User blog comment:Heathharris09/The higher up espadas and theie 2nd release??/@comment-1382861-20091208024740

remember though Ulquiorra even before releasing could take ichigo in hollow form bankai Harribel fought toe-toe with toshiro released and sealed in his bankai form which is  imperfect which he admitted on several occasions his powers aren't mature. Tia also would have been dead if not for Wonderweiss cracking the ice prison I think ulquiorra is not at least the cero he is either equal to Yammy or stronger. Remeber while in first releade he took a direct hollow-getsuga without a scratch, Yammy on the other got a huge scratch and was even knocked down by the blow where ulquiorra didnt even move or even fell it and ichigo only won because of his new transformation seen in chapter 351