at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic. if I'd been able to do that , I would have won EASILY !!
Flex on 1998 Mr Olympia