The former UAAP MVP showed signs that he is capable of the responsibility after braving the role as the team's go-to-guy.

In 2012, Espino was arrested by the police in Arayat, Pampanga and accused of serious illegal detention and possession of firearms.

The charges arrest stemmed from a complaint by his former secretary, Mildred Eiman, who accused the player of locking her up for over a month for her failure to pay a debt amounting to P5,000.

During that absence, Espino also became a fugitive of the law and also spent time in jail for a serious illegal detention case filed by a former secretary in a piggery he put up in Mexico, Pampanga.

He declined to talk about the case that led to his disappearance from the cage scene, but said he was happy to be once again involved in a sport where he first made a name as the star of the multi-titled University of Santo Tomas teams in the 90's.