I did that as well. I hated it. I had too eat though. And I could.
for the first couple of months, I was very close (I wrested at 189 lbs). I probably could have been ok after only one month, but I got down to 178 at one point and I was seriously considering going for 171, where I would have been a bit better. But I ended up screwing up my elbow to the point that it would pop in and out of joint almost at will so I had to stop. I still had to play baseball after all....
11 elbow dislocations will do that :)